UFC Vegas 111 Weigh-Ins: Main Eventer’s Brother Misses Badly Friday

UFC Vegas 111 is almost here. Earlier this morning, the official weigh-in window took place ahead of Saturday’s card.

Live coverage of UFC Vegas 111 begins tomorrow afternoon at 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT with the prelims. Main card action caps the evening at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT. Inside the United States, for one of the last times, Saturday’s schedule of 12 fights will be seen via ESPN+.

Not all was perfunctory on the scales this morning, however. Only one weight miss was recorded today, but it was a big one.
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Ismael Bonfim Misses Target by 5 lbs Friday at UFC Vegas 111 Weigh-Ins

While Chris Padilla (155 lbs) came in on championship weight for his lightweight fixture versus Ismael Bonfim, the latter wasn’t so lucky on the scales. Bonfim, the brother of main event competitor Gabriel Bonfim, exceeded the 156-lb nontitle lightweight maximum at 161 lbs.

As a result of his weight miss, Ismael Bonfim will cede 25 percent of his purse to Chris Padilla. This UFC Vegas 111 fight will now be contested as a catchweight.

Everything else at the weigh-ins went according to plan on Friday morning.

UFC Vegas 111 Main and Co-Main Events Locked and Loaded Following Friday Morning Weigh-Ins

The main and co-main events on tomorrow’s card are cleared for takeoff in the aftermath of today’s weigh-ins. Both Gabriel Bonfim (171 lbs) and Randy Brown (170 1/2 lbs) came in at or slightly below the welterweight nontitle maximum.


Saturday night’s co-main attraction takes place at flyweight between Matt Schnell (126 lbs) and Joseph Morales (125 lbs.) The latter will be making his UFC return in the wake of securing a new contract by way of The Ultimate Fighter finale in Chicago this past August.

UFC Vegas 111 Weigh-In Results:

Main Card: (Tomorrow, 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT- ESPN+- United States Only)

Main Event: Gabriel Bonfim (170 1/2 lbs) vs. Randy Brown (171 lbs) Welterweight

Co-Main Event: Matt Schnell (126 lbs) vs. Joseph Morales (125 lbs) Flyweight

Muslim Salikhov (171 lbs) vs. Uros Medic (171 lbs) Welterweight

Chris Padilla (155 lbs) vs. Ismael Bonfim (161 lbs) Catchweight- was originally booked at lightweight. Bonfim cedes 25 percent of purse to Padilla.

Christian Leroy Duncan (185 lbs) vs. Marco Tulio (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight

Prelims: (Tomorrow, 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT- ESPN+- United States Only)

Featured Prelim: Hyder Amil (145 1/2 lbs) vs. Jamall Emmers (145 lbs) Featherweight

Co-Featured Prelim: Ricky Simon (135 1/2 lbs) vs. Raoni Barcelos (136 lbs) Bantamweight

Mayra Bueno Silva (135 1/2 lbs) vs. Jaqueline Cavalcanti (135 1/2 lbs) Women’s Bantamweight

Josh Hokit (236 lbs) vs. Max Gimenis (256 1/2 lbs) Heavyweight

Tecia Pennington (114 1/2 lbs) vs. Denise Gomes (115 lbs) Strawweight

Miles Johns (135 1/2 lbs) vs. Daniel Marcos (136 lbs) Bantamweight

Zach Reese (194 lbs) vs. Jackson McVey (193 1/2 lbs) Catchweight: 195 lbs