There were no setbacks in the Apex de Las Vegas and Both Ilia Topuria (16-0) and Charles Oliveira (35-10) complied with the scale. They both gave the 70.3 kilos of championship weight And the UFC light weight title will be played this Sunday (at 06:00 in the morning, Spanish time) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Yes there was A little scare with the confession of the member of the Nevada Athletic Commissionthat He was wrong and said 155.5 pounds instead of 155, having to rectify later. In short, Ilia stopped the scale in 155 pounds (70.3 kg) and Charles in 154 pounds (69.85 kg).
The 'Matador' already did his homework and went to sleep being in weight. He got up and everything was right. Weight maintained and path of Apex to formalize it before the Athletic Commission of Nevada. A fact, to give the weight hours before, which already made before Volkanovski in February 2024 and before Max Holloway in October … And now repeat in the light. It was predictable, yes, then This time cut less weight: Of the 65.8 of the pen at 70.3 of the light. But even so, the Hispanic-Georgian It did not fail.
The last commitment will be, at 00.00 Spanish time, ceremonial weighing and the last face to face before Olivera. It will be in the T-Mobile Arena.
