C. Mendes (left) and R. Lamas (right) in a friendly face after the weigh-in. Photo: Reproduction
Ricardo Lamas and Chad Mendes They really do have a lot in common. In addition to being former featherweight title challengers and having suffered their only defeats in the octagon to the Brazilian, José Aldo, Lamas and Mendes weighed the same 66,2 kg this Friday (03), in Fairfax, during the official weigh-in for UFC Fight Night 63 and confirmed the main fight of the event.
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First placed in the category's ranking, Mendes comes from a defeat to Aldo, at UFC Rio 5, a duel considered the “Fight of the Year 2014”. Lamas, on the other hand, won his last two fights, but was also defeated by the Brazilian last year, in a fight held at UFC 169, in February.
The only athlete not to make weight among the 20 who passed the scale was Jorge masvidal. Even with the help of the towel, he was around 200g above the limit allowed for the light weight category (70,7 kg, plus the pound tolerance) and now has two hours to cut the remaining weight. His rival in the co-main fight, To the fifth, he weighed 70,5 kg without difficulty.
The most tense look of the morning in Fairfax was due to Michael chiesa and Mitch Clarke. After hitting 70,5 kg, Chiesa didn't want to know about his rival's attempt to perform and went after his rival, who had scored 70,3 kg, leaving him with his hand waiting. The weather got hot and the athletes were separated by the matchmakers Joe Silva
Back in the Octagon after more than a year and a half away due to a serious knee injury, the TUF 18 champion Julianna Pena He entered wearing a jacket with the Venezuelan flag, his parents' home country. The fighter, who became famous on the reality show for doing Ronda Rousey cry, used the tolerance pound and weighed 61,7 kg, 300g more than her rival, Russian Milana Dudieva.
The only Brazilian on the card, the Amazon native based in the United States Carlos Diego Ferreira He had no problems making weight and confirming his fourth UFC fight. Ferreira, who is coming off his first defeat as a professional, weighed 70,5 kg and guaranteed his presence in the duel against Dustin poirier, who made the same weight, in the fight that opens the main card.
Check out all the results from the official UFC FN 63 weigh-in below:
MAIN CARD
Featherweight (up to 66 kg): Chad Mendes (66,5 kg) x Ricardo Lamas (66,2 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Jorge masvidal (70,9 kg) x To the fifth (70,5 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Michael chiesa (70,5 kg) x Mitch Clarke (70,3 kg);
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Julianna Pena (61,7 kg) x Milana Dudieva (61,4 kg);
Featherweight (up to 66 kg): Clay guida (66,2 kg) x Robbie Peralta (66 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Dustin poirier (70,5 kg) x Carlos Diego Ferreira (70,5 kg).
PRELIMINARY CARD
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Liz Carmouche (61 kg) x Lauren Murphy (61,2 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Gray Maynard (70,3 kg) x Alexander Yakovlev (70,4 kg);
Heavyweight (up to 120 kg): Shamil Abdurahimov (115,6 kg) x Timothy Johnson (119,6 kg);
Middleweight (up to 84 kg): Justin Jones (84,1 kg) x Ron Stallings (83,9 kg).
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