Your
#UFCSanAntonio Main Event is official ✅@ChitoVeraUFC
and @CorySandhagen
are the first two to the scale ⚖️ pic.twitter.com/bW0VOp6h4j— UFC (@ufc)
March 24, 2023
The
UFC on ESPN 43 card is officially set, although it will be
continuing with fewer fights than originally scheduled.
Main event fighters Marlon Vera
and Cory
Sandhagen had no issue making weight, as did most of the card.
However, Manuel
Torres was forced off the San Antonio-based event due to “weight management issues” and never even hit the scales. As a
result, his lightweight fight against Trey Ogden
has been canceled. This follows the Thursday nixing of the women’s
bantamweight pairing between Hailey
Cowan and Tamires
Vidal, with Vidal suffering an undisclosed medical issue that
forced her out of the event.
This marks the third straight headlining appearance for Vera
(20-7-1), who is coming off an impressive head kick knockout of
Dominick
Cruz. “Chito” has won four straight fights, which also includes
impressive victories over Rob Font and
Frankie
Edgar. The Ecuadorian fighter officially weighed 136 pounds on
the dot.
Sandhagen (15-4) successfully bounced back from decision defeats to
T.J.
Dillashaw and Petr Yan with
a TKO stoppage over Yadong Song
in his last outing. Now he’ll look to become a top contender once
again by emerging victorious in what will be his fourth UFC main
event. The American weighed 135.5 pounds.
UFC on ESPN 43 will air in its entirety on ESPN and ESPN+. The main
card starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while the prelims begin at 4:30
p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT.
UFC on ESPN 43 Weigh-in Results:
Marlon
Vera (136) vs. Cory
Sandhagen (135.5)
Holly
Holm (135.5) vs. Yana Santos
(135)
Nate
Landwehr (145.5) vs. Austin
Lingo (146)
Maycee
Barber (125.5) vs. Andrea Lee
(126)
Manel
Kape (125.5) vs. Alex Perez
(126)
Albert
Duraev (186) vs. Chidi
Njokuani (185)
Tucker
Lutz (146) vs. Daniel
Pineda (145.5)
Lucas
Alexander (146) vs. Steven
Peterson (146)
Trevin
Giles (170.5) vs. Preston
Parsons (171)
Daniel da
Silva (126) vs. C.J. Vergara
(126)
Trey
Ogden (155.5) vs. Manuel
Torres (N/A)*
Victor
Altamirano (124.5) vs. Vinicius
Salvador (126)
* Torres never weighed in and his fight against Ogden has been
canceled.