LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 28: (L-R) Opponents Austen Lane and Mario Pinto of Portugal face off in the course of the UFC Struggle Evening weigh-in on the Santa Fe Station Resort & On line casino on February 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
UFC Vegas 103 struggled to carry issues collectively coming into Saturday, with not one however two fights cancelled on weigh-in day.
What was left was a 10-fight card the place, exterior of essential occasion flyweights Manel Kape and Asu Almabayev, maybe the most important title was former LFC champ Andrea “KGB” Lee. Given she entered the night time on a five-fight skid and dropped a call to JJ Aldrich, Lee’s probably on her manner out of the promotion. What it boils right down to, nevertheless, is that the UFC lacks star energy for a few of their Struggle Evening occasions, particularly noticeable on an evening the place one other TKO Group firm, WWE, was working a Pay-Per-View occasion in Toronto.
Regardless, the present should go on, and it did, sluggish out of the gate till debuting heavyweight Mario Pinto, a Brit who appeared on Dana White’s Contender Collection final yr, received into it with Austen Lane. Whereas Lane had him damage within the opening spherical, Pinto roared again within the second, touchdown a downright punishing proper hand that left Lane sprawled out on the canvas, attempting to determine how the truck that had run him over made its manner into the octagon.
Fortunately, Lane was okay. Pinto, in the meantime, earned a $50,000 Efficiency of the Evening bonus. As did Manel Kape, who secured a TKO win over Asu Almabayev within the UFC Vegas 103 essential occasion. Though marred by some uncalled eye pokes, there’s little query Kape was effectively forward within the struggle.
Struggle of the Evening at UFC Vegas 103 went to Nasrat Haqparast vs. Esteban Ribovics. Haqparast got here away with a cut up resolution win in that one.
All 4 bonus-winners pocked $50,000 U.S. on prime of present/win cash, outfitting pay, and some other earnings.
