The scale was no obstacle for most of the fighters at UFC Vegas 98. At the official weigh-in held on Friday (11), all the athletes made weight and thus secured their respective matches. The event, marked by the duel between Brandon royval e Tatsuro Taira, had the confirmation of two more Brazilians in the preliminary card. Three did not reach the established limit.
Japanese Taira, fifth in the flyweight rankings, was the first to step on the scale. The Asian weighed in at 56,9kg with ease.
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Next, it was Royval's turn, the current number one in the category, to confirm the main fight. The American also weighed 56,9kg, leaving everything ready for the confrontation.
Representing Brazil, Julia Polastri and Lucas Rocha also complied with the protocol. The strawweight, in his second appearance in the octagon, weighed 52,1 kg. The featherweight, in his UFC debut, weighed 56,9 kg. Both face more experienced opponents in the company: Cory Mckenna (52,1kg.) and Clayton Carpenter (56,9kg.), respectively.
Check out the results of UFC Vegas 98
MAIN CARD
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Brandon royval (56,9kg.) x Tatsuro Taira (56,9kg.)
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Brad Tavares (83,9kg.) x Jun Young Park (84,1kg.)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Chidi Njōkuani (77,3kg.) x Jared Gooden (78,2kg.)*
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Grant dawson (70,7kg.) x Rafa Garcia (70kg.)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Daniel Rodriguez (77,1kg.) x alex morono (77,3kg.)
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Abdul Razak Alhassan (84,3kg.) x Josh Fremd (85,7kg.)*
PRELIMINARY CARD
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): CJ Vergara (57,1kg.) x Ramazan Temirov (56,9kg.)
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Jonathan Pearce (65,7kg.) x pat sabatini (65,7kg.)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Themba Gorimbo (77,3kg.) x Niko Price (77,3kg.)
Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg): Junior Tafa (109,3kg.) x Sean Sharaf (114,3kg.)
Straw weight (up to 52,1 kg): Julia Polastri (52,1kg.) x Cory Mckenna (52,1kg.)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Dan Argueta (62,8kg.)* x Cody Haddon (61,2kg.)
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Clayton Carpenter (56,9kg.) x Lucas Rocha (56,9kg.)
*Josh Fremd, Dan Argueta e Jared Gooden didn't make the weight
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