Overview
- The Perth Fight Night opened Saturday at RAC Arena with prelims underway on Paramount+ ahead of a 7 a.m. ET main card.
- Both Jack Della Maddalena and Carlos Prates made weight on Friday for their five-round welterweight main event after a heated staredown that required officials to step in.
- Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert missed weight by four pounds at 190 and was fined 30% of his purse, which was designated for opponent Jacob Malkoun.
- Malkoun later defeated Meerschaert by unanimous decision, with the withheld portion of Meerschaert’s purse awarded to him as the opponent.
- The co-main event features longtime contender Beneil Dariush against surging local lightweight Quillan Salkilld, a bout viewed as a test that could shift the division’s pecking order.