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Looking to put on another impressive performance Saturday night 👊@SongYaDongLFG weighs in at 136 pounds for #UFCVegas83 pic.twitter.com/Yu1YkOdHOs
— UFC (@ufc) December 8, 2023
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Las Vegas this weekend with an 11-fight card.
Headlining UFC Fight Night 233 is a bantamweight fight between Yadong Song and Chris Gutierrez. Both UFC mainstays successfully made weight for the headliner. As for the rest of the card, only Luana Santos missed weight. She came in three pounds over the bantamweight limit, weighing 139 pounds for her fight against Stephanie Egger. The bout will move forward, although Santos will be fined a percentage of her purse.
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Song (20-7-1, 1 NC) is 4-1 in his last five fights. After losing via doctor stoppage against Cory Sandhagen, “Kung Fu Kid” rebounded with a fifth-round TKO win against Ricky Simon. Prior to the setback, Song had picked up wins against Marlon Moraes, Julio Arce and Casey Kenney. The Chinese fighter officially weighed 136 pounds.
This marks the first UFC main event for Gutierrez (20-5-2). “El Guapo” is 5-1 in his last six and most recently got back into the win column after beating Heili Alateng. The lone recent blemish was a decision loss to Pedro Munhoz. The American stepped on the scale weighing 136 pounds on the dot.
UFC Fight Night 233 will air in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday. Prelims start at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, while the main card kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 233 Weigh-in Results:
Yadong Song (136) vs. Chris Gutierrez (136)
Anthony Smith (205.5) vs. Khalil Rountree (204)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (156)
Tim Elliott (136) vs. Su Mudaerji (136)
Andre Muniz (186) vs. Jun Yong Park (185.5)
Kevin Jousset (170.5) vs. Kenan Song (170.5)
Hyun Sung Park (126) vs. Shannon Ross (126)
Melquizael Costa (155.5) vs. Steve Garcia (155)
Stephanie Egger (135) vs. Luana Santos (139)*
Carlos Hernandez (125) vs. Tatsuro Taira (125.5)
Talita Alencar (116) vs. Rayanne Amanda dos Santos (115)
* Santos missed weight by three pounds and has been fined a percentage of her purse.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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