Saimon Oliveira had a significant malfunction on the scale forward of UFC Rio.
The Brazilian bantamweight didn’t come near hitting the 135-pound restrict on the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s occasion in Rio de Janeiro, coming in at 144 kilos, eight kilos over even with a one-pound allowance for a non-title contest. His opponent Luan Lacerda efficiently made weight at 136 kilos.
It was solely excellent news for the extra well-known Oliveira on the cardboard as Charles Oliveira efficiently made weight for his major occasion conflict with Mateusz Gamrot. “Do Bronx” weighed in at 156 kilos, as did Gamrot, who steps in on brief discover for an injured Rafael Fiziev.
Within the co-main occasion, bantamweight contenders Deiveson Figueiredo and Montel Jackson each hit the mark at 136 kilos.
Oliveira vs. Lacerda will proceed as a catchweight bout. Oliveira will give Lacerda 50 % of his purse and might’t weigh greater than 155 kilos when he will get to the sector Saturday, in response to MMA Combating’s Guilherme Cruz.
There was extra drama on the weigh-ins as Valter Walker determined to step to the dimensions regardless of his bout with Mohammed Usman being canceled as a consequence of medical points on Usman’s aspect. Walker was fired up as he weighed in, shouting in Portuguese that “this motherf*cker ran” from their combat.
Watch Walker’s weigh-in right here.
Take a look at UFC Rio official weigh-in outcomes beneath.
Most important Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Charles Oliveira (156) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
Deiveson Figueiredo (136) vs. Montel Jackson (136)
Vicente Luque (170) vs. Joel Alvarez (171)
Jhonata Diniz (257) vs. Mario Pinto (255)
Ricardo Ramos (146) vs. Kaan Ofli (145.5)
Lucas Almeida (145.5) vs. Michael Aswell (145.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)
Jafel Filho (126) vs. Clayton Carpenter (126)
Vitor Petrino (250) vs. Thomas Petersen (246.5)
Bia Mesquita (136) vs. Irina Alekseeva (135.5)
Lucas Rocha (126) vs. Stewart Nicoll (126)
Julia Polastri (116) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
Luan Lacerda (136) vs. Saimon Oliveira (144)**
*Valter Walker weighed in at 246 kilos for his combat with Mohammed Usman regardless of the bout being cancelled late Thursday night
**Saimon Oliveira weighed in eight kilos over the restrict for his bantamweight bout with Luan Lacerda. The bout is anticipated to proceed at a catchweight with a handbag penalty for Oliveira nonetheless to be decided
Guilherme Cruz contributed to this report.
