Carlos Ulberg vs. Dominick Reyes is official for UFC Perth, however one other combat is off the cardboard.
This Saturday, UFC Perth goes down in Australia, headlined by a five-round combat between the 2 surging gentle heavyweights, and on Friday night, each males efficiently made weight for his or her bout.
Reyes was the primary to step on the size, making use of the one-pound allowance and coming in at 206 kilos. A couple of minutes later, Ulberg weighed in, coming in at championship weight of 205 kilos.
However whereas the principle occasion is official, not the whole lot was good elsewhere, with one fighter lacking weight, and one other combat falling off the cardboard totally.
Justin Tafa, who was scheduled to face Louie Sutherland in a principal card heavyweight bout, was faraway from the occasion throughout weigh-ins as a consequence of sickness, per the UFC. Tafa didn’t try and make weight, although his opponent did, with Sutherland tipping the scales at 259 kilos. That is the second bout to fall of UFC Perth as earlier this week, Oban Elliott withdrew from a deliberate combat with Jonathan Micallef as a consequence of sickness.
One other principal card combat additionally suffered a setback, with Ramon Tavares coming in a single pound over the 146-pound featherweight restrict for his featured combat towards Jack Jenkins.
See Friday’s official weigh-in outcomes under.
Most important Card (ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET)
Carlos Ulberg (205) vs. Dominick Reyes (206)
Jimmy Crute (205) vs. Ivan Erslan (206)
Jack Jenkins (146) vs. Ramon Taveras (147)**
Jake Matthews (170) vs. Neil Magny (170)
Justin Tafa*** vs. Louie Sutherland (259)
Tom Nolan (155) vs. Charlie Campbell (155.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Navajo Stirling (105.5) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (205)
Cameron Rowston (184.5) vs. Andre Petroski (185.5)
Jamie Mullarkey (156)vs. Rolando Bedoya (156)
Colby Thicknesse (135.5) vs. Josias Musasa (135.5)
Michelle Montague (134.5) vs. Luana Carolina (136)
Brando Pericic (261) vs. Elisha Ellison (236.6)
Loma Lookboonmee (115.5) vs. Alexia Thainara (115.5)
*** Tafa suffered an sickness and did not weigh in. The combat is off.
