Main event official!
No. @DomReyes
locks in at 205.5 lbs.
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— UFC (@ufc)
April 30, 2021
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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. Not one but two
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters came in well above
their respective limits at the weigh-ins.
The UFC returns to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a clash between
light heavyweight contenders.UFC
on ESPN 23 sees Dominick
Reyes look to rebound from the first two losses of his career
against the streaking Jiri
Prochazka. Both fighters atop the card had no issue making
weight, but the same couldn’t be said for a few others on the card.
The most notable miss was Gabriel
Benitez missing the featherweight limit by 4.5 pounds. Also
heavy was Luana
Carolina, who failed to hit the flyweight mark by 2.5
pounds.
Reyes (12-2) was undefeated before dropping a controversial
decision to former light heavyweight king Jon Jones.
After that defeat, “The Devastator” jumped into a bout for the
vacant belt against Jan
Blachowicz but was knocked out in the second round. Before
these setbacks, Reyes had strung together wins over Chris
Weidman, Volkan
Oezdemir and Ovince St.
Preux. Reyes stepped on the scales at 205.5 pounds.
Czech Republic’s Prochazka (27-3-1) hasn’t tasted defeat since
getting knocked out by Muhammed
Lawal in 2015. His 11-fight win streak saw him avenge his last
defeat, win the
Rizin Fighting Federation light heavyweight championship and
make his successful Octagon debut against Oezdemir. “Denisa”
officially weighed 204 pounds for his first UFC main event.
UFC on ESPN 23’s main card will air live on ESPN2 starting at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while the prelims will stream via ESPN+ at 7
p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC on ESPN 23 Weigh-in Results:
Dominick
Reyes (205.5) vs. Jiri
Prochazka (204)
Giga
Chikadze (146) vs. Cub Swanson
(145.5)
Ion
Cutelaba (206) vs. Dustin
Jacoby (205)
Sean
Strickland (185.5) vs. Krzysztof
Jotko (185.5)
Merab
Dvalishvili (135.5) vs. Cody
Stamann (135.5)
Poliana
Botelho (125.5) vs. Luana
Carolina (128.5)**
Randa
Markos (115) vs. Luana
Pinheiro (115.5)
Gabriel
Benitez (150.5)* vs. Jonathan
Pearce (146)
Kai
Kamaka III (146) vs. T.J. Brown
(145.5)
Konklak
Suphisara (116) vs. Sam Hughes
(115.5)
Andreas
Michailidis (185.5) vs. K.B. Bhullar
(186)
Luke
Sanders (145.5) vs. Felipe
Dias Colares (145.5)
* Benitez missed weight by 4.5 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
** Carolina missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of her purse. 
