Abu Dhabi hosted the official weigh-in ceremony for the UFC 294 tournament, the main event of which will be a lightweight title superfight between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski.
The event’s headliners had no trouble hitting the champion’s weight class limit, with the Russian showing 70.3 kg (155 lbs.) and the Australian recording 70 kg even (154.5 lbs.).
Participants in the second-to-last event, Khamzat Chimaev and Kamaru Usman, whose clash will determine the next challenger for the UFC middleweight title, also did well at the weigh-in with 84.1 kg (185.5 lbs.) and 83.7 kg (184.5 lbs.), respectively.
All weigh-in results:
Main fights
(C) Islam Makhachev (155) – (C) Alexander Volkanovski (154.5) – lightweight title fight
Khamzat Chimaev (185.5) – Kamaru Usman (184.5)
Magomed Ankalaev (206) – Johnny Walker (205)
Ikram Aliskerov (186) – Worley Alves (185.5)
Muin Gafurov (135.5) – Said Nurmagomedov (136)
Preliminary bouts
Tim Elliott (126) – Muhammad Mokaev (126)
Trevor Peek (155.5) – Mohammed Yahi (156)
Javid Basharat (136) – Victor Henry (136)
Abu Azeitar () – Cedric Dumas (186)
Mike Breeden () – Anshul Jubli (155.5)
Muhammad Naimov (145.5) – Nathaniel Wood (146)
Victoria Dudakova (116.6) – Jin Yu Frei (116)
Sharabutdin Magomedov () – Bruno Silva (186)
The weigh-in ceremony will take place on October 20 at 15:00 Moscow time:
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/32930-boj-makhacheva-i-volkanovski-v-sile-chempiony-sdelali-ves-k-turniru-ufc-294.html?rand=19907
