The UAE’s Zayed Alkatheeri will take on Oziel Santos.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

In the middle of the jam-packed BC Fight Week, the ADXC 3 athletes faced their very first challenge in Balneário Camboriú ahead of the tournament: The dreaded scales in the Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship ceremonial weigh-ins.

Held with a great show this Friday, the ceremonial weigh-ins featured not only the confirmation of all the fights on the card but also put the athletes face-to-face as they stared each other down, adding even more heat to the tournament, which takes place next Saturday, March 2nd.

In addition to confirming all 14 fights of the card that will feature Bruno Lima against Jansen Gomes and Beatriz Mesquita against Jennifer Maia in the Main Events, the ceremony also gave a glimpse into how much each athlete will be weighing for the upcoming tournament. The highlights were the five-kilogram difference between Roberto Cyborg and Henrique Ceconi, respectively weighing 104kg and 99kg; and Big Dan Manasoiu coming at a strong 125kg to face Pedro "Bombom", who landed at 124kg on the scales. Check out the card and the official weights of the ADXC 3 athletes below!

The Main Events will feature Bruno Lima (84.3kg) vs Jansen Gomes (84.2kg) and  Beatriz Mesquita (65.4kg) vs Jennifer Maia (65.1kg) while in the  Co-Main Events,  Fellipe Andrew (93.4kg) will face off Rayron Gracie (93.2kg) and  Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu (103.9kg) will clash Henrique "Ceconi" Cardoso (99kg).

The Main Card will feature Gutemberg Pereira (103.1kg) vs Pedro Lucas (100.5kg), Jonnatas Gracie (77.2kg) vs Levi Jones-Leary (77kg), Julia Alves (60.55kg) vs Ana Carolina Schmitt (59.5kg), Fabricio Andrey (69.4kg) vs Ruan Alvarenga (68.5kg), and Samuel Nagai (70.5kg) vs Israel Almeida (70kg)

The Preliminary Card will  Daniel "Big Dan" Manasoiu (125.4kg) vs Pedro "Bombom" Alex (123.7kg), Lucas Protasio (77.1kg) vs Pedro Maia (76.7kg), Joao Zeferino (84kg) vs Bruno Antonietta (84kg), Zayed Alkatheeri (57.1kg) vs Oziel Santos (56.1kg) and  Fernando Santos (76.4kg) vs Seilkhan Bolatbek (76.4kg).

With the fights confirmed, all that's left to do is wait for Saturday night, as the ADXC 3 cage lands at the Expocentro in Balneário Camboriu for another fight night.