UFC 290’s official weigh-in ceremony has taken place in Las Vegas, the main event of which will be a featherweight unification bout between reigning UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim title holder Yair Rodriguez.
In the second most important event of the event, the reigning UFC flyweight champion, Brandon Moreno, will defend his belt against second-ranked Alejandra Pantozhy in the division.
The participants of the title matches successfully coped with the procedure, having no problems getting into the championship limit of their weight categories.
The only fighter who could not cope with the weight race was lightweight Jalyn Turner, who, for an advantage of two pounds (900 grams), will give his rival Dan Hooker 20% of the fee for the fight.
All weighing results:
Main fights
(W) Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) – (W) Yair Rodriguez (145) – featherweight unification bout
(C) Brandon Moreno (125) – Alejandre Pantoja (125) – flyweight title shot
Drycus Du Plessis (186) vs. Robert Whittaker (185.5) – middleweight contender
Dan Hooker (155.5) vs Jalyn Turner (155.5)
Bo Nickal (186) – Val Woodburn (185.5)
Preliminaries
Robbie Lawler (170.5) vs. Nico Price (171)
Josiah Harrell (170.5) – Jack Della Maddalena (171)
Denise Gomez (115.5) – Yazmine Huareghi (115.5)
Jimmy Cool (205) – Alonzo Menifield (205.5)
Early preliminary bouts
Edgar Chayrez (129) – Tatsuro Taira (130) – 130 lb catchweight
Vitor Petrino (206) — Marcin Prahnio (206)
Terrence Mitchell (135) vs. Cameron Saiman (135)
Jesus Aguilar (126) vs. Shannon Ross (126)
Camuela Kirk (155.5) – Esteban Ribovich (156)
The demonstration weigh-in ceremony will take place on July 8 at 01:00 Moscow time:
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/32022-rezultaty-vzveshivaniya-k-turniru-ufc-290.html?rand=19907
