Considered probably the “worst” occasion of the year so far, tonight’s lackluster UFC Vegas 95 card took a blow overnight, with 3 separate bouts leading to biased weight errors on a card that was already in the spotlight.
Returning to North America tonight after an appearance in Abu Dhabi, the UFC hosted a card in the Middle East over the past weekend, culminating in a knockout between Umar Nurmagomedov and Cory Sandhagen.
However, tonight’s 10-fight occasion at the Apex has earned its fair share of complaints this week, with a four-year rematch between European heavyweight stalwarts Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac leading the way. ‘chance.
Peppered with a slew of names unrecognizable to those not yet recognizable to a die-hard audience, the occasion features only one shaper’s name holder: Invicta FC star Yana Santos, who suffered a first-round knockout loss to Cris Cyborg. at UFC 222, in a failed featherweight championship bout.
And at yesterday’s official weigh-ins, three fighters fell short of their respective weight limits heading into UFC Vegas 95, forcing a trio of weight fights into place.
First, scheduled to face the aforementioned Santos upon her return, Chelsea Chandler skipped the bantamweight limit for the second fight in a row, weighing in at 141 pounds, forcing a fixedweight bout.
Also, on the same major card, Danny Barlow missed the non-welterweight title bout limit for his fight with Nikolay Veretenitkov, at 171. 25 pounds.
And in the night’s co-feature, Chepe Mariscal weighed in at 149. 5 pounds for his scheduled featherweight fight with Damon Jackson, forcing the reception, adding to the woes of an already lackluster and criticized UFC Vegas 95 card. .
Facing each other for the first time in 2020 on a UFC Fight Night Norfolk card, Polish contender Tybura earned a unanimous decision victory over Spivac as part of a five-fight winning streak that began tonight, there in Virginia.
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