UFC Vegas 115 Weigh-In Results: Chaotic Friday Morning on Scales

UFC Vegas 115 is almost here. Friday morning, the fighters booked to appear on tomorrow night’s show faced off with their final battle before they make the trek to the Octagon this weekend: The infamous challenge with the scale.

As far as tomorrow night’s show is concerned, live coverage of UFC Vegas 115 begins at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT with the prelims. Main card action caps the evening at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT.

Inside the United States, the entirety of the show can be seen via Paramount Plus. Although tomorrow night’s 13-fight schedule will remain intact, not everybody on the show hit their requisite marks ahead of the event.

Three Fighters Exceed Maximums at First During UFC Vegas 115 Weigh-Ins

All told, there were three contestants who initially missed their targeted weight for their respective contests at today’s weigh-in window. On his first try, Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev (206 lbs) came in one pound over for his light heavyweight tilt on Saturday vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205 1/2 lbs,) who was under the nontitle maximum for the fight, before Yakhyaev hit 206 exactly on his second effort.

Two other fighters will be exiting the weekend with lighter wallets after missing weight today. Rafael Estevam (136 1/2 lbs) exceeded the 136-lb bantamweight maximum for nontitle affairs by half of a pound.

As such, he will now cede 20 percent of his pay to his opponent, Ethyn Ewing (135 1/2 lbs,) who clocked in within the limit for bantamweights. The same holds true for Darrius Flowers (156 1/2 lbs,) who loses 20 percent of his pay after narrowly exceeding the lightweight nontitle maximum for his fight with Lando Vannata (156 lbs,) who weighed-in exactly at 156 lbs.

Main, Co-Main Events Locked In for UFC Vegas 115

Both the main and co-main attractions for tomorrow night have been given the green light as of today’s official weigh-ins. The headlining bout at lightweight matches No. 10 contender Renato Moicano (156 lbs) with Chris Duncan (156 lbs.) This is a five-round fight at five minutes per round to close the show.

Your co-main event happens in the strawweight ranks between No. 3 contender Virna Jandiroba (116 lbs) and No. 7 contender Tabatha Ricci (115 1/2 lbs.) It’s a three-round fight at five minutes per round.

UFC Vegas 115 Weigh-In Results:

Main Card: (Tomorrow, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT)

UFC Vegas 115 Main Event: Renato Moicano (156 lbs) vs. Chris Duncan (156 lbs) Lightweight

Co-Main Event: Virna Jandiroba (116 lbs) vs. Tabatha Ricci (115 1/2 lbs) Strawweight

Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev (206 lbs) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205 1/2 lbs) Light Heavyweight- Yakhyaev initially missed weight.

Ethyn Ewing (135 1/2 lbs) vs. Rafael Estevam (136 1/2 lbs) Bantamweight- Estevam missed weight. Estevam cedes 20 percent of pay to Ewing. 

Tommy McMillen (145 1/2 lbs) vs. Manolo Zecchini (145 lbs) Featherweight- McMillen making UFC promotional debut at UFC Vegas 115 on Saturday night. 

Jose Delano (144 1/2 lbs) vs. Robert Ruchala (146 lbs) Featherweight- Delano making UFC promotional debut at UFC Vegas 115 on Saturday night. 

Prelims: (Tomorrow, 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT- Paramount Plus)

UFC Vegas 115 Featured Prelim: Guilherme Pat (250 1/2 lbs) vs. Thomas Petersen (251 lbs) Heavyweight

Co-Featured Prelim: Alessandro Costa (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Stewart Nicoll (126 lbs) Flyweight

Lando Vannata (156 lbs) vs. Darrius Flowers (156 1/2 lbs) Lightweight- Flowers missed weight. Flowers cedes 20 percent of pay to Vannata.

Alice Pereira (136 lbs) vs. Hailey Cowan (136 lbs) Women’s Bantamweight

Azamat Bekoev (186 lbs) vs. Tresean Gore (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight

Dione Barbosa (126 lbs) vs. Melissa Gatto (125 1/2 lbs) Women’s Flyweight

Kai Kamaka (155 lbs) vs. Dakota Hope (155 lbs) Lightweight- Hope making UFC promotional debut at UFC Vegas 115 on Saturday night.