Pezão is on edge, but confirms duel against Dutch giant

The atmosphere heated up at the official weigh-in for UFC Fight Night Netherlands, an event that takes place next Sunday (08), in Rotterdam. The Brazilian Antonio Pezão He wasn’t intimidated by the local giant’s 2m13cm Stefan struve and placed his fists very close to his rival's face. The European heavyweight responded to the stare with a closed expression and the crowd went wild.

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The other Brazilians on the card had no difficulties with the scale. Francismar Bodão weighed 92,5 kg. he was 500g below the light heavyweight division limit. He stares Nikita Krylov on the main card.

Yan Cabral, who opens Brazil's participation in the show against Reza Madadi, needed a pound – around 455 grams – of tolerance to confirm the fight between the lightweights.

In the main fight of the night, the Dutchman alistair overeem scored 110 kg and confirmed the dispute against the Belarusian  Andrei Arlovski, which weighed 112,5 kg.

UFC Fight Night Holanda takes place this Sunday, starting at 14pm. (Brasilia time)

UFC Fight Night Netherlands weigh-in results

MAIN CARD
Heavyweight (up to 120,7kg): alistair overeem (110,7kg) x Andrei Arlovski (112,5kg)
Heavyweight (up to 120,7kg): Antonio Pezão (120,7kg) x Stefan struve (120,2kg)
Welterweight (up to 77,6kg): Albert Tumenov (77,1kg) x Gunnar Nelson (77,1kg)
Bantamweight (up to 61,7kg): Germain de Randamie (61,2kg) x Anna Elmose (61,2kg)
Light heavyweight (up to 93,4kg): Nikita Krylov (93kg) x Francimar Bodão (92,5kg)
Strawweight (up to 52,6kg): Karolina Kowalkiewicz (52,2kg) x Heather Jo Clark (52,6kg)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight (up to 70,8kg): Rustam Khabilov (70,3kg) x Chris Wade (70,3kg)
Middleweight (up to 84,4kg): Magnus Cedenblad (83,9kg) x Garreth McLellan (83,5kg)
Lightweight (up to 70,8kg): Jon Tuck (70,8kg) x Josh Emmett (70,8kg)
Lightweight (up to 70,8kg): Yan Cabral (70,8kg) x Reza Madadi (70,3kg)
Flyweight (up to 57,2kg): Kyoji Horiguchi (56,7kg) x Neil Seery (57,2kg)
Welterweight (up to 77,6kg): Leon edwards (76,9kg) x Dominick Waters (77,1kg)
Flyweight (up to 57,2kg): Yuta Sasaki (56,7kg) x Willie Gates (56,7kg)