At the UFC 271 official weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Houston stepped on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have live weigh-in video, which can be seen above.
In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and former champ Robert Whittaker can weigh no more than 185 pounds, the maximum allowed for their middleweight title fight. In the co-main, Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa are capped at 266 pounds, the maximum allowed for their non-title heavyweight fight.
The UFC 271 official weigh-ins are expected to begin at 10 a.m. ET, and the highlights are below.
The UFC 271 ceremonial weigh-ins will be at 5 p.m. ET, and the video is above.
Main Card (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ pay-per-view)
Israel Adesanya (184) vs. Robert Whittaker (184)
Derrick Lewis (266) vs. Tai Tuivasa (265)
Derek Brunson (185.5) vs. Jared Cannonier (185)
Kyler Phillips (136) vs. Marcelo Rojo (136)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Bobby Green (155.5)
Preliminary Card (8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+)
Andrei Arlovski (246) vs. Jared Vanderaa (265)
Roxanne Modafferi (126) vs. Casey O’Neill (125.5)
Alex Perez (128)* vs. Matt Schnell (126)
William Knight (218)** vs. Maxim Grishin (206)
Early Prelims (6 p.m. ET on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass)
Mana Martinez (136) vs. Ronnie Lawrence (136)
Alexander Hernandez (156) vs. Renato Moicano (156)
Carlos Ulberg (204) vs. Fabio Cherant (206)
AJ Dobson (185) vs. Jacob Malkoun (186)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (136) vs. Sergey Morozov (135)
Jeremiah Wells (170.5) vs. Mike Mathetha (170)
*Perez missed weight for his flyweight bout with Matt Schnell. The bout has been cancelled due to Schnell declining the fight
**Knight missed weight for his light heavyweight bout with Maxim Grishin. The bout will proceed as a heavyweight contest with Knight forfeiting 40 percent of his purse as penalty
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