Stepping in on short notice for an injured Darren Till, Holland successfully made weight Friday morning for the UFC Vegas 23 middleweight main event opposite Marvin Vettori. Holland came in at 183.5 pounds, while Vettori tipped the scales at 186 pounds.
When Holland steps into the cage Saturday at UFC APEX, he will tie UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo for the quickest turnaround between UFC main events at 21 days. Figueiredo successfully defended his featherweight title against Alex Perez at UFC 255 last November, then retained it in a draw against Brandon Moreno the following month at UFC 256.
In the co-main event, featherweights Sodiq Yusuff (145.5) and Arnold Allen (146) also successfully made weight.
Norma Dumont and Ignacio Bahamondes both missed weight.
Dumont came in 3.5 pounds over the bantamweight limit for her bout with short-notice replacement Erin Blanchfield (135) on Saturday. Blanchfield is stepping in on nine days’ notice for Bea Malecki, who withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
This is the second time in as many bouts that Dumont has missed weight. She also came in 3.5 pounds heavy for a bout with Ashlee Evans-Smith this past November.
Bahamondes initially weighed in at 157 pounds for a lightweight bout against John Makdessi, then made a second attempt with a curtain covering him after stripping down. On his second attempt, he weighed 156.75 pounds, still 0.75 pounds over the lightweight limit.
It is not yet known if the Dumont-Blanchfield and Makdessi-Bahamondes bouts will proceed at catchweights, and if so, what purse penalties the offending fighters could be facing.
Main Card (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)
Kevin Holland (183.5) vs. Marvin Vettori (186)
Sodiq Yusuff (146) vs. Arnold Allen (145.5)
Sam Alvey (186) vs. Julian Marquez (186)
Nina Nunes (116) vs. Mackenzie Dern (115)
Mike Perry (170) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (170.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 12 p.m. ET)
Jim Miller (155.5) vs. Joe Solecki (155.5)
Scott Holtzman (155.5) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
Erin Blanchfield (135) vs. Norma Dumont (139.5)*
John Makdessi (153.5) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (156.75)*
Yorgan De Castro (261.5) vs. Jarjis Danho (255.5)
Hunter Azure (135.5) vs. Jack Shore (136)
Luis Saldana (145.5) vs. Jordan Griffin (145.5)
Da Un Jung (205.5) vs. William Knight (205.5)
Impa Kasanganay (170.5) vs. Sasha Palatnikov (170.5)
*missed weight
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