UFC Rio weigh-ins: Oliveira and Gamrot on weight, one huge weight miss, one bout scrapped

Weigh-in day saw a little drama, a big weight miss, and one bout removed from the card entirely as the final, official bout lineup for Saturday’s UFC Rio event was confirmed.

The scheduled headliner between former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and short-notice replacement Mateusz Gamrot is now official, with both men hitting the non-title limit of 156 pounds for their lightweight main event matchup.

There were no issues in the co-main either, as bantamweight contenders Deiveson Figueiredo and Montel Jackson both hit 136 pounds to ensure their matchup remained intact. And the rest of the main card all made weight without any problems.

That included Spain’s former lightweight talent Joel Alvarez, who used every pound available to him for his first fight at welterweight, as he tipped the scale on the 171 non-title limit for his bout with Octagon veteran Vicente Luque (170).

Heavyweights Jhonata Diniz (257) and Mario Pinto (250) combined for more than 500 pounds ahead of their main card clash. That fight will be preceded by a pair of featherweight matchups, and both pairings, Ricardo Ramos vs Kaan Ofli, and Lucas Almeida vs Michael Aswell Jr, had no problem making weight for their respective assignments.

There was only one issue on the scale on the preliminary card lineup, but it was a big one, as Saimon Oliveira arrived on the scale at 144 pounds for his bantamweight bout against Luan Lacerda. Effectively, he was almost a full weight class overweight for the bout, but after negotiations with Lacerda’s team, their all-Brazilian fight night opener will proceed, as planned.

One bout was removed from the card entirely, as medical issues necessitated the cancellation of the heavyweight bout between Valter Walker and Mohammed Usman.

Check out the full list of official weights below.