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Makaha’s Yancy Medeiros came in more than three pounds overweight for his UFC lightweight fight against Dustin Poirier on the main card of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in New Orleans.
Medeiros (11-2, 3-2 UFC) weighed in at 159.5 pounds against Poirier, who came in at 156. Fighters in non-title fights are allowed to come in up to one pound over the limit.
The fight will go on with Medeiros forfeiting 20 percent of his purse, which will go to Poirier, who is 17-4 overall and 9-3 in the UFC.
Poirier’s only loss in his past five fights came against No. 1 flyweight contender Conor McGregor last September. He owns a first-round submission win over Waianae’s Max Holloway.
Medeiros ended a two-fight losing streak with a second-round submission of Damon Jackson in his last fight 10 months ago.
The main card starts at 4 p.m. Hawaii time on FoxSports1 with Medeiros fighting in the fourth of six scheduled bouts.
BYUH’s Zhang nominated for Honda award
BYU-Hawaii women’s tennis player Nannan "Dallas" Zhang is one of 11 finalists for the Class of 2015 Division II Honda Athlete of the Year announced Friday. The award will be voted on at the end of the academic year by balloting among 1,000 NCAA schools as part of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented by Honda.
Zhang, a sophomore from China, finished the season with a No. 1 national ranking in singles (17-2) and No. 3 in doubles (21-4). She is a two-time PacWest Player of the Year and was selected to the PacWest first team in singles and doubles.
Sony Open donates $1 million to nonprofits
The Friends of Hawaii Charities raised $1 million through the Sony Open in Hawaii PGA tournament and distributed the charitable grants to more than 160 local nonprofits at Waialae Country Club on Friday.
The all-volunteer organization partnered with The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, which matched proceeds raised at the PGA event dollar-for-dollar. The 2015 Sony Open "Drive To A $Million" charity initiative reached its goal for the 11th consecutive year to benefit nonprofit organizations that serve Hawaii’s children, women, elderly, and the impoverished.
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