UFC Fight Night 279: Full card made official in record-fast time
Story byLAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday's UFC Fight Night 279 (Paramount+) fighter weigh-ins, where everyone was weighed in and official in a record-fast time.
Flyweight contenders Manel Kape (22-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Kyoji Horiguchi (36-5 MMA, 9-1 UFC) meet in the main event, and Ion Cutelaba (20-11-1 MMA, 9-10-1 UFC) and Navajo Stirling (9-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) fight in the light heavyweight co-feature. all hit their marks without issue.
AdvertisementAdvertisementOnly Kevin Borjas was off by 3 pounds for his flyweight fight to close out the prelims against Andre Lima, who was set at 126. Borjas will be fined 20 percent of his purse, but the fight will go on.
The full UFC Fight Night 279 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 8 p.m. ET)
Manel Kape (126) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (125)
Ion Cutelaba (205.5) vs. Navajo Stirling (205)
Hyder Amil (145) vs. Christian Rodriguez (145.5)
Melsik Baghdasaryan (145.5) vs. Murtazali Magomedov (146)
Andre Fili (145.5) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)
Kevin Borjas (129)* vs. Andre Lima (126)
Bia Mesquita (136) vs. Melissa Mullins (135.5)
Allan Nascimento (126) vs. Mitch Raposo (125.5)
Michael Aswell Jr. (146) vs. Gaston Bolanos (146)
Levan Chokheli (170.5) vs. Leon Shahbazyan (170.5)
Karol Rosa (135.5) vs. Luana Santos (136)
Shane Collins (145.5) vs. Otari Tanzilovi (145)
*Borjas missed the flyweight limit and will be fined 20 percent of his purse.
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Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
