UFC Vegas 5: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan weigh in results and video: Headliners make weight, drama further down the card

The UFC has left ‘Fight Island’ (for now) and is back at the APEX facility in Las Vegas. Tomorrow night the promotion will be…

By: Tim Bissell | 3 years ago
UFC Vegas 5: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan weigh in results and video: Headliners make weight, drama further down the card
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The UFC has left ‘Fight Island’ (for now) and is back at the APEX facility in Las Vegas. Tomorrow night the promotion will be presenting it’s 5th COVID-era show from their personal facility.

Headlining the action is a middleweight clash between Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan. In the co-main, flyweight Joanne Calderwood takes on Jennifer Maia.

Check out the weigh ins live below, starting at 12 p.m. ET (with video courtesy of our friends at MMA Fighting).

Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed 150,000 Americans, there will be no ceremonial weigh-ins for this event; nor will there be fans in attendance.

Main card (ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET)

Middleweight: Derek Brunson (186) vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (185.5)

Flyweight: Joanne Calderwood (126) vs. Jennifer Maia (124.5)

Welterweight: Vicente Luque (170.5) vs. Randy Brown (170.5)

Lightweight: Lando Vannata (155) vs. Bobby Green (156)

Middleweight: Kevin Holland (184) vs. Trevin Giles (185)

Prelims (ESPN/ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)

Bantamweight: Frankie Saenz (136) vs. Jonathan Martinez (140.5)*

Light heavyweight: Ed Herman (206) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (204,5)

Bantamweight: Johnny Munoz (145.5) vs. Nathan Maness (144.5)**

Catchweight (195 lb): Markus Perez (194.5) vs. Charlie Ontiveros***

Bantamweight: Chris Gutierrez (135.5) vs. Cody Durden (135.5)

Featherweight: Jamall Emmers (146) vs. Vincent Cachero (145)****

*Jonathan Martinez misses weight by 4.5 lbs.

**Ray Borg was withdrawn from his bout versus Nathan Maness for undisclosed reasons. Johnny Munoz is his replacement.

***Eric Spicely was withdrawn from his bout versus Markus Perez for undisclosed reasons. Charlie Ontiveros was announced as his replacement. Markus Perez agreed to a 195 lb catchweight bout with Ontiveros. Ontiveros was prohibited from weighing by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The proposed bout between Perez and Ontiveros has been canceled.

****Timur Valiev was withdrawn from his bout versus Janall Emmers for undisclosed reasons. Vincent Cachero is his replacement.

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