Looking to move up the flyweight rankings
[
💪@AlexPerezMMA
hits the scale at 126lbs!
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April 26, 2024
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns following its historic
card two weeks ago with a flyweight main event at the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas.
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Sitting atop the
UFC on ESPN 55 card is a 125-pound fight between contenders
Matheus
Nicolau and Alex Perez.
Both headliners successfully made weight for the five-round fight.
As for the rest of the card, two fighters missed weight. David Onama
came in 2.5 pounds over the featherweight limit, and James
Llontop came in half a pound over the lightweight cap. Both
fighters will be fined 20% of their respective purses.
This marks the first UFC main event for Nicolau (19-3-1). The
Brazilian is coming off a knockout loss to Brandon
Royval in his lone fight of 2023. Prior to the setback, the
31-year-old had been on a six-fight win streak with wins over the
likes of Matt
Schnell, Tim Elliott
and Manel Kape.
The Nova Uniao fighter stepped on the scale weighing 125.5
pounds.
Meanwhile, this is the second headlining fight for Perez (24-8),
his first since a title defeat to Deiveson
Figueiredo in 2020. Since then, the American has gone 0-2,
losing to both Alexandre
Pantoja and Muhammad
Mokaev. The 32-year-old will look to rebound in a must-win
fight if he hopes to stick around the top of the division. The Team
Oyama product officially weighed 126 pounds on the dot.
UFC on ESPN 55’s main card will begin airing on ESPN and ESPN+ at 7
p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims kick off three hours prior
on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
UFC on ESPN 55 Weigh-in Results:
Matheus
Nicolau (125.5) vs. Alex Perez
(126)
Ryan
Spann (205.5) vs. Bogdan
Guskov (204.5)
Ariane
Lipski (126) vs. Karine
Silva (125.5)
Austen
Lane (254.5) vs. Jhonata
Diniz (255)
Jonathan
Pearce (146) vs. David Onama
(148.5)*
Tim
Means (171) vs. Uros Medic
(171)
Rani
Yahya (136) vs. Victor
Henry (135.5)
Austin
Hubbard (156) vs. Michal
Figlak (155)
Don’Tale
Mayes (264) vs. Caio
Machado (251.5)
Marnic
Mann (115.5) vs. Ketlen
Souza (115.5)
James
Llontop (156.5)** vs. Chris
Padilla (154.5)
Ivana
Petrovic (126) vs. Na Liang
(126)
Gabriel
Benitez (155) vs. Maheshate
Hayisaer (155.5)
* Onama missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.
** Llontop missed weight by .5 pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.