Tom Aspinall, Ciryl Gane, Virna Jandiroba, and Mackenzie Dern all made weight for his or her championship clashes at UFC 321.
In Saturday’s major occasion, Aspinall defends his heavyweight title towards Ciryl Gane. Aspinall weighed in at 255 kilos at Friday’s official morning weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi, whereas Gane got here in at 247.5 kilos to make their combat official.
The co-main occasion weigh-ins additionally went off with no hitch as Jandiroba and Dern each efficiently made championship weight at 115 kilos on the dot. Jandiroba and Dern battle for a strawweight title left vacant by Zhang Weili, who departs the division to problem flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 322 on Nov. 15.
It wasn’t all excellent news Friday as two fighters missed weight. Flyweight Azat Maksum got here in three kilos over the flyweight restrict at 129 kilos for his matchup with Mitch Raposo, whereas Jose Miguel Delgado got here in at 146 kilos, lacking weight by a pound for his combat with Nathaniel Wooden.
Maksum’s bout with Raposo proceeds at a catchweight with Maksum forfeiting 30 p.c of his purse as penalty, whereas the destiny of Wooden vs. Delgado continues to be but to be decided.
That is one other unhealthy break for Raposo, who’s but to win within the UFC, and—together with Contender Collection—has thrice made the stroll to the octagon to face an obese opponent. His coach Tyson Chartier identified the absurdity of the state of affairs on Twitter.
“Contender Collection, [Jake] Hadley missed by two kilos,” Chartier wrote. “UFC 302, [Andre] Lima missed by 4 kilos, now Maksum by three kilos. Right here we go once more. Is there anybody else with this sort of ‘luck?’ Irritating. Combat’s nonetheless on.”
See full UFC 321 official weigh-in outcomes beneath.
Principal Card (ESPN+ PPV at 2 p.m. ET)
Tom Aspinall (255) vs. Ciryl Gane (247.5)
Virna Jandiroba (115) vs. Mackenzie Dern (115)
Umar Nurmagomedov (136) vs. Mario Bautista (135.5)
Alexander Volkov (261.5) vs. Jailton Almeida (237)
Aleksandar Rakic (205) vs. Azamat Murzakanov (205.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+/Disney+/FX at 10 a.m. ET)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Quillan Salkilld (155.5)
Ikram Aliskerov (185.5) vs. Jun Yong Park (185.5)
Mateusz Rebecki (155.5) vs. Ludovit Klein (156)
Valter Walker (244) vs. Louie Sutherland (264.5)
Nathaniel Wooden (146) vs. Jose Miguel Delgado (147)*
Hamdy Abdelwahab (265) vs. Chris Barnett (261)
Azat Maksum (129)** vs. Mitch Raposo (125.5)
Jaqueline Amorim (116) vs. Mizuki Inoue (115)
*Delgado got here in over the featherweight restrict
**Maksum got here in over the flyweight restrict. His bout with Mitch Raposo proceeds at a catchweight with Maksum forfeiting 30 p.c of his purse as penalty
