Aiming to rise in the flyweight rankings 💪@AlexPerezMMA
I stepped on the scale and it was 126 pounds!
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April 26, 2024
Following a historic card two weeks ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship returns with a flyweight main event at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
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Topping off the UFC on ESPN 55 card is a 125-pound fight between contenders Mateusz Nicolaou and Alex Perez. Both headliners successfully made weight for the five-round fight. As for the rest of the card, two fighters missed weight. David Onama was 2.5 pounds over the featherweight limit and James Rontop was 0.5 pounds over the lightweight limit. Both players will be fined 20% of their respective purses.
This will be Nicolau’s first UFC main event (19-3-1). The Brazilian suffered a knockout loss to Brandon Roybal in his only fight of 2023, but was on a six-fight winning streak before the setback, with wins over the likes of Matt Schnell, Tim Elliott and Robinson. He was on a six-game winning streak. Manel Cape. The Nova Uniao fighter stepped on the scales and weighed 125.5 pounds.
Meanwhile, this is Perez’s second headlining fight (24-8), and the first since losing the title to Deiveson Figueiredo in 2020. Since then, American Perez is 0-2 with losses to both Alexander Pantoja and Muhamad Mokaev. The 32-year-old will be looking to make a comeback in a must-win battle if he is to remain at the top of the division. The official weight of the Team Ohyama product was 126 pounds on the dot.
The main card of UFC on ESPN 55 begins airing on ESPN and ESPN+ on Saturday at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Qualifiers will kick off three hours early at 4pm ET/1pm PT on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
UFC on ESPN 55 weigh-in results:
Mateus Nicolau (125.5) vs. Alex Perez (126)
Ryan Spann (205.5) vs. Bogdan Guskov (204.5)
Ariane Lipsky (126) vs. Karine Silva (125.5)
Austin Lane (254.5) vs. Jonata Diniz (255)
Jonathan Pearce (146) vs. David Onama (148.5)*
Tim Means (171) vs. Uros Medic (171)
Lani Yahya (136) vs. Victor Henry (135.5)
Austin Hubbard (156) vs. Michal Firak (155)
Dontare Mays (264) vs. Caio Machado (251.5)
Marnik Mann (115.5) vs. Ketlen Souza (115.5)
James Lontop (156.5)** vs. Chris Padilla (154.5)
Ivana Petrovich (126) vs. Na Liang (126)
Gabriel Benitez (155) vs. Maheshate Heisael (155.5)
*Onama lost 2.5 pounds and was fined 20% of his wallet.
** Lontop lost 0.5 pounds and was fined 20% of his wallet.
