UFC 266 weigh-in results: Gash Diaz makes weight for first fight since 2015, title bouts legitimate

UFC 266 weigh-in results: Gash Diaz makes weight for first fight since 2015, title bouts legitimate

Gash Diaz is formally a day a ways flung from his first fight since 2015.

The ragged Strikeforce champion and UFC welterweight contender successfully weighed in at 185.5 pounds for his five-spherical middleweight bout reverse Robbie Lawler (184) on the UFC 266 vital card Saturday at T-Cell Arena in Las Vegas. It used to be the predominant weigh-in for Diaz since he fought Anderson Silva in a middleweight contest at UFC 183 in January 2015.

Defending champions Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) and Valentina Shevchenko (124) both successfully made weight for his or her respective title bouts against Brian Ortega (144) and Lauren Murphy (125). This might occasionally be Volkanovski’s 2nd title defense and the sixth for Shevchenko.

All 26 warring parties made weight at Friday’s legitimate morning weigh-ins, at the side of Dan Hooker (155.5) and Nasrat Haqparast (154.5). Visa considerations forged doubt upon the lightweight matchup within the route of fight week, nonetheless Hooker and Haqparast both arrived in Las Vegas on Thursday and had been in a roar to chop to the lightweight limit to perform their bout legitimate.

Test out UFC 266 weigh-in results under.

Foremost card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) vs. Brian Ortega (144)

Gash Diaz (185.5) vs. Robbie Lawler (184.0)

Curtis Blaydes (261) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (257)

Jessica Andrade (126) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (126)

Prelims (ESPNews/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)

Marlon Moraes (135.5) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (135.5)

Dan Hooker (155.5) vs. Nasrat Haqparast (154.5)

Shamil Abdurakhimov (258) vs. Chris Daukaus (231)

Roxanne Modafferi (125.5) vs. Taila Santos (125)

Prelims (ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)

Uros Medic (156) vs. Jalin Turner (156)

Cody Brundage (185.5) vs. Gash Maximov (185.5)

Matthew Semelsberger (170.5) vs. Martin Sano (170)

Jonathan Pearce (145.5) vs. Omar Morales (145.5)

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