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 vs. Carlos Prates
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier de Ridder
Bantamweight: Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj
Women’s Strawweight: Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson
Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Duško Todorović
Preliminary card
Women’s Strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Denise Gomes
Bantamweight: Gaston Bolaños vs. Cortavious Romious
Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Zachary Scroggin
Welterweight: Matthew Semelsberger vs. Charles Radtke
Bantamweight: Cody Stamann vs. Da’Mon Blackshear
Middleweight: Tresean Gore vs. Antonio Trócoli
Women’s Bantamweight: Melissa Mullins vs. Klaudia Syguła
