UFC 323 Weigh-in Coverage, Title Fighters Make, Two Misses Overall
Official Weigh-in for UFC 323 took place Friday morning. Weights and video below.
Weigh-ins for UFC 323 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Competitors stepping on the scale include reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili and his challenger former champion Petr Yan who meet in the main event.
The UFC Flyweight title is also on the line in the co-main event as Alexandre Pantoja defends against Joshua Van.
Elsewhere on the card is former two division champion Henry Cejudo, former Flyweight champion Brandon Moreno, and former Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz.
All four championship fighters made weight making the championship doubleheader official. But everyone on the card didn’t make weight. Bruno Ferreira came in 3 lbs. over the Middleweight limit. His fight with Marvin Vettori will go on as Scheduled but the Brazilian has been fined 20%. His fellow countryman Mairon Santos also had weight issues stepping on the scale 1.5 above the Featherweight max. Santos vs Naimov will proceed with Santos incurring a 20% fine for his error.
UFC 323 PPV Main Card on ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):
UFC Bantamweight Title: (Champion) Merab Dvalishvili (135) vs. Petr Yan (135)
UFC Flyweight Title: (Champion) Alexandre Pantoja (125) vs. Joshua Van (124.5)
Flyweight: Brandon Moreno (125) vs. Tatsuro Taira (126)
Bantamweight: Henry Cejudo (136) vs. Payton Talbott (136)
Light Heavyweight: Jan Błachowicz (206) vs. Bogdan Guskov (206)
UFC 323 Prelims Card on ESPN2, ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):
Lightweight: Grant Dawson (156) vs. Manuel Torres (156)
Lightweight: Terrance McKinney (156) vs Chris Duncan (156)
Women’s Flyweight: Maycee Barber (125.5) vs. Karine Silva (125.5)
Lightweight: Nazim Sadykhov (155.5) vs. Fares Ziam (165)
UFC 323 Early Prelims Card on ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET):
Middleweight: Marvin Vettori (186) vs. *Brunno Ferreira (189)
Lightweight: Edson Barboza (155.5) vs. Jalin Turner (155)
Light Heavyweight: Ibo Aslan (205.5) vs. Iwo Baraniewski (206)
Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik (185.5) vs. Antonio Trocoli (186)
Featherweight: Muhammad Naimov (146) vs. **Mairon Santos (147.5)
*Over the Middleweight limit by 3 lbs. and will be fined 20% of his purse
** Over the Featherweight limit by 1.5 lbs.
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