Erick (right) and Brown (left) almost face-to-face. Photo: YouTube/Reproduction
This Saturday (10), when you step into the octagon mounted on U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinatti (USA), Erick silva will be fighting for the chance to reach the top-10 in the Ultimate welterweight category. Aware of this, the Brazilian didn't play around at the official weigh-in for UFC Fight Night 40, held this Friday (09). The man from Espírito Santo made weight calmly and then had a strange encounter with Matt Brown, his opponent on the night, during the face-off.
On the eve of the World Cup in Brazil, which starts in just over a month, Erick silva He entered wearing the Brazilian team shirt and waving to the public. After weighing 77,5 kg, the Brazilian lived up to his nickname “Indian” and “shot” with an imaginary bow and arrow. When facing each other, both Erick and Brown kept their faces closed, exchanged intimidating looks and did not greet each other.
Other Brazilians performing at night pass the scale without fear
Seeking rehabilitation after his loss to Tim Kennedy at UFC Fight For the Troops 3, Rafael Sapo he weighed 84,3 kg and confirmed the fight against Ed Herman, closing the preliminary card. Minutes before, the undefeated Yan Cabral also passed the scales without any problems and is confirmed in the fight against Zak Cummings. Yan weighed 77,5 kg and had a calm confrontation with his North American rival.
First Brazilian to step on the scale in Cincinatti, Johnny Eduardo He had no problems reaching the 61 kg limit for the bantamweight category. The time away from the octagon, Johnny having not fought for almost two years, seems to have made the Brazilian very anxious for the fight, which ended up heating up the atmosphere in the face-off with Eddie Wineland.
North American is the only one not to make weight in the event
The UFC Fight Night 40 weigh-in has already begun with one of the athletes missing weight. In his second UFC fight, American Anthony Laspley went almost two kilos over the welterweight category limit. Even though he lost the battle against the scales, Lapsley faced Albert Tumenov and now has extra time to reach the 77,7 kg limit for non-belt fights, before being penalized with the loss of 20% of his purse.
Check out all the results from the official UFC Fight Night 40 weigh-ins below:
MAIN CARD
Welterweight (up to 77,3 kg): Matt Brown (77,5 kg) x Erick silva (77,5 kg);
Middleweight (up to 84 kg): Costas Philippou (83,9 kg) x Lorenz Larkin (84,3 kg);
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Erik Koch (70,3) x Daron Cruickshank (70,7 kg);
Welterweight (up to 77,3 kg): Neil Magny (77,3)x Tim means (77,1 kg);
Heavyweight (up to 120 kg): Soa Palelei (119,2 kg) x Ruan Potts (110 kg);
Flyweight (up to 57 kg): Chris Cariaso (57 kg) x Louis Smolka (57,2 kg).
PRELIMINARY CARD
Average weight (up to 84 kg): Ed Herman (83,1 kg) x Rafael Sapo (84,3 kg);
Flyweight (up to 57 kg): Kyoji Horiguchi (57,2 kg) x Darrell Montague (57 kg);
Welterweight (up to 77,3 kg): Yan Cabral (77,5 kg) x Zak Cummings (76,8 kg);
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Eddie Wineland (61,5 kg) x Johnny Eduardo (61,5 kg);
Featherweight (up to 66 kg): Manny Gamburyan (66,2 kg) x Nik lentz (65,8 kg);
Lightweight (up to 70 kg): Justin Salas (70,7 kg) x Ben Wall (70,3 kg);
Welterweight (up to 77,3 kg): Anthony Lapsley (79 kg) x Albert Tumenov (77,5 kg).
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