LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 247 (ESPN+) fighter weigh-ins at the UFC Apex.
Among those weighing in were welterweight standouts Neil Magny (29-12 MMA, 22-11 UFC) and Carlos Prates (20-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who meet in the main event, and Bernardo Sopaj (11-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Ricky Turcios (12-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC), who fight in the bantamweight co-feature. All of them hit their contracted marks.
The historic #UFCVegas100 main event is official!
Neil Magny and Carlos Prates have completed business at weigh-ins and both hit the welterweight limit. ✅ pic.twitter.com/PdDUonprL0
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Reinier de Ridder has arrived in UFC! The former two-time ONE Championship titleholder and Gerald Meerschaert just made weight for #UFCVegas100. pic.twitter.com/GfqlWaE0gI
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That wasn’t the case for two preliminary-card fighters, however. Short-notice newcomer Zach Scroggin was three pounds over the welterweight limit for his scheduled matchup with Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, while Melissa Mullins was one pound over the women’s bantamweight limit against debuting opponent Klaudia Sygula.
The full UFC Fight Night 247 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Neil Magny (171) vs. Carlos Prates (170.5)
- Bernardo Sopaj (136) vs. Ricky Turcios (136)
- Reinier de Ridder (185) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (185)
- Luana Pinheiro (115.5) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
- Mansur Abdul-Malik (186) vs. Dusko Todorovic (185.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Denise Gomes (115) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115.5)
- Gaston Bolanos (135.5) vs. Cortavious Romious (136)
- Zach Scroggin (174)* vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171)
- Charlie Radtke (171) vs. Matthew Semelsberger (171)
- Da’Mon Blackshear (135.5) vs. Cody Stamann (135.5)
- Tresean Gore (186) vs. Antonio Trocoli (186)
- Melissa Mullins (137)** vs. Klaudia Sygula (136)
* Scroggin missed non-title welterweight limit by three pounds; fine amount TBD
** Mullins missed women’s bantamweight limit by one pound; fine amount TBD
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