Official Weights of Athletes Competing February 8 at Qudos
The official scale readings for the February 8 card at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney were recorded at weigh-ins on February 7. The event featured two championship bouts: Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland both weighed 185 pounds for their middleweight title rematch, while strawweight champion Zhang Weili came in at 115 and challenger Tatiana Suarez at 114.5. The promotion’s official weigh-in results list every scheduled pairing and note a cancellation on the early prelims.
The official video above shows the ceremonial weigh-ins and final face-offs. It provides event footage, while the morning’s published scale readings appear in the list below. The main and co-main events were scheduled for five rounds; the other bouts were scheduled for three. The event page carries the full card and results.
Main card
- Middleweight title: Dricus du Plessis (185) vs. Sean Strickland (185)
- Strawweight title: Zhang Weili (115) vs. Tatiana Suarez (114.5)
- Heavyweight: Justin Tafa (266) vs. Tallison Teixeira (263)
- Light heavyweight: Jimmy Crute (206) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (205)
- Welterweight: Jake Matthews (170.5) vs. Francisco Prado (170.5)
The title bouts anchor the official list. Du Plessis and Strickland each registered the 185-pound limit for their championship rematch. Weili hit the 115-pound strawweight title limit, with Suarez half a pound below it. Their listed readings are the official weigh-in numbers, not estimates or fight-night measurements. The other three main-card pairings cover heavyweight, light heavyweight, and welterweight contests.
Preliminary card
- Featherweight: Jack Jenkins (146) vs. Gabriel Santos (145.5)
- Lightweight: Tom Nolan (155.5) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (156)
- Women’s flyweight: Wang Cong (125) vs. Bruna Brasil (125.5)
- Bantamweight: Colby Thicknesse (135.5) vs. Aleksandre Topuria (135.5)
The four prelims add featherweight, lightweight, women’s flyweight, and bantamweight contests. These readings show each athlete’s recorded scale number before the event; they do not by themselves tell a reader how the bout later unfolded. For example, the preliminary list includes several half-pound differences as well as one pairing where both sides registered the same weight. The results page is the place to check the outcomes after the contests.
Early prelims
- Lightweight: Rongzhu (156) vs. Kody Steele (156)
- Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef (170) vs. Kevin Jousset (171)
- Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld (156) vs. Anshul Jubli (155.5)
The early prelims included three bouts on the official list. A fourth scheduled pairing, HyunSung Park against Nyamjargal Tumendemberel, was canceled after Tumendemberel experienced weight-management issues. Since that bout did not proceed to the event, there is no official weight listed for either participant in the published results. This distinction matters when counting the card: the weigh-in report lists twelve completed pairings across the main card, prelims, and early prelims, plus the canceled flyweight bout.
Taken together, the record gives readers a precise pre-event snapshot of all twelve active matchups, the two championship limits, and the one canceled bout. It also provides useful context for the card’s divisions without treating scale readings as a forecast of strength, strategy, or outcome. The numbers and cancellation above follow the official list linked at the top; the ceremonial video shows the later public face-offs and is included as a visual companion rather than as a substitute for the recorded measurements.
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