Weigh-In Results: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez

GLENDALE, Arizona — FightBook MMA has your official weigh-in results for Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez.

This event will take place this Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. This event will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The ESPN+-streamed undercard (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)

Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) will take on Oscar Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs). Navarrete will put his WBO junior lightweight world title on the line against former two-division world champion Valdez.

In the 10-round junior welterweight co-feature, rising contender Lindolfo Delgado (17-0, 13 KOs) will square off against Jair Valtierra (16-2, 8 KOs). U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist Richard Torrez Jr. (5-0, 5 KOs) will open the televised tripleheader in a six-round heavyweight tilt against Willie Jake Jr. (11-3-2, 3 KOs).

The undercard will feature unbeaten lightweight phenom Emiliano Fernando Vargas (5-0, 6 KOs) as he will take on Mexico’s Jorge Luis Marquez Alvarado (3-5-1 2 KOs) in a four-rounder. Heavyweight southpaw Antonio “El Gigante” Mireles will take on hard-hitting Ohio native Dajuan Calloway (7-2, 7 KOs) in a six-rounder.

In a six-round middleweight battle between two of Phoenix’s crowd favorites, Sergio Rodriguez (7-0-1, 6 KOs) and Eduardo Ayala (9-3-1, 3 KOs) will clash for intra-city bragging rights. Rising junior welterweight prospect Ricardo Ruvalcaba (9-0-1, 8 KOs) will make his fourth appearance of 2023 in a six-rounder against Adrian Orban (6-3, 4 KOs).

Weigh-In Results: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez

(ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)

    •  Emanuel Navarrete 130 lbs. vs. Oscar Valdez 129.8 lbs
(Navarrete’s WBO Junior Lightweight World Title â€” 12 Rounds)
Referee: Wes Melton
Judges: Lisa Giampa, Chris Wilson and Zach Young

   •   Lindolfo Delgado 140.7 lbs vs. Jair Valtierra 139.4 lbs
(Junior Welterweight â€” 10 Rounds)
Referee: Chris Flores
Judges: Dennis O’Connell, Craig Harmon and Esther Lopez

•  Richard Torrez Jr. 235.4 lbs  vs. Willie Jake Jr. 249.6. lbs 
 (Heavyweight â€” 6 Rounds)
Referee: Robert Hoyle
Judges: Dennis O’Connell, Lisa Giampa and Esther Lopez

(ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)

•    Emiliano Fernando Vargas 134.8 lbs  vs. Jorge Luis Marquez Alvarado  133.7 lbs 
 (Lightweight â€” 4 Rounds)

•  Antonio Mireles 270.7 lbs  vs. Dajuan Calloway 391.7 lbs 
 (Heavyweight â€” 6 Rounds)

•  Eduardo Ayala 160 lbs vs. Sergio Rodriguez 161 lbs
 (Middleweight — 6 Rounds)

•   Ricardo Ruvalcaba 141.6 lbs vs. Adrian Orban 141.5 lbs 
 (Junior Welterweight— 6 Rounds)


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