Lightweight veteran Beneil Dariush weighed in at 158 pounds for his lightweight bout opposite Scott Holtzman scheduled for Saturday’s UFC card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, two pounds over the lightweight limit (including a one-pound allowance). And in a rare occurrence, welterweight fighters Tim Means and Laureano Staropoli both failed to make weight for their scheduled 170-pound bout, with Means tipping the scales at 172.5 pounds and Staropoli at 174.5.
It is not yet known if the bouts will proceed as catchweights and if so, what purse penalties Dariush, Means, and Staropoli could potentially face.
This is the first weight miss in the UFC for Dariush and Staropoli, while Means previously missed weight for a 155-pound encounter with Danny Castillo at a UFC on FOX show in July 2013.
In more positive news for the UFC, the headliners and co-headliners all successfully made weight. Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik weighed in at 265 pounds and 227 pounds respectively for Saturday’s main event, while Chris Weidman successfully hit the middleweight mark after a one-fight stint at light heavyweight. Weidman fights Omari Akhmedov in Saturday’s co-main event.
See the full UFC Vegas 6 weigh-in results below:
Main card (ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET)
Derrick Lewis (265) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (227)
Chris Weidman (186) vs. Omari Akhmedov (185.75)
Darren Stewart (186) vs. Maki Pitolo (186)
Yana Kunitskaya (135.5) vs. Julija Stoliarenko (136)
Beneil Dariush (158)* vs. Scott Holtzman (156)
Prelims (ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
Tim Means (172.5)* vs. Laureano Staropoli (174.5)*
Kevin Holland (183.5) vs. Joaquin Buckley (185)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Alex Munoz (156)
Andrew Sanchez (185.5) vs. Wellington Turman (185.5)
Gavin Tucker (146) vs. Justin Jaynes (146)
Youssef Zalal (146) vs. Peter Barrett (145.5)
Irwin Rivera (136) vs. Ali AlQaisi (136)
*missed weight
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