Alvarez (left) and McGregor (right) clashed again at the UFC 205 weigh-in
If have Conor McGregor in action, there is confusion. And it was no different at the UFC 205 weigh-in, an event taking place this Saturday in New York, at the historic Madison Square Garden gym. After disagreeing with Eddie Alvarez during a press conference before the event, this Thursday (10), the atmosphere heated up again between the two protagonists of the night, who made a face with a lot of emotion and had to be contained by Dana White.
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First to weigh in, Conor weighed 70kg and vibrated a lot on the scale, lifting the thousands of Irish people present at the scene. With microphone in hand, he took off. “It's just another day for me, I do this every day. Tomorrow I will do this for my fans. Get up, let’s do it again”, said Conor, in an interview while still on stage.
Much booed, Alvarez stepped on the scales immediately and asked the audience for silence, before confirming his weight: 70,1kg. In the interview, he didn't let it go and hit back at the Irish fans. “I’m here to represent the East Coast. I will silence you all tomorrow,” he declared.
In the second most important fight, the welterweights Tyron woodley e Stephen Thompson They maintained the respect they had been showing throughout the preparation for the duel and looked calm. They had no problems with the weight: the champion weighed 77kg, while Thompson didn't even reach the category limit, weighing 76,6kg.
However, the same cannot be said about the view between Joanna Jedrzejczyk e Karolina Kowalkiewicz. The Polish women, who had already found each other strange in the confrontation held this Thursday (10), raised the temperature on stage again and had to be restrained by Dana White. The two athletes reached the same mark: 51,9kg. In the interview, Joanna mocked her compatriot. “She has a dream, but she doesn't dream. It’s over,” said the champion.
Edgar (left) and Stephens (right) looked tense. (Photo: Reproduction)
On the preliminary card, the most tense encounter was the featherweights. Frankie Edgar e Jeremy Stephens. Edgar got very close to Stephens, who took a step forward. The two stare at each other intensely, under the watchful eye of Dana White. On the scale, Frankie weighed 65,9kg, while Jeremy weighed 66,1kg.
Among Brazilians, negative emphasis on Thiago Pitbull, who will make his debut at lightweight (up to 70kg), exceeded the category limit by more than 3kg when he weighed 73,7kg. Your opponent, Jim Miller, also didn't make weight and scored 71,4kg. As a result, the fight will be at catchweight and Pitbull will lose 20% of his purse to his opponent. Miller, who will not be fined, had to rehydrate to stay no more than 2,3kg under his rival's weight.
Yes, Vincent Luque and Rafael Natal “Sapo” who face, respectively, Belal Muhammad | and Tim Boetsch, had no problems with the scale, as did their opponents.
It is worth remembering that during the official weigh-in, held this Friday morning (11), the welterweight weight (up to 77kg) Kelvin Gastelum claimed that he would not be able to reach the category limit and did not even show up to weigh in, automatically canceling the duel he would have against Donald Cerrone.
UFC 205 will be held this Saturday (12) and will start at 21:30 pm (Brasília time) with complete coverage of SUPER FIGHTS, with narration of the fights in real time, reports of the fights and post-event interviews.
UFC 205 weigh-in results:
MAIN CARD
Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez (70,1kg.) x Conor McGregor (70kg.)
Welterweight Weight: Tyron woodley (77kg) x Stephen Thompson (76,6kg.)
Straw weight: Joanna Jedrzejczyk (51,9kg.) x Karolina Kowalkiewicz (51,9kg.)
Average weight: Chris Weidman (84,2kg.) x Yoel romero (84,1kg.)
Bantamweight: Miesha Tate (61,5kg.) x Rachel Pennington (61,5kg.)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Feather weight: Frankie Edgar (65,9kg.) x Jeremy Stephens (66,1kg.)
Lightweight: Khabib Nurmagomedov (70,6kg.) x Michael Johnson (70,6kg.)
Middleweight: Rafael Natal (84,1kg.) x Tim Boetsch (84,1kg.)
Welterweight Weight: Vincent Luque (77,3kg.) x Belal Muhammad | (77,1kg.)
Lightweight: Thiago Pitbull (73,7kg.) x Jim Miller (71,4kg.) *
Bantamweight: Liz Carmouche (61,1kg.) vs. Katlyn chookagian (61,2kg.)
* Thiago Pitbull exceeded the limit by 3 kg, and Jim Miller he had to rehydrate to stay at most 2,3kg below his rival's weight. The Brazilian was fined 20% of his purse, which was reversed in favor of Miller. The American was not fined.
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