UFC Vegas 120: Gamrot and Salkilld make weight for lightweight main event

Key facts

Mateusz Gamrot (26-4, 1 NC) and Quillan Salkilld (12-1) both weighed 155.5 pounds for their five-round lightweight main event.
Salkilld is 5-0 in the UFC since his debut roughly 18 months ago, with three straight first-round finishes and four total finishes.
Gamrot is ranked No. 11 and Salkilld No. 13 on MMA Fighting’s lightweight chart entering the bout.
Co-main event: Diego Ferreira (154.5) vs. Billy Quarantillo (155.5) at lightweight.
Featherweight bout between Darren Elkins (145.5) and Yadier del Valle (145.5) is reported as Elkins’ retirement fight after 42 pro bouts.
Event airs Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, on Paramount+ from the UFC’s Meta Apex facility in Las Vegas.

Mateusz Gamrot and Quillan Salkilld both weighed in at 155.5 pounds for their five-round lightweight main event at UFC Vegas 120, set for Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at the UFC’s Meta Apex facility in Las Vegas. The bout is a non-title fight with a 156-pound limit allowed under the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s one-pound allowance.

Records and rankings entering the main event

Gamrot enters at 26-4 with one no-contest and is listed at No. 11 on the MMA Fighting lightweight rankings chart. Salkilld is 12-1 overall and 5-0 since joining the UFC last year, including three straight first-round finishes, which has him ranked No. 13 on that same chart. Salkilld has finished four of his five UFC opponents. His UFC highlights include a knockout of Nasrat Haqparast that CBS Sports named its 2025 Knockout of the Year, and a more recent knockout of veteran contender Beneil Dariush.

Recent form for both fighters

Gamrot’s résumé includes a five-round decision loss to Arman Tsarukyan, a fight both outlets note produced heavy grappling exchanges, as well as losses to former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and to Dariush. Salkilld has not lost since his promotional debut roughly 18 months ago and would move into the lightweight top 10 with a win over Gamrot, according to CBS Sports.

Rest of the fight card

The co-main event is a 155-pound bout between Diego Ferreira and Billy Quarantillo, a featherweight moving up to lightweight; Ferreira weighed 154.5 pounds and Quarantillo 155.5. The card also features a 145-pound fight between Darren Elkins and Yadier del Valle (both 145.5 pounds), which CBS Sports and MMA Mania report is being treated as Elkins’ retirement fight, closing out a career of 42 professional bouts. Other weigh-in results include Amanda Lemos against Alexia Thainara at 115-116.5 pounds depending on the outlet’s figures, Ty Miller against Billy Ray Goff at 170.5 pounds each, and a heavyweight bout between Steven Asplund (263.5) and Guilherme Pat. The preliminary card also lists Diyar Nurgozhay (205) vs. Bruno Lopes (204.5), Louie Sutherland (258) vs. Jose Montanha da Silva (258.5, per MMA Mania), Manoel Sousa (156) vs. Richie Miranda (155.5), Miles Johns (145.5) vs. Gianni Vazquez (143), and Juliana Miller (125.5) vs. Ravena Oliveira (125.5).

Discrepancy in reported weigh-in numbers

MMA Mania and MMA Fighting list slightly different figures for Amanda Lemos’ weigh-in, with MMA Mania reporting 115.5 pounds and MMA Fighting reporting 116.5 pounds with a notation flagging the number. The two outlets also differ slightly on Jose Montanha da Silva’s weight, listed at 258.5 by MMA Mania and simply as part of a matchup against Louie Sutherland (258) by MMA Fighting without a paired figure shown.

What is next

The full card streams on Paramount+, with preliminary bouts beginning at 5 p.m. ET and the main card, including the Gamrot-Salkilld headliner, following. Official weigh-ins took place at 12 p.m. ET the day before the event, with staredowns held roughly two hours later.

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