Starboy is set! ✅@ManelKape
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hits the scale at 126lbs!
#UFCVegas103 | LIVE Tomorrow 7pmET on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/RdvR5PhZJG— UFC (@ufc)
February 28, 2025
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship kicks off its March 2025
schedule with 11 fights emanating from the UFC Apex, which is one
less than planned.
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Headlining the
UFC Vegas 103 event is a flyweight battle between Manel Kape
and Asu
Almabayev. Both men made weight for their first UFC headliner,
which has potential title shot implications. However, the undercard
wasn’t as professional as the women’s flyweight fight between
Luana
Carolina and Montana
De La Rosa was scrapped after Carolina had weight management
issues. Additionally, Lucas
Almeida came in two pounds over the featherweight limit for his
fight against Danny
Silva. Almeida will be fined 20% of his purse as a result.
Finally, the bantamweight bout pitting John
Castaneda (140) against Douglas
Silva de Andrade (140) was shifted to a 140-pound catchweight
on Friday morning.
Kape (20-7) has become a fan-favorite thanks in part due to his
outspoken personality. „Starboy“ is coming off a TKO victory over
Bruno
Silva and has won five of his last six fights. The lone defeat
was a decision loss to Muhammad
Mokaev, which featured more action before and after the fight
than inside the cage. The 31-year-old officially stepped on the
scale weighing 126 pounds on the dot.
Meanwhile, Almabayev (21-2) is undefeated since joining the
promotion. 4-0 inside the Octagon, „Zulfikhar“ has made an
immediate impact with wins over Matheus
Nicolau, Jose
Johnson and Ode
Osbourne. The Kazakhstani fighter weighed in at exactly 126
pounds prior to the biggest fight of his career.
UFC Vegas 103 will stream in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday.
Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while the main card kicks off
at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC Vegas 103 Weigh-in Results:
Manel
Kape (126) vs. Asu
Almabayev (126)
Cody
Brundage (186) vs. Julian
Marquez (186)
Nasrat
Haqparast (156) vs. Esteban
Ribovics (156)
Hyder
Amil (146) vs. William
Gomis (146)
Danny
Barlow (170.5) vs. Sam
Patterson (170.5)
Austen
Lane (249.5) vs. Mario Pinto
(246.5)
Jose
Mariscal (146) vs. Ricardo
Ramos (146)
John
Castaneda (140) vs. Douglas
Silva de Andrade (140)
Lucas
Almeida (148)* vs. Danny Silva
(145.5)
J.J.
Aldrich (126) vs. Andrea Lee
(126)
Charles
Johnson (125) vs. Ramazonbek
Temirov (125.5)
Luana
Carolina (N/A) vs. Montana
De La Rosa (N/A)**
* Almeida missed weight by two pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.
** Fight was canceled before weigh-ins due to weight management
issue for Carolina.