Charles Oliveira (@CharlesDoBronxs)
#UFC274 Official Weight: 155.5All Weigh-In Results: https://t.co/fAMu27WDxd
— UFC News (@UFCNews)
May 6, 2022
Charles
Oliveira‘s lightweight title run comes to an embarrassing end,
as the
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion failed to
make weight for his UFC
274 title defense against Justin
Gaethje.
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The drama began as Oliveira missed weight during his initial
weigh-in by .5 pounds, which came as a surprise considering the
Brazilian posted on social
media on Friday morning that his weight was on point. “Do
Bronx” then took an extra hour to cut weight, but once again
weighed in half a pound over championship weight. As a result,
Oliveira is stripped of the title, and only Gaethje can walk out as
champion on Saturday night.
Thankfully, there was no issue in the co-main event, which sees
Rose
Namajunas put her strawweight belt on the line against former
champion Carla
Esparza, who holds a 2014 win over “Thug Rose.” The rest of the
card made weight, except for Norma
Dumont, who came in .5 pounds over the featherweight limit and
has been fined 30% of her purse as a result.
Having shown plenty of talent throughout his career, Oliveira
(32-8, 1 NC) had seemingly put it all together after many career
setbacks, although weight cutting is clearly still an issue. The
impressive wins streak that “do Bronx” is currently on dates back
to 2018. After winning the vacant title after picking up a comeback
TKO victory over Michael
Chandler, the Brazilian followed it up with a rear-naked choke
submission over Dustin
Poirier in his most recent fight. The disappointed former
champion officially weighed 155.5 pounds, and even if he gets his
hand raised on Saturday night, the belt will remain vacant.
A former interim champion, Gaethje’s own impressive win streak was
snapped by Khabib
Nurmagomedov in 2020. Since then, “The Highlight” lived up to
his nickname by winning a “Fight of the Year” battle with Michael
Chandler late last year. Gaethje (23-3) weighed 155 pounds on
the dot for his second crack at the undisputed title, and he can
claim the vacant strap with a victory.
UFC 274’s main card will stream on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims begin on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass
at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT and will continue on ESPN and ESPN+ at
8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 274 Weigh-in Results:
Charles
Oliveira (155.5)* vs. Justin
Gaethje (155)
Rose
Namajunas (115) vs. Carla
Esparza (115)
Michael
Chandler (156) vs. Tony
Ferguson (155.5)
Mauricio
Rua (205.5) vs. Ovince St.
Preux (205)
Donald
Cerrone (155.5) vs. Joe Lauzon
(155.5)
Andre
Fialho (170.5) vs. Cameron
VanCamp (170)
Randy
Brown (170.5) vs. Kalinn
Williams (170.5)
Macy
Chiasson (145.5) vs. Norma
Dumont (146.5)**
Brandon
Royval (125.5) vs. Matt
Schnell (125.5)
Blagoy
Ivanov (253.5) vs. Marcos
Rogerio de Lima (258.5)
Danny
Roberts (170.5) vs. Francisco
Trinaldo (170.5)
Tracy
Cortez (125.5) vs. Melissa
Gatto (125)
Kleydson
Rodrigues (125.5) vs. C.J. Vergara
(126)
Ariane
Carnelossi (115.5) vs. Lupita
Godinez (115)
Fernando
Garcia (135.5) vs. Journey
Newson (135.5)
* Oliveira missed weight by .5 pounds, has been stripped of his
title and fined a percentage of his purse.
** Dumont missed weight by .5 pounds and has been fined 30% of
her purse.