UFC Vegas 81 Weigh In: Main Event Official, Rodriguez Misses
There was just one weight miss at the weigh-in for UFC Vegas 81 event in Christian Rodriguez.
24 fighters took to the scales with the main eventers Sodiq Yusuff and Edson Barboza coming on weight comfortabley. Yusuff came in at 145.5 lbs, half a pound under the required weight limit for featherweight bout of 146 lbs. Barboza came in even at 146 lbs.
Vivane Arouja came in at 126 lbs for her co-main event bout against Jennifer Maia, who came in at 125 lbs. Andre Petrovski was also comfortable at 186 lbs despite being a late replacement against Michel Pereira in a middleweight bout. Cameroon Saimann came in at 140 lbs, 4 lbs above the bantamweight limit. He will pay a fine to his opponent and the bout is turned in a catchweight bout.
RESULTS
- Sodiq Yusuff (145.5 lbs) vs Edson Barboza (146 lbs)
- Vivane Arouja (126 lbs) vs Jennifer Maia (125 lbs)
- Jonathan Martínez (136 lbs) vs Adrián Yáñez (135.5 lbs)
- Edgar Chairez (129.5 lbs) vs Daniel Lacerda (130 lbs)
- Michel Pereira (186 lbs) vs Andre Petroski (186 lbs)
- Christian Rodriguez (140 lbs)** vs Cameron Saaiman (135.5 lbs)
- Darren Elkin (146 lbs) vs TJ Brown (146 lbs)
- Irina Alekseeva (135.5 lbs) vs Melissa Dixon (135.5 lbs)
- Alatengheili (136 lbs) vs Chris Gutierrez (136 lbs)
- Ashley Yoder (115.5 lbs) vs Emily Ducote (115.5 lbs)
- Terrance McKinney (155.5 lbs) vs Brendon Marotte (155.5 lbs)
- Tainara Lisboa (133.5 lbs) vs Ravena Oliveira (133 lbs)
Christian Rodriguez missed weight by 4 lbs. Rodriguez conceded 20% of his purse to his opponent Cameron Saaiman and the bout was turned into a catchweight bout.
Edgar Chairez vs Daniel Lacerda bout was cancelled after the wiegh-in due to medical issues with Lacerda.
