DWCS 2022, Week 1 Weigh-in Results: Willian Souza 10 Pounds Over Limit

Someone should have told Willian Souza Guadalupe that his fight was scheduled at bantamweight, not featherweight.

Four fights remain on the first jaunt of Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022. The event, titled DWCS 2022: Week 1, held its weigh-ins on Monday with one surprising result. While nine fighters hit their proper marks, and a light heavyweight came in at 201 pounds, Souza tipped the scales at 146 pounds for his bantamweight bout with Farid Basharat (136). The official 10-pound weight miss stands as the highest in the short history of DWCS, surpassing Victor Reyna's seven-pound blunder during the 2019 season. As a result, the Nevada Athletic Commission has scratched that fight from the event’s lineup.

The featured bout of the evening will still remain as a middleweight clash between Osman Diaz (7-1) and Joseph Pyfer (8-2). Weighing 186 pounds, Diaz comes into this main event pairing on a five-fight finish streak mostly under the Bellator MMA and Legacy Fighting Alliance banners, needing no more than 6:54 of a fight to record a stoppage in this run. His opponent Pyfer will be hoping to for his second chance to make a first impression, as he appeared on the 2020 season of DWCS and injured his elbow against Dustin Stoltzfus. Since then, “Bodybagz” and his 87% finish rate – lower than Diaz’ at a perfect 100% – rebounded from that setback by flattening Austin Trotman at a 2021 Cage Fury Fighting Championships show. Pyfer hit the scales at an even 185 pounds on his end.

DWCS 2022, Week 1 Weigh-in Results:

Osman Diaz (186) vs. Joseph Pyfer (185)
Farid Basharat (136) vs. Willian Souza Guadalupe (146)*
Anton Turkalj (205) vs. Acacio dos Santos (201)
Dennis Buzukja (146) vs. Kaleio Romero (146)
Alessandro Costa (126) vs. Andres Luna (126)

* Souza missed weight by 10 pounds and his fight has been canceled.