Welterweight wins record-holder Neil Magny returns to headline a dubious milestone for the UFC this Satuday, taking on Carlos Prates at the Apex at UFC Vegas 100.
One hundred shows at the UFC’s own cramped production facility in Las Vegas isn’t the sort of achievement most MMA fans wanted. Still, as UFC Senior VP of International and Content David Shaw explained this past weekend, a certain number of Apex shows will likely always be here to stay – it simply makes financial sense for the promotion (of course, that would require one to believe that UFC events weren’t profitable, or that the Apex is somehow more profitable, so perhaps “convenient” is a better explanation).
With former bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt injured and out of the event, UFC Vegas 100 looks like a depressing reminder of why 100 Apex shows since the coming and going of the coronavirus pandemic has been such a tedious journey. Outside of women’s submission leader Gillian Robertson, former strawweight title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz, and Magny himself, the biggest star on the night had nothing to do with the UFC – rather, it was the debuting Reinier de Ridder, a former ONE Championship double-champ who was making his debut against Gerald Meerschaert.
Still, cards that are soft on paper often punch up, and fans were no doubt hopeful for a solid night of fights come Saturday. Weigh-ins for the event take place on Friday, getting underway at 12PM ET, 9AM PT. Results can be found below.
UFC Vegas 100: Magny vs. Prates Weigh-In Results
Main card
Welterweight: Neil Magny (171) vs. Carlos Prates (170.5)
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Reinier de Ridder
Bantamweight: Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj (136)
Women’s Strawweight: Luana Pinheiro (115.5) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik (186) vs. Duško Todorović (185.5)
Preliminary card
Women’s Strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115.5) vs. Denise Gomes (115)
Bantamweight: Gaston Bolaños (135.5) vs. Cortavious Romious
Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Zachary Scroggin (174)*
Welterweight: Matthew Semelsberger (171) vs. Charles Radtke (170.5)
Bantamweight: Cody Stamann (135.5) vs. Da’Mon Blackshear (135.5)
Middleweight: Tresean Gore (186) vs. Antonio Trócoli (186)
Women’s Bantamweight: Melissa Mullins (137)** vs. Klaudia Syguła (136)
* Scroggin weighs in 3lbs over the limit for his welterweight fight (and UFC debut) against Elizeu Zaleski
** Mullins weighs in 1lb over the bantamweight limit for her fight with Klaudia Syguła
