UFC 296 Weigh-in Coverage, Title fights have Green Light
Cagedminds is live inside the UFC Apex for the UFC 296 weigh-in’s. A stacked 12-fight card is topped by Welterweight & Flyweight title fights.
Both Leon “Rocky” Edwards & Colby “Chaos” Covington came in on weight. The champion Leon Edwards at 170 lbs. while the challenger Colby Covington was at 169.5 lbs.
The Flyweight title will be on the line in the co-main event as both champion Alexandre Pantoja & challenger Brandon Royval successfully made championship weight.
The card unfortunately took a pair of hits this week as pneumonia took out Ian Garry & a undisclosed illness has sidelined Randy Brown.
UFC 296 Main Card
Welterweight Title 170 lbs. max: Champ Leon Edwards (170) vs. Colby Covington (169.5)
Flyweight Title 125 lbs. max: Champ Alexandre Pantoja (125) vs. Brandon Royval (124.5)
Welterweight 171 lbs. max: Stephen Thompson (171) vs Shavkat Rakhmonov (171)
Lightweight 156 lbs. max: Tony Ferguson (155.5) vs. Paddy Pimblett (155.5)
Featherweight 146 lbs. max: Josh Emmett (146) vs. Bryce Mitchell (145.5)
Prelims
Light-Heavyweight 206 lbs. max: Dustin Jacoby (204.5) vs. Alonzo Menifield (204.5)
Bantamweight 136 lbs. max: Irene Aldana (136) vs. Karol Rosa (135.5)
Bantamweight 136 lbs. max: Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Brian Kelleher (136)
Flyweight 126 lbs. max: Ariane Lipski (126) vs. Casey O’Neill (125)
Flyweight 126 lbs. max: Tagir Ulanbekov (126) vs. Cody Durden (126)
Featherweight 146 lbs. max: Lucas Almeida (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
Heavyweight 266 lbs. max: Martin Buday (264.5) vs. Shamil Gaziev (259.5)
Welterweight Title Fight Backup: Belal Muhammad (169.5)
Flyweight Title Fight Backup: Brandon Moreno (125)
Welterweight 171 lbs. max: Randy Brown (17-5) vs. Muslim Salikhov (19-4)
Welterweight 171 lbs. max: Vicente Luque (22-9-1) vs. Ian Garry (13-0)
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