LAS VEGAS – The main event for UFC on ESPN 35 is official, but it didn’t come without hiccups
Rob Font (19-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) missed weight for the bantamweight headliner with Marlon Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 10-6 UFC). Both men stepped on the scale Friday in Las Vegas to make the UFC on ESPN 35 headliner official.
Vera was the first fighter at the weigh-in session to step on the scale. “Chito” used his one-pound allowance for a non-title bout and weighed in at 136 pounds. Font, however, entered the weigh-in room approximately 61 minutes into the two-hour window. He was 138.5 pounds, which is 2.5 pounds over the limit.
If Vera accepts the fight at a catchweight, Font is expected to be fined a percentage of his purse, which will be issued to Vera.
Check out their trips to the scale in the video above and check back for more updates.
UFC on ESPN 35 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex. The main card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2/ESPN+.
