UFC 256 weigh-in: title fight confirmed and Ferguson who forgot his glasses



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This year’s final UFC pay-per-view tournament, UFC 256, will take place on Sunday morning Lithuanian time. He will be crowned by a fight for the weight category up to 56.7 kg in a champion belt with a Brazilian Deivesonas Figueiredo (20-1) will defend his trophy against the Mexican Brandoną Moreno (18-5-1). Both fighters will return to the cage after only a 3 week break.

The athletes avoided trouble at a weigh-in ceremony on Friday. Figueiredo was the first to climb and lost up to 124.5 pounds (56.47 kg). After a while, B. Moreno reached the same weight, so the fight for the title was confirmed.

The participants of the second main fight of the night also had no problems. Tony ferguson weighed 155 pounds (70.31 kg), and Charlesas Oliveira – 154.5 pounds (70.08 kg). The limit for this fight was 156 pounds (70.76 kg).

Ferguson took the stage with great confidence and claimed that he lost weight on Thursday afternoon at 10:30 pm local time. The American, who demonstrated the dance moves after weigh-in, forgot that he left his glasses on the scale and took them only after reminding other people.

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