In dramatic weigh-in, Brunson confirms fight at the last minute

D. Brunson weighed 84,3kg when he stepped on the scale. Photo: Reproduction/Youtube UFC

Derek Brunson waited until the last minute of the two-hour window to step onto the UFC 230 weigh-in scale. Without needing the help of the towel, the fighter weighed 84,3kg and confirmed the fight with Israel adesanya. The protagonists of the main fight Daniel Cormier e Derrick Lewis They calmly weighed 113,9kg and 120kg, respectively and secured the last fight of the night.

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In the first 20 minutes of the weigh-in, 17 athletes passed the scale and guaranteed their presence at Saturday's show (03) at Madison Square Garden. Among them were the fighters from the co-main event Chris Weidman e Ronaldo Jacare which peaked at 84,4kg and 84,1kg. Both showed wear and tear caused by weight loss.

In addition to Jacaré, Brazilians Sheymon Moraes and Marcos Foot also made weight and confirmed the fights with Julio Maple and Adam Wieczorek.

The bantamweight brian kelleher was 400g above the division limit limit, but the duel with Montel Jackson has been confirmed. sijara eubanks also exceeded the women's flyweight category limit by 500g. However, her fight with Roxanne Modafferi was assured. The two athletes were fined 20% of their scholarship.

UFC 230 weigh-in results

Main Card

Heavy weight (up to 120kg): Daniel Cormier (113,9kg) x Derrick Lewis (120kg)

Average weight (up to 84kg): Chris Weidman (84,4kg) x Ronaldo Jacare (84,1kg)

Middleweight (up to 84kg): David Branch (84,2kg) x Jared Cannonier (83,8kg)

Average weight (up to 84kg): Karl Robertson (83,7kg) x Jack Marshman (84,1kg)

Average weight (up to 84kg): Derek Brunson (84,3kg) x Israel adesanya (83,8kg)

Preliminary Card

Featherweight (up to 66kg): Jason Knight (66,1kg) x Jordan Rinaldi (66,1kg)

Flyweight (up to 57kg): sijara eubanks (57,7kg)** x Roxanne Modafferi (56,6kg)

Featherweight (up to 66kg): Julio Maple (65,8kg) x Sheymon Moraes (66,2kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Lyman Good (76,9kg) x Ben Saunders (77,3kg)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Matt frevola (70,5kg) x Lando vannata (70,5kg)

Featherweight (up to 66kg): Shane burgos (66kg) x Kurt holobaugh (65,8kg)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): brian kelleher (62,1kg)** x Montel Jackson (61,7kg)

Heavy weight (up to 120kg): Marcos Foot (114,9kg) x Adam Wieczorek (105,3kg)

Fights that are not valid for a belt have a tolerance of 1 pound (about 454 grams) from the limit for each weight division.

**Didn't make weight

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