Rafael dos Anjos e Vincent Luque beat the weight. Photo: Reproduction/Montage SL
All right for UFC Las Vegas 78. On Friday afternoon (11), the 26 athletes scheduled for the event passed the scale challenge at the official weigh-in and confirmed their presence on Saturday night (12), at Apex, in Las Vegas (USA).
Protagonist of the event, Vincent Luque e Rafael dos Anjos They had no problems with the scale and confirmed their presence in the main fight of the show.
First to step on the scale, Luque showed he was prepared to seek a return to his winning ways after suffering a harsh knockout in his last appearance. In a duel held in the welterweight category, the athlete weighed 77,3kg.
Back in the division where he already competed for the belt, Dos Anjos did not disappoint and guaranteed his 34th appearance in UFC duels. A veteran of the organization, the Rio native weighed 77,5kg.
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Female representatives of the Brazilian squad, Polyana viana e Iasmin Lucindo who hold a green and yellow duel; Jacqueline Amorim e Luana Santos which they present at the beginning of the event, also showed discipline and secured their respective places in the UFC Las Vegas 78.
UFC Las Vegas 78 technical sheet
Data: 12 of August of 2023
Timetable: From 17pm (Brasília time)
Location: UFC Apex, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
How to watch: SUPER FIGHTS LIVE in real time, Band (main card) and UFC Fight Pass (entire card) online
MAIN CARD: (from 20pm Brasília time)
Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Vincent Luque (77,3kg.) x Rafael dos Anjos (77,5kg.)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Cub swanson (66,2kg.) x Hakeem dawodu (66,2kg.)
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Khalil Rountree Jr. (92,3kg.) x Chris Daukas (92,9kg.)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Polyana viana (52,6kg.) x Iasmin Lucindo (52,6kg.)
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Tafon Nchukwi (85,9kg.) x AJ Dobson (84,1kg.)
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Josh Fremd (85,7kg.) x Jamie Pickett (84,3kg.)
PRELIMINARY CARD: (from 17pm Brasília time)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Marcus McGhee (61,6kg.) x J.P. Buys (61,6kg.)
Light weight (up to 70,3kg): terrance mckinney (70,7kg.) x Mike Breeden (70,7kg.)
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Francis Marshall (65,9kg.) x Isaac Dulgarian (65,9kg.)
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Josh Parisian (120,6kg.) x Martin Buday (120,6kg.)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Montserrat Ruiz (51,2kg.) x Jacqueline Amorim (52,6kg.)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Da'Mon Blackshear (61,6kg.) x Joseph Johnson (61,4kg.)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Juliana Miller (57,1kg.) x Luana Santos (57,1kg.)
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