UFC 259 weigh-in results – 4 champions, 3 titles on the line
One of the biggest fight cards of the year goes down Saturday night in Las Vegas. UFC 259 includes three title fights, featuring four champions, on the pay-per-view portion of the fight card. Purchase the PPV card here.
In the night’s main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will defend his title for the first time when middleweight champion Israel Adesanya moves up to the 205-pound weight class.
Women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes puts her 145-pound title on the line against former Invicta FC champion Megan Anderson in the night’s co-main event.
The first of three title fights in Las Vegas pairs bantamweight champion Petr Yan against the challenging, Aljamain Sterling.
Fighters will hit the scales today at noon ET to make tomorrow night’s fights official.
Complete UFC 259 weigh-in results below:
Main 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 (205.0) 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)
* Askar Askarov missed the 126-pound limit and will be fined a percentage of his fight purse
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