UFC Vegas 104 weigh-in results: 2 fighters miss weight, including 1 by 4.5 pounds

Diyar Nurgozhay didn’t come shut to creating weight for his first UFC struggle.

The latest Contender Collection signing tipped the scales at 210.5 kilos, 4.5 kilos over the restrict (together with the one-pound allowance for a non-title struggle) for his essential card mild heavyweight bout with Brendson Ribeiro at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday. Ribeiro efficiently made weight at 205.5 kilos.

Nurgozhay vs. Ribeiro proceeds at a catchweight with Nurgozhay forfeiting 25 p.c of his purse as penalty.

UFC Vegas 104 headliners Marvin Vettori and Roman Dolidze made weight with out concern, with each coming in at 186 kilos for his or her rematch. Vettori defeated Dolidze by way of unanimous resolution of their first assembly at UFC 286 in March 2023.

Watch highlights of the official weigh-ins above.

Two different fighters missed weight for Saturday’s occasion, welterweight Chidi Njokuani and bantamweight Josias Musasa. Njokuani got here in at 172.25 kilos, 1.25 kilos over the restrict, whereas Musasa got here in at 136.5 kilos, 0.5 kilos over the restrict. Nonetheless, Musasa was permitted a second weigh-in try and later efficiently weighed in at 136 kilos.

Njokuani’s bout with Elizeu Zaleski will proceed as a catchweight with Njokuani forfeiting 20 p.c of his purse as penalty.

Predominant Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Marvin Vettori (186) vs. Roman Dolidze (186)

Chidi Njokuani (172.25)* vs. Elizeu Zaleski (171)

Alexander Hernandez (156) vs. Kurt Holobaugh (155.5)

Da’Mon Blackshear (136) vs. Cody Gibson (136)

Diyar Nurgozhay (210.5)** vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205.5)

Seung Woo Choi (146) vs. Kevin Vallejos (145.5)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (261.5) vs. Ryan Spann (249)

SuYoung You (136) vs. A.J. Cunningham (136)

Carlos Vera (136) vs. Josias Musasa (136)