Aljamain Sterling and Yousef Zalal efficiently made weight Friday for the UFC Vegas 116 headliner.
Sterling used his one-pound allowance for the non-title bout and clocked in at 146 kilos. Zalal weighs solely 0.5 kilos lower than “Funk Grasp.” With each fighters reaching their targets, Saturday’s principal occasion is formally confirmed because the Meta Apex.
Co-headliners Norma Dumont and Joselyn Edwards tipped the scales in a girls’s bantamweight showdown. Each Dumont and Edwards had been in a position to attain the 135.5 pound mark. Dumont holds the No. 3 spot within the girls’s bantamweight division, whereas Edwards holds the No. 11 spot.
Lightweights Rafa Garcia and Alexander Hernandez additionally attended the weigh-in and had no issues. Garcia reached 155 kilos and Hernandez landed punches at 155.5 kilos.
This is a have a look at the UFC Vegas 116 weigh-in ends in progress.
Principal Card (Paramount+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Aljamain Sterling (146) vs. Yousef Zalal (145.5)
- Norma Dumont (135.5) vs. Jocelyn Edwards (135.5)
- Rafa Garcia (155) vs. Alexander Hernandez (155.5)
- Davey Grant (135.5) vs. Adrian Luna Martinetti (135.5)
- Montel Jackson (135.5) vs. Raoni Barcelos (136)
- Marcus Buchesha (252.5) vs. Ryan Spann (264)
Qualifiers (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)
- Rodolfo Vieira (185.5) vs. Eric Maconico (186)
- Cedriquez Dumas (184) vs. Jackson McVay (185)
- Maira Bueno Silva (136) vs. Michelle Montague (135.5)
- Jaffer Filho (135.5) vs. Cody Darden (135.5)
- Francis Marshall (155.5) vs. Lucas Brennan (155.5)
- Max Griffin (170.5) vs. Victor Valenzuela (170)
- Talita Alencar vs. Giulia Polastri (115.5)
As combat night time approached, Sterling made his targets clear. He’s hoping for a efficiency that’s spectacular sufficient to earn him a name to problem Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC Featherweight Championship. For Zalal, a win over Sterling could be the most important of his skilled MMA profession thus far.
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