Luana Carolina has misplaced to the size once more. This time, she didn’t even make it to the battle.
For the third time in her UFC profession, Carolina struggled together with her weight reduce, failing to point out up at Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 103. Ag. Struggle was first to report Carolina’s preliminary flyweight bout with Montana De La Rosa was canceled, with the information later formally introduced by UFC.
A De La Rosa consultant advised MMA Preventing’s Mike Heck that Carolina “couldn’t even get inside 5 kilos of 126 in comparison with Montana being on the proper weight, so fee received’t enable. Montana was keen to just accept the battle with the lady lacking weight.”
Carolina beforehand registered two egregious weight misses, coming in 2.5 kilos over the restrict for a Might 2021 bout with Poliana Botelho, and three kilos over the restrict for a February 2024 bout with Julija Stoliarenko. She received each of these bouts.
The primary occasion weigh-ins went off with no hitch, with Asu Almabayev being the primary fighter to the size and coming in at 126 kilos. He and opponent Manel Kape each made use of the one-pound allowance for a non-title battle, with Kape additionally weighing 126.
Kape is presently the No. 10 flyweight within the MMA Preventing World Rankings, with Almabayev shut behind at No. 13. Almabayev is 4-0 within the UFC up to now and is stepping in as a alternative for an injured Brandon Royval.
One different fighter missed weight, Lucas Almeida, who got here in two kilos over the featherweight restrict. His bout with Danny Silva proceeds at a catchweight with Almeida forfeiting 20 % of his purse as penalty.
Take a look at UFC Vegas 103 weigh-in outcomes beneath.
Predominant Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Manel Kape (126) vs. Asu Almabayev (126)
Julian Marquez (186) vs. Cody Brundage (186)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Esteban Ribovics (156)
William Gomis (146) vs. Hyder Amil (146)
Danny Barlow (170.5) vs. Sam Patterson (170.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)
Austen Lane (249.5) vs. Mario Pinto (246.5)
Ricardo Ramos (146) vs. Chepe Mariscal (146)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (140) vs. John Castaneda (140) — 140-pound catchweight bout
Lucas Almeida (148)* vs. Danny Silva (145.5)
Andrea Lee (126) vs. JJ Aldrich (126)
Charles Johnson (125) vs. Ramazan Temirov (125.5)
Luana Carolina vs. Montana De La Rosa — CANCELED**
*Almeida missed weight. His bout with Danny Silva proceeds at a catchweight with Almeida forfeiting 20 % of his purse as penalty
**Carolina vs. De La Rosa is off the cardboard as a result of weight administration points on Carolina’s aspect
