April 12, 2024 12:45 pm ET
LAS VEGAS– MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s main UFC 300 weigh-ins, where all 26 fighters struck their marks.
In the primary occasion, light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) puts his title on the line for the very first time versus previous champ Jamahal Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who abandoned the belt before he ever safeguarded it in 2023 due to an injury. The headliners were amongst the last 4 to come to the scale, however struck their marks at 205 pounds.
In the co-feature, ladies’s strawweight champ Zhang Weili (24-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and opposition Yan Xiaonan (17-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) satisfy in the very first all-China title battle in UFC history. Xiaonan was the very first fighter on the scale and was a title-ready 115 pounds. Weili came about a minute later on and was 115.
Of note, two-time PFL light-weight $1 million winner Kayla Harrison (16-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is making her UFC launching versus previous females’s bantamweight champ Holly Holm (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC). Harrison is battling at 135 pounds for the very first time in her profession– and she just battled as low as 145 when. She struck 136 pounds on the scale about 15 minutes into the session and took away any drama questioning if she ‘d make weight– a huge talking point heading into the battle. Holm was 136.
The early weigh-ins occurred at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and preceded the ritualistic weigh-ins for the fans, which happen at 7 p.m. ET at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC 300 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) happens Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
The complete UFC 300 weigh-in outcomes consisted of:
PRIMARY CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Alex Pereira (205) vs. Jamahal Hill (205)– for light heavyweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili (115) vs. Yan Xiaonan (115)– for females’s strawweight title
- Justin Gaethje (156) vs. Max Holloway (156)– for “BMF” title
- Charles Oliveira (156) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (156)
- Cody Brundage (186) vs. Bo Nickal (186)
INITIAL CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Jiri Prochazka (206) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (206)
- Calvin Kattar (145.5) vs. Aljamain Sterling (146)
- Kayla Harrison (136) vs. Holly Holm (136)
- Diego Lopes (146) vs. Sodiq Yusuff (146)
INITIAL CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Renato Moicano (156) vs. Jalin Turner (155.5)
- Jessica Andrade (116) vs. Marina Rodriguez (116)
- Bobby Green (156) vs. Jim Miller (155.5)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (135.5) vs. Cody Garbrandt (136)
For more on the card, see MMA Junkie’s occasion center for UFC 300.
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