At the weigh-ins today, some heavyweight fighters saw their opponents get switched up due to a rule by the New York State Athletic Commission that opponents in that division must be within 25 pounds of each other.
Alex Nicholson (11-5) was supposed to fight Kelvin Tiller (8-1). But Nicholson was 214.6 pounds at today’s weigh-ins, and Tiller was 265.4. So now, Tiller will fight Caio Alencar (11-2), who was 243.2. And Alencar’s original opponent, Jake Heun (11-6), will fight Nicholson. Heun was 224.
Originally planned heavyweight fights between Jared Rosholt (15-4) and Valdrin Istrefi (12-1), Josh Copeland (16-4) and Jack May (9-3), and Francimar Barroso (19-7) 240.2 and Daniel Gallemore (7-4) all stayed intact.
A fight between Shawn Jordan (19-8) and Philippe Lins (10-3) was scratched from the lineup, though, when Jordan came in well above the 266-pound heavyweight limit. He was 275.2 pounds; Lins was 231, according to a report from Long Island newspaper Newsday.
This could be the new eleven fight card:
MAIN CARD (NBCSN, 9 p.m. ET)
- Andre Harrison (145.2) vs. Juma Tuerxun (144.8)
- Bekbulat Magomedov (145.2) vs. Lance Palmer (145.6)
- Max Coga (145.6) vs. Timur Valiev (146)
- Jake Heun (224) vs. Alex Nicholson (214.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Valdrin Istrefi (248.2) vs. Jared Rosholt (245)
- Josh Copeland (258.4) vs. Jack May (262)
- Marcos Galvao (145.4) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (145.8)
- Caio Alencar (243.2) vs. Kelvin Tiller (265.4)
- Magomed Idrisov (145) vs. Steven Siler (145.2)
- Alexandre Almeida (145.8) vs. Lee Coville (143.8)
- Francimar Barroso (240.2) vs. Daniel Gallemore (255.2)