Video: Neil Magny vs Carlos Prates on weight at UFC Vegas 100, two fighters miss

Zach Scroggin weighs-in above the welterweight limit, Melissa Mullins misses the women's bantamweight limit

Welterweights Neil Magny and Carlos Prates made it official for their UFC Vegas 100 main event on November 9 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Both fighters successfully made the required 171 lbs non-title limit.

Neil Magny (29-12) of Brooklyn, New York weighed-in at 171 lbs. Carlos Prates (20-6) of Brazil showed 170.5 lbs. The contest is scheduled for five rounds.

Ricky Turcios (13-4) of Houston, Texas and Benardo Sopaj (11-3) of Albania both tipped the scales at 136 lbs. The contest serves as a co-main event, replacing a bantamweight matchup between Miles Johns (15-2, 1 NC) of Newton, Kansas and former champion Cody Garbrandt (14-6) of Uhrichsville, Ohio, who was removed from the bout.

Newcomer Zach Scroggin (7-0) of Edgerton, Kansas came in at 174 lbs, missing the non-title welterweight limit, for his UFC debut against Brazilian Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-8-1), who was 171 lbs. Scroggin took the fight on a short notice, replacing Nicolas Dalby (23-5-1 2 NC) of Denmark.

Melissa Mullins (6-1) of England weighed-in above the non-championship women’s bantamweight limit, showing 137 lbs, for her bout against Klaudia Sygula (6-1) of Poland. The latter hit the mark at 136 lbs.

Both, Scroggin and Mullins forfeit 20% of their purse to the respective opponents, and the fights proceed as scheduled.

Check out the current UFC Vegas 100 lineup and weights below.

UFC Vegas 100 fight card

Main card

  • Neil Magny (171) vs. Carlos Prates (170.5)
  • Ricky Turcios (136) vs. Benardo Sopaj (136)
  • Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Reinier de Ridder (185)
  • Luana Pinheiro (115.5) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
  • Mansur Abdul-Malik (186) vs. Dusko Todorovic (185.5)

Prelims

  • Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115.5) vs. Denise Gomes (115)
  • Gaston Bolanos (135.5) vs. Cortavious Romious (136)
  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Zach Scroggin (174)*
  • Matthew Semelsberger (171) vs. Charlie Radtke (170.5)
  • Cody Stamann (135.5) vs. Da’Mon Blackshear (135.5)
  • Tresean Gore (186) vs. Antonio Trocoli (186)
  • Melissa Mullins (137)** vs. Klaudia Sygula (136)

*Scroggin missed the welterweight limit
**Mullins missed the women’s bantamweight limit

Parviz Iskenderov
Parviz Iskenderov is a former Muay Thai fighter, sports manager and editor at FIGHTMAG.

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