All of the scheduled bouts for UFC Sao Paulo are still proceeding, but three fighters missed weight today for their respective fights.
Saturday’s headliner will see longtime middleweight contender “Jacare” Souza move to light-heavyweight to face contender, Jan Blachowicz. Both veteran fighters came in at 205 for the contest.
Souza (26-7) will be looking to get back on track, following his decision loss to Jack Hermansson this past April.
Blachowicz (24-8), on the other hands, is looking to build on his emphatic, KO win over Luke Rockhold in July.
Here are the complete weigh-in results for Saturday’s card (via UFC.com). As you can see, Isabella de Padua , Vanessa Melo and Tracy Cortez all came in heavy for their respective fights.
ESPN+ Main Card
8pm/5pm ETPT
Main Event: Jan Blachowicz (205) vs Jacare Souza (205)
Co-Main Event: Mauricio Rua (206) vs Paul Craig (205)
Charles Oliveira (155) vs Jared Gordon (156)
Antonio Arroyo (185) vs Andre Muniz (186)
Markus Perez (186) vs Wellington Turman (186)
ESPN+ Prelims
5pm/2pm ETPT
Sergio Moraes (171) vs James Krause (170.5)
Ricardo Ramos (146) vs Eduardo Garagorri (145.5)
Francisco Trinaldo (155) vs Bobby Green (156)
Warlley Alves (171) vs Randy Brown (171)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (145) vs Renan Barao (146)
Ariane Lipski (125.5) vs Isabella de Padua (130.5)**
Vanessa Melo (136.5)* vs Tracy Cortez (136.5)*
**De Padua missed the women’s flyweight limit.
*Both Cortez and Melo missed the women’s bantamweight limit. They will not be fined and the bout proceeds as planned.
Update: the Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) has announced that an issue with the scale was responsible for Melo and Cortez initially missing weight (they actually weighed 136).
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