Two fighters were heavy for UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday – the first UFC event of 2025.
Hitting the scales at the end of Friday’s weigh-in window, Jose Johnson and Ihor Potieria both came in north of their respective limits. Johnson, booked into a would-be flyweight fight with Felipe Bunes, was 2.5lbs over the non-title limit at 128.5. For Potieria, he was two pounds north of the middleweight limit for a fight against Marco Tulio.
Both fights take part on the event’s preliminary card. All other athletes made weight on Friday, including headliners Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas. The pair, booked into a rematch (Ribas earned a decision win in their first meeting), both came in at 116lbs for the strawweight main event.
UFC Vegas 101: Dern vs. Ribas 2 Weigh-In Results
Main card
Women’s Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern (116) vs. Amanda Ribas (116)
Welterweight: Santiago Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Carlston Harris (170)
Middleweight: César Almeida (185.5) vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan (185.5)
Middleweight: Chris Curtis (185.5) vs. Roman Kopylov (185.5)
Featherweight: Christian Rodriguez (145) vs. Austin Bashi (145.5)
Welterweight: Punahele Soriano (171) vs. Uroš Medić (171)
Preliminary card
Flyweight: Jose Johnson (128.5)* vs. Felipe Bunes (126)
Middleweight: Marco Tulio (185.5) vs. Ihor Potieria (188)**
Lightweight: Thiago Moisés (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5)
Welterweight: Preston Parsons (171) vs. Jacobe Smith (170.5)
Women’s Flyweight: Ernesta Kareckaitė (126) vs. Nicolle Caliari (125.5)
Light Heavyweight: Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (205) vs. Bruno Lopes (205.5)
Women’s Strawweight: Fatima Kline (116) vs. Victoria Dudakova (116)
Lightweight: Joe Solecki (155) vs. Nurullo Aliev (155.5)
* Jose Johnson weighed in two and a half pounds over the flyweight limit for his fight with Felipe Bunes; fined 20% of his purse
** Ihor Poteira weighed in two pounds over the middleweight limit for his fight with Marco Tulio; fined 25% of his purse
