Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev are all enterprise heading into UFC 313.
Heading into the fourth protection of the sunshine heavyweight title in Saturday’s principal occasion, Pereira efficiently made weight at Friday’s official weigh-ins, coming in at 205 kilos on the dot. Ankalaev hit the identical weight, making their matchup official.
Pereira at the moment holds the No. 2 spot within the MMA Combating Pound-for-Pound Rankings and Ankalaev appears to dethrone one of many UFC’s largest stars once they meet within the octagon at T-Cell Enviornment.
Within the light-weight co-main occasion, Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev additionally efficiently weighed in for his or her rematch with each coming in at 156 kilos (making use of the one-pound allowance for a non-title battle). The 2 first fought at UFC 286 in March 2023, when Gaethje got here out on the successful finish of a aggressive majority determination.
Gaethje was initially scheduled to battle Dan Hooker on Saturday, however a hand harm compelled Hooker out of the competition and he was changed by Fiziev on 10 days’ discover.
All 24 fighters competing Saturday efficiently made weight.
See official UFC 313 weigh-in outcomes under.
Major card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Alex Pereira (205) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (205)
Justin Gaethje (156) vs. Rafael Fiziev (156)
Jalin Turner (154.5) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (156)
Amanda Lemos (116) vs. Iasmin Lucindo (115.5)
King Inexperienced (155.5) vs. Mauricio Ruffy (155.5)
Prelims (ESPNews/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Curtis Blaydes (262) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (264.5)
Joshua Van (125.5) vs. Rei Tsuruya (125.5)
Brunno Ferreira (186) vs. Armen Petrosyan (186)
Alex Morono (171) vs. Carlos Leal (169)
Prelims (ESPN+/Disney+ at 6:30 p.m. ET)
Mairon Santos (145.5) vs. Francis Marshall (146)
Chris Gutierrez (144.5) vs. John Castaneda (145)
Djorden Santos (185.5) vs. Ozzy Diaz (185.5)
