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Friday, Sep 25, 2020

UFC 253 Weigh-in Results: Both Title Fights Are Official

Israel Adesanya (photo via UFC / Twitter)

By FCF Staff

Saturday’s UFC 253 card will see two championship belts on the line as scheduled, as the fighters for the card’s headliners have made weight.

Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya weighed in at 184 pounds for the main event and challenger Paulo Costa was 185.

In the co-main event, Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz will battle for the vacant light heavyweight title. Both of the contenders came in at 205 pounds.

Here are the weigh-in results for UFC 253, which is taking place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Israel Adesanya (184) vs. Paulo Costa (185) – for middleweight title
Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. Dominick Reyes (205) – for vacant light heavyweight title
Kai Kara-France (126) vs. Brandon Royval (126)
Sijara Eubanks (136) vs. Ketlen Vieira (136)
Hakeem Dawodu (145) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (150)*

Preliminary Card (ESPN2, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

Alex da Silva (156) vs. Brad Riddell (156)
Jake Matthews (170) vs. Diego Sanchez (170)
Ludovit Klein (150)** vs. Shane Young (146)
Aleksa Camur (206) vs. William Knight (205)

Preliminary Card (ESPN2, ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

Juan Espino (255) vs. Jeff Hughes (258)
Khadis Ibragimov (206) vs. Danilo Marques (206)

*Tukhugov missed weight by 4 pounds. If Dawodu agrees to a catchweight fight, Tukhugov will be fined a percentage of his purse.
**Klein missed weight by 4 pounds. If Young agrees to a catchweight fight, Klein will be fined a percentage of his purse.

Results via MMA Junkie

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posted by FCF Staff @ 10:56 am
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