LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s UFC Fight Night 266 fighter weigh-ins at the Meta APEX ahead of Saturday’s event (Paramount+)
Among those weighing in were Mario Bautista (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and Vinicius Oliveira (23-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who meet in the bantamweight main event. Additionally, Amir Albazi (17-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) takes on Kyoji Horiguchi (35-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in the flyweight co-feature.
The entire main card weighed in without issue, but the same can’t be said for the preliminary-card athletes. Four fighters came in heavy for their respective matchups on the undercard, including both Wang Cong and Eduarda Moura, who are scheduled to face each other in a women’s flyweight contest.
The full UFC Fight Night 266 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)
- Mario Bautista (135.5) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (136)
- Amir Albazi (125.5) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (126)
- Jailton Almeida (241) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (264)
- Marc-Andre Barriault (184.5) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (186)
- Farid Basharat (136) vs. Jean Matsumoto (135.5)
- Dustin Jacoby (204.5) vs. Julius Walker (206)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Paramount+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Daniil Donchenko (170.5) vs. Alex Morono (170.5)
- Niko Price (171) vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (170.5)
- Bruna Brasil (116) vs. Ketlen Souza (115.5)
- Javid Basharat (135.5) vs. Gianni Vazquez (141)*
- Wang Cong (127.5)** vs. Eduarda Moura (127)***
- Muin Gafurov (141)*** vs. Jakub Wiklacz (135.5)
- Priscila Cachoeira (135.5) vs. Klaudia Sygula (135.5)
* Vazquez missed bantamweight limit by five pounds; fined 25 percent of purse and not eligible for bonuses
** Cong missed women’s flyweight limit by 1.5 pounds; not eligible for bonuses
*** Moura missed women’s flyweight limit by 1.5 pounds; not eligible for bonuses
**** Gafurov missed bantamweight limit by five pounds; fined 25 percent of purse and not eligible for bonuses
