UFC Vegas 104 Weigh-In Results: Two Contestants Come in Heavy

UFC Vegas 104 happens tomorrow. 24 hours before the fights happen inside the UFC Apex in Enterprise, NV, the official weigh-in window was held Friday morning. Live coverage of tomorrow night’s card is seen wall-to-wall on ESPN+ (inside the United States).

Prelims begin at just past 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT on ESPN+. Main card action follows at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT.  However,  although the main event of the evening between No. 8 contender Marvin Vettori and No. 10 Roman Dolidze had both contestants weigh-in on-target for the show on Saturday, there were a few hiccups on the scales today during the official window.

UFC Vegas 104 Co-Main Event Fighter Misses Contracted Weight

Although Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos made weight for his welterweight co-main event at UFC Vegas 104 without any issues at 171 lbs, his opponent in the fight, Chidi Njokuani, weighed in at 172 1/4 lbs. As a result of this, he’ll forfeit some of his purse to Zaleski dos Santos.

This was one of three issues cropping up during the official weigh-ins on Friday morning, though one issue was rectified later on in the day.

Light Heavyweight Contestant Fails to Make Weight Badly

Another main card fight for UFC Vegas 104 was also plagued by a combatant failing to make weight earlier this morning. Diyar Nurgozhay exceeded the light heavyweight nontitle maximum ahead of his first walk in the promotion by 4 1/2 lbs.

His adversary, Brendson Ribeiro, weighed-in a half-pound below the light heavyweight limit at 205 1/2 lbs. Despite the miss, this fight will still go on as intended, with Nurgozhay surrendering 25 percent of his pay for the bout.

Bantamweight Fighter Just Misses Mark Ahead of UFC Vegas 104 Before Making Weight on Second Try

The third contestant to exceed the nontitle maximum at Friday morning’s weigh-in didn’t miss the target by too much on his initial effort. Josias Musasa, scheduled to face Carlos Vera tomorrow at the UFC Apex in his UFC promotional debut, exceeded the bantamweight limit by half of a pound at 136 1/2 lbs at first.

A second effort to make weight on-target saw Musasa come in at 136 on the button. Vera made 136 lbs without issue at the first time of asking.

UFC Vegas 104 Weigh-In Results

Main Card: (Saturday, 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT, ESPN+)

 

Main Event: Marvin Vettori (186 lbs) vs. Roman Dolidze (186 lbs) Middleweight

 

Co-Main Event: Chidi Njokuani (172 1/4 lbs) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171 lbs) Welterweight- Njokuani exceeded nontitle maximum by 1 1/4 lbs.

 

Alexander Hernandez (156 lbs) vs. Kurt Holobaugh (155 1/2 lbs) Lightweight

 

Da’Mon Blackshear (136 lbs) vs. Cody Gibson (136 lbs) Bantamweight

 

Diyar Nurgozhay (210 1/2 lbs) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205 1/2 lbs) Light Heavyweight- Nurgozhay exceeded nontitle maximum by 4 1/2 lbs and surrenders 25 percent of his purse to Ribeiro.

 

Seungwoo Choi (146 lbs) vs. Kevin Vallejos (145 1/2 lbs) Featherweight

 

Prelims: (Tomorrow, 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT, ESPN+)

 

Featured Prelim: Waldo Cortes-Acosta (261 1/2 lbs) vs. Ryan Spann (249 lbs) Heavyweight

 

Co-Featured Prelim: Su Young You (136 lbs) vs. AJ Cunningham (136 lbs) Bantamweight

 

Carlos Vera (136 lbs) vs. Josias Musasa (136 lbs) Bantamweight

 

Stephanie Luciano (116 lbs) vs. Sam Hughes (116 lbs) Strawweight

 

Daniel Barez (126 lbs) vs. Andre Lima (126 lbs) Flyweight

 

Josiane Nunes (136 lbs) vs. Priscilla Cachoeira (135 lbs) Women’s Bantamweight

 

Yuneisy Duben (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Carli Judice (125 lbs) Women’s Flyweight

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