UFC Vegas 108 is almost here. Saturday night, the UFC’s August schedule kicks off inside the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, NV. It’s the first UFC Fight Night to be held at the Apex since May 31.
UFC Vegas 107 featured an unplanned main event between Mateusz Gamrot and L’udovit Klein at lightweight. The advertised headliner for the May 31 show never happened as Maycee Barber experienced a medical episode backstage right before she was to go to the Octagon for her fight vs. Erin Blanchfield.
Since then, the UFC has been traveling the world, but as the adage says, “You can go home again.” That’s what Dana White and company will do over the weekend for UFC Vegas 108.
Live coverage of UFC Vegas 108 kicks off tomorrow evening at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT with the undercard, followed at 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT with the main card fights. Inside the United States of America, this event can be seen gavel-to-gavel over ESPN via linear television and ESPN+.
Undercard Fighters Exceed Contracted Weight at UFC Vegas 108 Weigh-Ins Friday
All was not routine on the scales today at the weigh-ins. Two contestants, both on the prelims, missed weight. Tresean Gore (189 1/2 lbs) exceeded the 186-lb nontitle maximum for middleweight competitors, along with flyweight Rafael Estevam (130 lbs), who came in 4 lbs over the 126-lb flyweight limit. Both of these fights are now proceeding as catchweight affairs.
When it comes to Rafael Estevam, he’ll forfeit 25 percent of his wages for tomorrow night’s fight to his opponent, Felipe Bunes. The latter made weight at 125 lbs earlier this morning. Tresean Gore will also lose 25 percent of his money to Rodolfo Vieira, who was on-target at 185 lbs.
Main, Co-Main Events Locked in For UFC Vegas 108
Your headlining affair of the evening on tomorrow’s show will go ahead without incident after the Friday morning weigh-ins. Both Tatsuro Taira (126 lbs) and HyunSung Park (126 lbs) weighed-in at the nontitle maximum for flyweights.
The co-main event is also good to go for Saturday night. Lightweights Mateusz Rebecki (155 1/2 lbs) and Chris Duncan (156 lbs) came in either slightly under or right at the contracted maximum.
UFC Vegas 108 Weigh-In Results
Main Card: (Tomorrow, 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT, ESPN and ESPN+- United States Only)
UFC Vegas 108 Main Event: Tatsuro Taira (126 lbs) vs. HyunSung Park (126 lbs) Flyweight
Co-Main Event: Mateusz Rebecki (155 1/2 lbs) vs. Chris Duncan (156 lbs) Lightweight
Elves Brener (155 1/2 lbs) vs. Esteban Ribovics (155 1/2 lbs) Lightweight
Karol Rosa (136 lbs) vs. Nora Cornolle (136 lbs) Women’s Bantamweight
Neil Magny (170 1/2 lbs) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171 lbs) Welterweight
Danny Silva (144 1/2 lbs) vs. Kevin Vallejos (146 lbs) Featherweight
Prelims: (Tomorrow, 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT, ESPN and ESPN+- United States Only)
UFC Vegas 108 Featured Prelim: Rinya Nakamura (136 lbs) vs. Nathan Fletcher (135 1/2 lbs) Bantamweight
Co-Featured Prelim: Rodolfo Vieira (185 lbs) vs. Tresean Gore (189 1/2 lbs) Middleweight- Gore exceeded 186-lb middleweight nontitle maximum and cedes 25 percent of pay to Vieira. Fight now happens at catchweight.
Nick Klein (186 lbs) vs. Andrey Pulayev (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight
Austin Bashi (145 1/2 lbs) vs. John Yannis (145 1/2 lbs) Featherweight
Rafael Estevam (130 lbs) vs. Felipe Bunes (125 lbs) Flyweight- Estevam exceeded 126-lb flyweight nontitle maximum and loses 25 percent of pay. Fight now takes place at catchweight.
Piera Rodriguez (116 lbs) vs. Ketlen Souza (116 lbs) Strawweight
