This Saturday’s UFC Rio sees the octagon return to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a Fight Night event with a modified main event, and a whole lot of Brazilian talent.
Charles Oliveira was originally slated to face Rafael Fiziev in the night’s main event, but with Fiziev injured, former KSW champ and lightweight contender Mateusz Gamrot stepped up to the save the day. Gamrot has been adamant that he’s eager to test “Do Bronx” (with a new nickname, “The Predator,” also in play) on the ground, despite the Brazilian holding the UFC’s submissions record at 16.
Deiveson Figueiredo, Vicente Luque, Ricardo Ramos and others will also be in action; weigh-ins for the event take place Friday in Rio.
UFC Rio: Oliveira vs. Gamrot Weigh-In Results
Main card
Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (156) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
Bantamweight: Deiveson Figueiredo (136) vs. Montel Jackson (136)
Welterweight: Vicente Luque (170) vs. Joel Álvarez (171)
Heavyweight: Jhonata Diniz (257) vs. Mário Pinto (255)
Featherweight: Ricardo Ramos (146) vs. Kaan Ofli (145.5)
Featherweight: Lucas Almeida (125.5) vs. Michael Aswell (145.5)
Preliminary card
Flyweight: Jafel Filho (126) vs. Clayton Carpenter (126)
Heavyweight: Vitor Petrino (250) vs. Thomas Petersen (246.5)
Women’s Bantamweight: Beatriz Mesquita (136) vs. Irina Alekseeva (135.5)
Flyweight: Lucas Rocha (126) vs. Stewart Nicoll (126)
Heavyweight: Valter Walker (246) vs. Mohammed Usman – cancelled due to medical issues
Women’s Strawweight: Julia Polastri (116) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
Bantamweight: Luan Lacerda (136) vs. Saimon Oliveira (144)*
* Saimon Oliveira missed weight by 8lbs and will forfeit 50% of his purse. Fight moves forward but he cannot exceed 155lbs on fight night
