The official UFC Rio weigh-in on Friday was less than ideal, with one fighter missing weight by nearly an entire weight class and another weighing in despite his opponent withdrawing from the event.
Saimon Oliveira came in at 144 pounds ahead of his scheduled bantamweight matchup with Luan Lacerda. The non-title bantamweight limit is 136 pounds, which is how much Lacerda weighed.
Oliveira, 34, is 0-3 in the UFC and has been finished in his past two. Missing weight by this much is not a good look. The UFC announced the fight will proceed at a catchweight, according to MMAFighting’s Guilherme Cruz, with Oliveira expected to be fined a significant percentage of his purse.
A heavyweight matchup between Valter Walker and Mohammed Usman was cancelled after Usman withdrew from the matchup hours before the official weigh-in.
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The specific reason for Usman’s withdrawal was not immediately disclosed.
Walker is from Rio de Janeiro and had been describing competing on the UFC Rio card as “a dream” of his. The streaking 27-year-old let his frustrations be known Friday morning as he officially weighed 246 pounds.
“I trained a lot for this fight, and this (expletive) ran,” Walker said as he stood on the scale.
Walker, the younger brother of UFC light-heavyweight star Johnny Walker, has won three in a row and became the first fighter in UFC history to win three consecutive fights with a heel hook submission.
The main event was made official, with lightweight contenders Charles Oliveira and Mateusz Gamrot both making the division’s non-title limit.
Below are the official weigh-in results for UFC Rio:
— Charles Oliveira (156) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
— Deiveson Figueiredo (136) vs. Montel Jackson (136)
— Vicente Luque (170) vs. Joel Alvarez (171)
— Jhonata Diniz (257) vs. Mario Pinto (255)
— Ricardo Ramos (146) vs. Kaan Ofli (145.5)
— Lucas Almeida (145.5) vs. Michael Aswell (145.5)
— Jafel Filho (126) vs. Clayton Carpenter (126)
— Vitor Petrino (250) vs. Thomas Petersen (246.5)
— Beatriz Mesquita (136) vs. Irina Alekseeva (135.5)
— Lucas Rocha (126) vs. Stewart Nicoll (126)
— Julia Polastri (116) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
— Luan Lacerda (136) vs. Saimon Oliveira (144)*
— Valter Walker (246) vs. Mohammed Usman (N/A)**
*fighter missed weight
**fight removed from card
