One preliminary fighter was so far off weight at Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 19 that he would have been heavy a division up.
Rafael Alves weighed in at 157.5 pounds for a featherweight (yes, featherweight) bout with Patrick Sabatini scheduled for Saturday’s preliminary card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. That’s 11.5 pounds over the 145-pound limit.
Sabatini successfully made weight at 145.5 pounds. He took the Alves fight on short-notice as a replacement for Mike Trizano (ankle injury).
It is not yet known if the bout between Alves and Sabatini will proceed as scheduled, and if so, what percentage of Alves’ purse he will forfeit to Sabatini.