First to the scale this morning!@PetrYanUFC
in at 136lbs for tomorrow’s
#UFCLasVegas main event 💪 pic.twitter.com/J21q00CqTk— UFC (@ufc)
March 10, 2023
Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight
Ricardo
Ramos seems to have forgotten his weight class.
Headlining
UFC Fight Night 221 is a top contender match between former
135-pound titleholder Petr Yan and
the surging Merab
Dvalishvili. Both main event fighters made weight for their
five-round affair, although a few members of the undercard weren’t
entirely as professional.
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Notably, Ramos and Jared
Gooden checked in nowhere close to their weight limits for
their respective fights. Ramos came in eight pounds overweight at
154 pounds for his featherweight scrap against Austin
Lingo. Meanwhile, late replacement Gooden hit the scales at 177
pounds for his welterweight fight against Carlston
Harris, or six pounds above the non-title cap. Ramos vs. Lingo
has since been canceled, but Gooden-Harris will continue with
Gooden receiving a hefty 30% purse fine.
Yan (16-4) is looking to bounce back after two straight split
decision defeats that each sparked varying degrees of controversy. “No Mercy” will aim to show he still has plenty left in the tank
after losing to Aljamain
Sterling for a second time, and to Sean
O’Malley in a back-and-forth battle. The Russian ex-champ
officially weighed 136 pounds on the dot.
Riding an impressive eight-fight win streak, Dvalishvili (15-4) has
ample momentum going into the biggest fight of his career. The
Serra-Longo Fight Team product most recently won a decision over
Jose
Aldo and knocked out Marlon
Moraes. “The Machine” will look to live up to his nickname and
earn a title shot with his grueling pace. The Georgian came in at
134.5 pounds.
UFC Fight Night 221 will stream live in its entirety on ESPN+ on
Saturday. For now, prelims begin at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT, while the
main card kicks off at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 221 Weigh-in Results:
Petr
Yan (136) vs. Merab
Dvalishvili (134.5)
Alexander
Romanov (264.5) vs. Alexander
Volkov (258)
Nikita
Krylov (213) vs. Ryan Spann
(213)
Austin
Lingo (145.5) vs. Ricardo
Ramos (154)*
Jonathan
Martinez (135.5) vs. Said
Nurmagomedov (136)
Vitor
Petrino (204) vs. Anton
Turkalj (205)
Lukasz
Brzeski (245) vs. Karl
Williams (240.5)
Raphael
Assuncao (136) vs. Davey Grant
(136)
Sedriques
Dumas (184.5) vs. Josh Fremd
(186)
Mario
Bautista (136) vs. Guido
Cannetti (136)
Tony
Gravely (136) vs. Victor
Henry (136)
J.J.
Aldrich (125.5) vs. Ariane
Lipski (125.5)
Tyson
Nam (125.5) vs. Bruno Silva
(125.5)
Jared
Gooden (177)** vs. Carlston
Harris (169.5)
* Ramos missed weight by eight pounds and the fight has been
canceled.
** Gooden missed weight by six pounds and will be fined 30% of
his purse.