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UFC Rio Weigh-In Results: One fighter misses weight by eight pounds
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UFC Rio takes place at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. The event is headlined by a lightweight but between former champion Charles Oliveira and No. 8 ranked Mateusz Gamrot. This event will mark the fight promotion's 13th visit to Rio de Janeiro.

On Friday, the fighters officially weigh-in. Both main event fighters came in at 156 pounds. 

UFC Rio Official Weigh-In Results

Main card

  • Charles Oliveira (156) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
  • Deiveson Figueiredo (136) vs. Montel Jackson (136)
  • Vicente Luque (170) vs. Joel Alvarez (171)
  • Jhonata Diniz (257) vs. Mario Pinto (255)
  • Ricardo Ramos (146) vs. Kaan Ofli (145.5)
  • Lucas Almeida (145.5) vs. Michael Aswell (145.5)

Preliminary card

  • Jafel Filho (126) vs. Clayton Carpenter (126) 
  • Vitor Petrino (250) vs. Thomas Petersen (246.5
  • Beatriz Mesquita (136) vs. Irina Alekseeva (135.5)
  • Lucas Rocha (126) vs. Stewart Nicoll (126)
  • Julia Polastri (116) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
  • Luan Lacerda (136) vs. Saimon Oliveira (144)*

*Saimon Oliveira missed weight by eight pounds

This article first appeared on MMA Weekly and was syndicated with permission.

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