Donald Cerrone vs. Darren Till Set for UFC Gdansk; One Fighter Misses Weight
The UFC Fight Night 118 headlining bout between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Darren Till is set for Saturday in Gdansk, Poland.
Cerrone, one of the UFC’s most experienced throwdown artists, and Till, possibly the promotion’s fastest rising welterweight star, are set for Saturday’s main event after stepping on the scale on Friday. Both fighters easily made weight at 170 pounds on the mark.
The UFC Fight Night 118 co-main event features home country hero Karolina Kowalkiewicz, who faces former boxer Jodie Esquibel. Kowalkiewicz stepped on the scale at 115 pounds, while Esquible was a pound lighter.
Only one fighter missed the mark. Sam Alvey accepted a fight with Ramazan Emeev on 10 days notice. Not having been in fight shape, Alvey admitted in the lead-up to the fight that he had a large hurtle of about a 30-pound weight cut in front of him.
He was unable to make the weight, hitting 189 pounds on the scale, which left him 3 pounds above the limit for the non-title bout. The fight will go on, although Alvey was fined 20-percent of his fight purse, which goes to his opponent.
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
