UFC 303 Weigh-in Results: Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes Moved to Lightweight
By FCF Staff
The fighters have hit the scales ahead of UFC 303 tomorrow, and all of the scheduled bouts are proceeding.
The co-headliner between Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes has been moved from featherweight to lightweight, ahead of Saturday’s card. Ariel Helwani reported that Ortega encountered issues while cutting weight overnight, and that Lopes ultimately agreed to fight at lightweight so the bout could proceed.
Ortega had been planning to fight at lightweight moving forward, before getting the short-notice call to face Lopes at UFC 303.
For the headliner, both light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira and former champ, Jiri Prochazka, came in at 204.5 pounds.
Here are the complete weigh-in results for the event, which is taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Main card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Alex Pereira (204.5) vs. Jiri Prochazka (204.5)
Brian Ortega (155) vs. Diego Lopes (155)
Anthony Smith (206) vs. Roman Dolidze (205)
Mayra Bueno Silva (136) vs. Macy Chiasson (135.5)
Ian Machado Garry (170) vs. Michael Page (171)
Preliminary card (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Joe Pyfer (185.5) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (185)
Cub Swanson (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
Charles Jourdain (146) vs. Jean Silva (147.5)*
Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (136)
Preliminary card (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Michelle Waterson-Gomez (115) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
Andrei Arlovski (245) vs. Martin Buday (264.5)
Rei Tsuruya (125.5) vs. Carlos Hernandez (125)
Ricky Simon (136) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (136)
*Silva came in 1.5 pounds over the featherweight limit
Results via MMA Junkie.com.