Diyar Nurgozhay didn’t come shut to creating weight for his first UFC combat.
The latest Contender Sequence signing tipped the scales at 210.5 kilos, 4.5 kilos over the restrict (together with the one-pound allowance for a non-title combat) for his most important card gentle heavyweight bout with Brendson Ribeiro at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday. Ribeiro efficiently made weight at 205.5 kilos.
It isn’t but identified if the bout will proceed as a catchweight and, if that’s the case, what proportion of Nurgozhay’s purse might be forfeited 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.
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.
The standing of Njokuani and Musasa’s respective bouts with Elizeu Zaleski and Carlos Vera are to be decided.
Principal 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 (136.5)*
Stephanie Luciano (116) vs. Sam Hughes (116)
Daniel Barez (126) vs. Andre Lima (126)
Josiane Nunes (136) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (135)
Yuneisy Duben (125.5) vs. Carli Judice (125)
*missed weight
