UFC Vegas 62 weigh-in results – Grasso vs. Araujo
The UFC will hold weigh-ins today in anticipation of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 62 fight card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The weigh-ins take place starting at noon ET. The same venue hosts Saturday’s card, which streams on ESPN+.
In the main event, the #5 women’s flyweight fighter Alexa Grasso will meet the #6 ranked Viviane Araujo to see who climbs inches closer to a title shot at 125-pounds.
The main event for this card was originally supposed to pit top middleweight Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland against one another, but Strickland fell off the card due to injury. With less than six weeks to go until the card, the UFC decided to elevate the Grasso vs. Araujo fight, which had been slated as the co-main event, into the headlining slot.
Grasso (14-3) is coming off three straight wins over Joanne Wood, Maycee Barber, and Ji Yeon Kim to emerge as a serious contender for UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. A member of the UFC roster since 2016, Grasso is in the prime of her career right now at 29 years of age, and a win over Araujo might be enough to get her a title shot at 125lbs, or at least a No. 1 contender fight. By all means, this is the biggest fight of her career.
Araujo (11-3) has been in the UFC since 2019 and she’s 5-2 overall in the promotion. In her last fight, she defeated Andrea Lee for arguably the biggest win of her career to date. That win saw her bounce back from a controversial decision loss to Katlyn Chookagian prior to that. At age 35, it will be time for Araujo to challenge for the title if she wins this fight.
UFC Vegas 62 weigh-in results below:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
Alexa Grasso (125.5) vs. Viviane Araujo (126)
Cub Swanson (135) vs. Jonathan Martinez (135.5)
Askar Askarov vs. Brandon Royval – fight cancelled – Askarov could not weigh-in
Jordan Wright (185) vs. Dusko Todorovic (186)
Misha Cirkunov (206) vs. Alonzo Menifield (205.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
Mana Martinez (136) vs. Brandon Davis (136)
Raphael Assuncao (136) vs. Victor Henry (136)
Nick Maximov (185.5) vs. Jacob Malkoun (185.5)
Joanderson Brito (146) vs. Lucas Alexander (145.5)
Piera Rodriguez (115.5) vs. Sam Hughes (115)
Tatsuro Taira (126) vs. CJ Vergara (129)*
Mike Jackson (170) vs. Pete Rodriguez (170.5)
*CJ Vergara missed weight – fined 30 percent of fight purse
