UFC Vegas 119 weigh-in results: Main event set; 1 fighter heavy

A key flyweight rematch with Ultimate Fighting Championship title implications is now official following the UFC Vegas 119 weigh-ins.

The main event of UFC Fight Night 279 sees Kyoji Horiguchi and Manel Kape clash for a second time. Both men made weight for the rematch, which comes nearly a decade after the two met during the 2017 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix. As for the rest of the card, all fighters made weight with the exception of Kevin Borjas, who will be fined 20 percent of his purse for coming 3 pounds overweight for his flyweight bout against Andre Lima.

Horiguchi (36-5, 1 NC) won the initial fight, submitting “Starboy” with an arm-triangle choke in the third round. “Karate Kid” enters the rematch on an eight-fight unbeaten streak and is 2-0 since returning to the UFC. Horiguchi will look to earn a title shot with a win and weighed 125 pounds on the dot.

The hard-hitting Kape (22-7) has won three straight since losing a lackluster showing against Muhammad Mokaev. The Angolan fighter most recently knocked out Brandon Royval for the biggest UFC win of his career. Kape, who is also a former Rizin bantamweight titleholder like Horiguchi, officially weighed 126 pounds for the rematch.

UFC Vegas 119 will air in its entirety on Paramount+ on Saturday. Prelims begin at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, while the main card kicks off at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

UFC Vegas 119 weigh-in results:

Manel Kape (126) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (125)
Ion Cutelaba (205.5) vs. Navajo Stirling (205)
Christian Rodriguez (145.5) vs. Hyder Amil (145)
Murtazali Magomedov (146) vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan (145.5)
Andre Fili (145.5) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (145.5)
Andre Lima (126) vs. Kevin Borjas (129)*
Beatriz Mesquita (136) vs. Melissa Mullins (135.5)
Mitch Raposo (125.5) vs. Allan Nascimento (126)
Michael Aswell (146) vs. Gaston Bolanos (146)
Levan Chokheli (170.5) vs. Leon Shahbazyan (170.5)
Karol Rosa (135.5) vs. Luana Santos (136)
Otari Tanzilovi (145) vs. Shane Collins (145.5)
*Borjas missed weight by 3 pounds and will be fined 20 percent of his purse.

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com

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