The weigh-ins are in the books for the PFL’s visit to Florida and the retirement fight for an MMA legend – and her opponent blew it, big time.
Ahead of PFL Tampa (ESPN/ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at Benchmark International Arena in Florida, the fighters stepped on the scale to make their bouts official. Check out all the results below.
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Former UFC and Bellator champion Cris Cyborg (29-2) takes on Ketlen Vieira (16-5), who is making her PFL debut after years in the UFC as a bantamweight. But even though Vieira fought at 135 pounds in the UFC earlier this year, and was set to take on Cyborg for her title at 145, she missed the mark by a whopping 7.2 pounds.
The fight will go on, but Vieira can’t win Cyborg’s title, meaning she’ll retire with the belt no matter what, even if Vieira happened to upset her. Cyborg is more than a 3-1 betting favorite and hit 145 on the nose.
In addition, a preliminary card fight between Omran Chabaan and Florim Zendeli was scrapped Friday, reportedly due to weight-cutting issues for Zendeli. Zendeli had been relegated to an early prelim fight just a few months after he headlined PFL Sioux Falls against Logan Storley.
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Check out all the weigh-in results below.
MAIN CARD (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET)
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Cris Cyborg (145) vs. Ketlen Vieira (155.2)
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Gadzhi Rabadanov (156) vs. Tracy Reeder (155.6)
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Sabrinna de Sousa (125.8) vs. Taila Santos (125.6)
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Roland Dunlap (205.8) vs. Luke Trainer (205.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
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Marcirley Alves (141.8) vs. Nkosi Ndebele (140.4)
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Magomed Magomedov (136) vs. Daniel Marcos (135.6)
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Javid Basharat (136) vs. Movsar Ibragimov (136)
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Dakota Bush (155.8) vs. Morquez Forest (155.8)
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Natan Schulte (156) vs. Makkasharip Zaynukov (155.6)
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Gino van Steenis (156) vs. Robert Watley (155.4)
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Eoin Sheridan (170.8) vs. James Vake (170.8)
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: PFL Tampa weigh-ins: Ketlen Vieira has massive miss for Cris Cyborg retirement
