Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen appeared promptly at the weigh-in for their upcoming fight. Sandhagen weighed 135.5 pounds and Vera weighed 136 pounds. According to Global Rankings, Marlon is one spot below Cory, who is currently ranked No. 5 while he is at No. 6. This match could ultimately decide the next challenger for the Bantamweight Men’s Title.
Holly Holm and Yana Santos are two women who will fight each other. They both weighed in for the fight, with Holly coming in at 135.5 pounds and Yana at 135 pounds. You can watch highlights of their weigh-in online.
The official weighing in for the UFC San Antonio event got a bit confusing. The day after a women’s fight between Tamires Vidal and Hailey Cowan, another fight was canceled because Manuel Torres had to drop out due to some medical issues. Here are the results of the fights that remained: the main card (shown on ESPN and ESPN+) included Marlon Vera (weighing 136lbs) against Cory Sandhagen (weighing 135.5lbs).
At this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, there will be several fights taking place. Holly Holm and Yana Santos will fight at 135.5 pounds while Nate Landwehr and Austin Lingo will fight at 145.5 pounds. Andrea Lee and Maycee Barber are set to compete at 126 pounds, with Alex Perez vs Manel Kape also happening at the same weight class. Chidi Njokuani and Albert Duraev are competing in the 185 lbs weight class. There will also be some preliminary matches on ESPN, ESPN+ such as Daniel Pineda vs Tucker Lutz (145.5 lbs), Steven Peterson vs Lucas Alexander (146 lbs), Trevin Giles vs Preston Parsons(170.5 lbs) and CJ Vergara fighting against Daniel Da Silva (126 lbs). Finally, Manuel Torres was supposed to face Trey Ogden (155.5lbs), but cancels due to some circumstances.
Victor Altamirano and Vinicius Salvador are about to fight. However, the third fighter, Torres, won’t join them because officials said that his fight with Trey Ogden had to be cancelled due to Torres getting sick.
