LAS VEGAS – Friday’s official UFC Battle Night time 245 (ESPN+) weigh-ins are within the books, and it was one other less-than-perfect scale session in “Sin Metropolis.”
For the third time in 5 fights, Joselyne Edwards (13-6 MMA, 4-4 UFC) missed her mark when she got here in at 139.5 kilos for her battle towards Tamires Vidal (7-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC). Edwards got here again to the dimensions about 20 minutes later, stripped down and was 139 kilos, formally. Vidal was 135.5 with out subject when she stepped on the dimensions.
If the battle is accepted by Vidal and the fee, Edwards will probably be fined a share of her purse – probably 30 p.c.
In an oddity, although Matheus Nicolau (19-5-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) weighed in additional than 25 minutes after the one-hour window had expired, as a result of he was confirmed to be on the best way to the session in time, his weight was allowed. He was 125.5 kilos with no consequence aside from it prolonged everybody’s weigh-in work day by half-hour.
In the primary occasion, middleweights Anthony Hernandez (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Michel Pereira (31-11 MMA, 9-2 UFC) every got here in at 185.5 kilos to make their battle official.
The complete UFC Battle Night time 245 weigh-in outcomes included:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Anthony Hernandez (185.5) vs. Michel Pereira (185.5)
- Rob Font (135.5) vs. Kyler Phillips (135.5)
- Charles Johnson (126) vs. Su Mudaerji (126)
- Jake Hadley (135.5) vs. Cameron Smotherman (135.5)
- Darren Elkins (144.5) vs. Daniel Pineda (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Asu Almabayev (125.5) vs. Matheus Nicolau (125.5)
- Brad Katona (135.5) vs. Jean Matsumoto (135.5)
- Joselyne Edwards (139)* vs. Tamires Vidal (135.5)
- Jessica Penne (115.5) vs. Elise Reed (115)
- Alice Ardelean (115) vs. Melissa Martinez (115.5)
- Robelis Despaigne (264) vs. Austen Lane (251)
*Edwards missed the ladies’s bantamweight non-title restrict on her first try. She returned and was 139, formally, on her second strive.
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