As promised, Israel Adesanya hit the scales with room to spare for Saturday’s UFC 259 vital tournament.
“The Closing Stylebender” efficiently weighed in at 200.5 kilos for his light heavyweight title allege of reigning champion Jan Blachowicz, who came in at 205 kilos. Weighing nearly five kilos no longer as a lot as Blachowicz, the UFC’s 185-pound champion appears to be like to be to alter into the UFC’s fifth champion to preserve two titles simultaneously, the first to attain so with an undefeated narrative, and the first to attain so with the middleweight and light-weight heavyweight belts.
UFC 259 parts two more title fights on the main card, which were furthermore made reliable at Friday’s weigh-ins. Two-division champion Amanda Nunes weighed in at 145 kilos for her featherweight title protection against Megan Anderson (144.5), and Petr Yan weighed in at 135 kilos for his bantamweight title protection against Aljamain Sterling (134.5).
All however one in every of the 30 warring parties scheduled to compete on Saturday’s fight card efficiently made weight, at the side of used bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (136), four-time flyweight title challenger Joseph Benavidez (125.5), and latest light heavyweight title challenger Thiago Santos (206).
The lone cross over used to be Askar Askarov, who came in at 127 kilos, one pound over the flyweight limit (at the side of a one-pound allowance for non-title fights). Askarov forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Benavidez and their bout proceeds as a 127-pound catchweight affair, per the UFC.
Light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira used to be furthermore available to weigh in as an alternate for the main tournament. He efficiently made championship weight at 204.5 kilos.
Ogle the UFC 259 weigh-in results beneath.
Predominant card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. Israel Adesanya (200.5)
Amanda Nunes (145) vs. Megan Anderson (144.5)
Petr Yan (135) vs. Aljamain Sterling (134.5)
Islam Makhachev (156) vs. Drew Dober (156)
Thiago Santos (206) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (206)
Prelim card (ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Dominick Cruz (136) vs. Casey Kenney (136)
Song Yadong (135.5) vs. Kyler Phillips (136)
Joseph Benavidez (125.5) vs. Askar Askarov (127)*
Kai Kara-France (125.5) vs. Rogerio Bontorin (126)
Prelim card (ESPN+ at 5: 15 p.m. ET)
Tim Elliott (125.5) vs. Jordan Espinosa (126)
Carlos Ulberg (205) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (205.5)
Sean Brady (170.5) vs. Jake Matthews (169.5)
Livinha Souza (116) vs. Amanda Lemos (116)
Uros Medic (156) vs. Aalon Cruz (155)
Trevin Jones (134.5) vs. Mario Bautista (135.5)
*Askarov missed weight. His bout with Joseph Benavidez will proceed at a 127-pound catchweight, with Askarov forfeiting 20 percent of his purse to Benavidez
