UFC Fight Night 247 Weigh-in Results: 2 Heavy; Turcios-Sopai Scratched

The
Ultimate Fighting Championship is hitting a milestone this
weekend by putting on its 100th event from the UFC Apex, and a
handful of fights are on the rocks for the
UFC Fight Night 247 card after the official weigh-ins took
place.

Headlining Saturday’s show is a five-rounder between Neil Magny
and Carlos
Prates, which sees the veteran going up against a dangerous
prospect in a clash to stay relevant in the welterweight division.
Both main event fighters successfully made weight, but the same
could not be said about the remainder of the lineup. Late
replacement Zach
Scroggin (174) exceeded the 171-pound cap ahead of his bout
with Elizeu
Zaleski dos Santos, while Melissa
Mullins (137) missed weight again before facing Klaudia
Sygula. Both heavy fighters have received 20% purse fines, and
the bouts will continue as catchweights. Additionally, Ricky
Turcios succumbed to a medical issue shortly after making
weight that ejected him from his pairing with Bernardo
Sopai, and the contest has been nixed from the lineup.

This is the fourth time that Magny (29-12) has headlined a UFC
card. “The Haitian Sensation” has struggled lately, though, losing
two of his last three fights with a TKO win over Mike Malott
sandwiched between losses to Ian Garry and
Michael
Morales. The 37-year-old will look to show he has more left in
the tank against his six-year younger opponent. Ever the
professional, the American officially weighed 171 pounds.

This marks the first UFC main event for Prates (20-6). Currently
3-0 inside the Octagon with wins over Jingliang
Li, Charlie
Radtke and Trevin
Giles, the 31-year-old prospect would show real promise if he
can pass his toughest test yet. The Brazilian is riding an
impressive 10-fight win streak and stepped on the scale weighing
170.5 pounds.

UFC Vegas 100 will air 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 Fight Night 247 Weigh-in Results:

Neil
Magny (171) vs. Carlos
Prates (170.5)
Ricky
Turcios (136)* vs. Bernardo
Sopai (136)
Gerald
Meerschaert (185) vs. Reinier
de Ridder (185)
Luana
Pinheiro (115.5) vs. Gillian
Robertson (116)
Mansur
Abdul-Malik (186) vs. Dusko
Todorovic (185.5)
Karolina
Kowalkiewicz (115.5) vs. Denise
Gomes (115)
Gaston
Bolanos (135.5) vs. Cortavious
Romious (136)
Elizeu
Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Zach
Scroggin (174)**
Matthew
Semelsberger (171) vs. Charlie
Radtke (170.5)
Cody
Stamann (135.5) vs. Da’Mon
Blackshear (135.5)
Tresean
Gore (186) vs. Antonio
Trocoli (186)
Melissa
Mullins (137)*** vs. Klaudia
Sygula (136)

* Turcios suffered a medical issue after making weight, and his
match has been canceled.
** Scroggin missed weight by three pounds and has been fined 20%
his purse.
*** Mullins missed weight by one pound and has been fined 20% of
her purse.