The UFC China weigh-in, which takes place this Saturday in Shanghai, was marked by a friendly atmosphere between the fighters. Even Michael Bisping, accustomed to provoking his opponents, was on a 'peace mission'. Protagonists of the show alongside Kelvin Gastelum, the former middleweight champion had no trouble breaking the division limit, 84,4kg. The North American, however, had to be naked and use a towel, he also won the war against the scales, reaching the same weight.
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When they came face to face, the two exchanged a few words, always with smiles on their faces. In the end, the two still hugged, sealing the peaceful relationship between them.
The hottest moment of the night was played by Brazilian debutant Sheymon Moraes, who faces the Russian Zabit Magomedsharipov. After stepping on the scale and weighing 65,8kg, even 400g less than his opponent, the student Anderson Silva he had a tense face to face with Zabit, who got very close to the Brazilian, but they didn't touch each other. In the end, they left without greeting each other.
Of the 24 athletes scheduled for the event, only featherweight Rolando Dy did not make weight. He was around 900g above the limit for his category, which is 66,2kg, including the 0,45kg tolerance allowed for non-belt fights. As punishment, 20% of his scholarship will go to his opponent, debutant Wuliji Buren.
UFC China weigh-in results
MAIN CARD
Average weight (up to 84,4kg): Michael Bisping (84,4kg) x Kelvin Gastelum (84,4kg)
Welterweight (up to 77,6kg): li jingliang (77,6kg) x Zak Ottow (77,6kg)
Featherweight (up to 66,2kg): Wang Guan (66,2kg) x Alex Caceres (66,2kg)
Welterweight (up to 77,6kg): muslim salikhov (77,1kg) x Alex Garcia (77,6kg)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Featherweight (up to 66,2kg): Zabit Magomedsharipov (66,2kg) x Sheymon Moraes (65,8kg)
Welterweight (up to 77,6kg): Kenan Song (77,1kg) x Bobby Nash (77,3kg)
Strawweight (up to 52,6kg): Kailin Curran (52,6kg) x yan xiaonan (52,6kg)
Featherweight (up to 66,2kg): song yadong (66,2kg) x Bharat Khandare (65,8kg)
Heavyweight (up to 120,7kg): Chase sherman (114,3kg) x Shamil Abdurakhimov (118,4kg)
Bantamweight (up to 61,7kg): Yanan Wu (61,2kg) x Gina Mazany (61,2kg)
Featherweight (up to 66,2kg): Wuliji Buren (66,2kg) x Rolando Dy (67,1kg)*
Heavyweight (up to 120,7kg): Cyril Asker (110,7kg) x Yaozong Hu (105,2kg)
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