Manel Cape and Kyoji Horiguchi are set to rematch in the principle occasion, however one of many undercard fighters was disqualified on the official weigh-in for UFC Vegas 119.
Flyweight contender Kevin Borjas was unable to make weight for Saturday’s bout with Andre Lima, which is scheduled to spherical out the preliminary lineup. Borjas weighed 129 kilos, three kilos over the restrict for a non-title flyweight bout.
It was then introduced that Lima vs. Borjas can be performed at catchweight, with Borjas forfeiting 20 % of his cash as a penalty.
The UFC Vegas 119 flyweight headliner weighed in with no hitch as Horiguchi stepped onto the scales first, taking his championship weight to 125 kilos. Cape used the 1-pound slot for a non-title combat and registered at 126.
Horiguchi and Cape can have a rematch for the primary time in 9 years. The 2 first met on the RIZIN match in December 2017, with Horiguchi ending off Cape with an arm triangle choke submission within the third spherical. Now they’re combating once more for the UFC flyweight title.
Aside from Borjas, all the different 23 athletes competing on Saturday managed to make weight.
Try the weigh-in outcomes for UFC Vegas 119 under.
Essential Card (Paramount + 8 p.m. ET)
Manel Kape (126) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (125)
Ion Kutelaba (205.5) vs. Ion Kutelaba (205.5) Navajo Sterling (205)
Haider Amir (145) vs. Christian Rodriguez (145.5)
Mershik Bagdasaryan (145.5) vs. Murtazar Magomedov (146)
Vinicius Oliveira (145.5) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
Spare card (paramount+ 5 p.m. ET)
Andre Lima (126) vs. Kevin Borjas (129)*
Bea Mesquita (136) vs. Melissa Mullins (135.5)
Alan Nascimento (126) vs. Mitch Raposo (125.5)
Gaston Bolanos (146) vs. Michael Aswell (146)
Leon Shahbazyan (170.5) vs. Levan Chokeri (170.5)
Karol Rosa (135.5) vs. Luana Santos (136)
Shane Collins (145.5) vs. Otari Tanjilovi (145)
*Borjas missed weight. In line with the UFC, the combat in opposition to Andre Lima might be held at a catchweight, and Borjas will forfeit 20 % of his cash as a penalty.
