There was but one hiccup at the UFC Vegas 53 weigh-in on Friday morning in Las Vegas.
Unfortunately, that hiccup came in the main event bantamweight bout between Marlon “Chito” Vera and Rob Font. While Vera made weight early on in the weigh-in window, Font hit the scale about an hour later, coming in heavy at 138.5 pounds.
He did not continue cutting weight.
Other than that, it was an orderly affair. After the first ten minutes or so, only nine fighters remained to weigh in, and of that number, three were heavyweights — meaning they could stroll onto the scale effectively when they felt like it. Carlos Candelario would hit the scales last, but successfully made the flyweight limit.
With that, the full card was official; the main event moves forward at a catchweight, but the show must go on.
Full results from Friday’s UFC Vegas 53 weigh-in and a gallery of highlights can be found below. The event takes place Saturday, April 30, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC Vegas 53: Font vs. Vera Weigh-In Results
Main card
Bantamweight: Rob Font (138.5)* vs. Marlon Vera (136)
Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski (246) vs. Jake Collier (265)
Featherweight: Andre Fili (145.5) vs. Joanderson Brito (145.5)
Lightweight: Jared Gordon (155.5) vs. Grant Dawson (155.5)
Featherweight: Darren Elkins (145.5) vs. Tristan Connelly (146)
Middleweight: Krzysztof Jotko (186) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (185)
Preliminary card
Flyweight: Daniel Lacerda (125) vs. Francisco Figueiredo (125.5)
Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov (236.5) vs. Chase Sherman (247)
Welterweight: Gabriel Green (170.5) vs. Yohan Lainesse (169)
Lightweight: Natan Levy (155) vs. Mike Breeden (155.5)
Women’s Flyweight: Gina Mazany (126) vs. Shanna Young (125)
Flyweight: Tatsuro Taira (125.5) vs. Carlos Candelario (126)
* Font missed the bantamweight limit by 2.5 pounds
