UFC Vegas 104 weigh-in results: 2 fighters miss weight, including 1 by 4.5 pounds

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Diyar Nurgozhay didn’t come close to making weight for his first UFC fight.

The recent Contender Series signing tipped the scales at 210.5 pounds, 4.5 pounds over the limit (including the one-pound allowance for a non-title fight) for his main card light heavyweight bout with Brendson Ribeiro at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday. Ribeiro successfully made weight at 205.5 pounds.

Nurgozhay vs. Ribeiro proceeds at a catchweight with Nurgozhay forfeiting 25 percent of his purse as penalty.

UFC Vegas 104 headliners Marvin Vettori and Roman Dolidze made weight without issue, with both coming in at 186 pounds for their rematch. Vettori defeated Dolidze via unanimous decision in their first meeting at UFC 286 in March 2023.

Watch highlights of the official weigh-ins above.

Two other fighters missed weight for Saturday’s event, welterweight Chidi Njokuani and bantamweight Josias Musasa. Njokuani came in at 172.25 pounds, 1.25 pounds over the limit, while Musasa came in at 136.5 pounds, 0.5 pounds over the limit. However, Musasa was permitted a second weigh-in attempt and later successfully weighed in at 136 pounds.

Njokuani’s bout with Elizeu Zaleski will proceed as a catchweight with Njokuani forfeiting 20 percent of his purse as penalty.

Main Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Marvin Vettori (186) vs. Roman Dolidze (186)

Chidi Njokuani (172.25)* vs. Elizeu Zaleski (171)

Alexander Hernandez (156) vs. Kurt Holobaugh (155.5)

Da’Mon Blackshear (136) vs. Cody Gibson (136)

Diyar Nurgozhay (210.5)** vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205.5)

Seung Woo Choi (146) vs. Kevin Vallejos (145.5)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (261.5) vs. Ryan Spann (249)

SuYoung You (136) vs. A.J. Cunningham (136)

Carlos Vera (136) vs. Josias Musasa (136)

Stephanie Luciano (116) vs. Sam Hughes (116)

Daniel Barez (126) vs. Andre Lima (126)

Josiane Nunes (136) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (135)

Yuneisy Duben (125.5) vs. Carli Judice (125)

*Njokuani missed weight. His bout with Elizeu Zaleski proceeds as a catchweight with Njokuani forfeiting 20 percent of his purse as penalty

**Nurgozhay missed weight. His bout with Brendson Ribeiro proceeds as a catchweight with Nurgozhay forfeiting 25 percent of his purse as penalty