September 20, 2024

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UFC 277 weigh-ins – Julianna Pena weighs in last-minute, Joselyn Edwards and Orion Cosce to be fined 20% in their handbag for lacking weight

The UFC 277 weigh-ins came about this morning from Dallas, Texas and featured two combatants lacking weight and a past due arrival from girls’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena.

Pena was once the final fighter to weigh-in and stepped at the scale with only a minute left ahead of the Texas Division of Licensing & Law close issues down. She weighed in at 134.5, whilst her opponent Amanda Nunes weighed in at 135 kilos.

The final time a UFC champion arrived on the weigh-ins on the final minute was once UFC 274, the place Charles Oliveira famously ignored weight through part a pound and was once stripped of his identify.

There was once no such controversy in Dallas. Kai Kara-France and Brandon Moreno additionally made weight with none factor. Each males got here in at 124.5 kilos for his or her intervening time flyweight identify struggle.

Most effective two combatants at the undercard ignored weight. Ladies’s bantamweight Joselyne Edwards and welterweight Orion Cosce each got here in 1.5 kilos over their respective divisional restrict and can forfeit twenty p.c in their handbags to their warring parties.

Watch the UFC 277 weigh-in highlights underneath:

Here is the whole weigh-in effects:

UFC PPV

Julianna Peña (134.5) vs. Amanda Nunes (135)Brandon Moreno (124.5) vs. Kai Kara-France (124.5)Derrick Lewis (264.5) vs. Sergei Pavlovich (254.5)Alexandre Pantoja (125.5) vs. Alex Perez (125.5)Anthony Smith (206) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (206)

ESPN/ABC Prelims

Alex Morono (171) vs. Matthew Semelsberger (171)Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Rafael Alves (155.5)Don’Story Mayes (255) vs. Hamdy Abdelwahab (264.5)Drakkar Klose (155.5) vs. Rafa Garcia (155)

Early Prelims

Michael Morales (170.5) vs. Adam Fugitt (171)Joselyne Edwards (137.5) vs. Ji Yeon Kim (135)Nicolae Negumereanu (205) vs. Ihor Potieria (204)Orion Cosce (172.5) vs. Blood Diamond (169.5)

Daniel Cormier wonders if Julianna Pena was once “simply taking part in a recreation” weighing in final

Julianna Pena was once the final fighter to step at the scales on the legit UFC 277 weigh-ins. The ladies’s bantamweight champion weighed in at 134.5, part a pound underneath the championship restrict. Alternatively, her absence till the very final minute had Daniel Cormier wondering the standard of her lower.

Throughout the legit UFC weigh-in display, he mentioned:

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“To the minute. Ultimate minute. Perhaps the champ is simply taking part in a recreation, like ‘Hiya guys, you gonna look ahead to me. It is my display, you will look ahead to me.’ I dunno, she’s a part pound underneath weight. In case you are a part pound underneath weight you might want to have did that forty-five mins in the past. But when she’s no longer … she did not glance that unhealthy, but when she’s no longer, now she’s given Amanda [Nunes] a two hour head get started.”

Watch Daniel Cormier talk about Julianna Pena’s past due weigh-in underneath: