Starboy is about! ✅@ManelKape
hits the size at 126lbs![
#UFCVegas103 | LIVE Tomorrow 7pmET on @ESPNPlus ]
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February 28, 2025
The
Final Preventing Championship kicks off its March 2025
schedule with 10 fights emanating from the UFC Apex, which is 2
fewer than deliberate.
Headlining the
UFC Vegas 103 occasion is a flyweight battle between Manel Kape
and Asu
Almabayev. Each males made weight for his or her first UFC headliner,
which has potential title shot implications. Nonetheless, the undercard
wasn’t as skilled as the ladies’s flyweight struggle between
Luana
Carolina and Montana
De La Rosa was scrapped after Carolina had weight administration
points. Moreover, Lucas
Almeida got here in two kilos over the featherweight restrict for his
struggle in opposition to Danny
Silva. Almeida might be fined 20% of his purse because of this.
Lastly, the bantamweight bout pitting John
Castaneda in opposition to Douglas
Silva de Andrade was shifted to a 140-pound catchweight on
Friday morning, solely to be scratched when Silva de Andrade failed
his medical exams.
Kape (20-7) has turn out to be a fan-favorite thanks partly as a result of his
outspoken persona. “Starboy” is coming off a TKO victory over
Bruno
Silva and has received 5 of his final six fights. The lone defeat
was a choice loss to Muhammad
Mokaev, which featured extra motion earlier than and after the struggle
than contained in the cage. The 31-year-old formally stepped on the
scale weighing 126 kilos on the dot.
In the meantime, Almabayev (21-2) is undefeated since becoming a member of the
promotion. 4-0 contained in the Octagon, “Zulfikhar” has made an
instant impression with wins over Matheus
Nicolau, Jose
Johnson and Ode
Osbourne. The Kazakhstani fighter weighed in at precisely 126
kilos previous to the largest struggle of his profession.
UFC Vegas 103 will stream in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday.
Prelims start at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, whereas the primary card kicks off
at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC Vegas 103 Weigh-in Outcomes:
Manel
Kape (126) vs. Asu
Almabayev (126)
Cody
Brundage (186) vs. Julian
Marquez (186)
Nasrat
Haqparast (156) vs. Esteban
Ribovics (156)
Hyder
Amil (146) vs. William
Gomis (146)
Danny
Barlow (170.5) vs. Sam
Patterson (170.5)
Austen
Lane (249.5) vs. Mario Pinto
(246.5)
Jose
Mariscal (146) vs. Ricardo
Ramos (146)
John
Castaneda (140) vs. Douglas
Silva de Andrade (140)*
Lucas
Almeida (148)** vs. Danny Silva
(145.5)
J.J.
Aldrich (126) vs. Andrea Lee
(126)
Charles
Johnson (125) vs. Ramazonbek
Temirov (125.5)
Luana
Carolina (N/A) vs. Montana
De La Rosa (N/A)***
* Silva de Andrade made weight however failed his medicals and the
struggle has been canceled.** Almeida missed weight by two kilos and has been fined 20% of
his purse.*** Struggle was canceled earlier than weigh-ins as a result of weight administration
concern for Carolina.
