Sergey Pavlovich, who insures the title fight between Jon Jones and Cyril Gan, became the heaviest fighter at the official weigh-in procedure for the UFC 285 tournament, held in Las Vegas.
The Russian fighter weighed in at 117.5 kilograms (259 pounds), while Jones and Gan both weighed in at 112.5 kilograms (248 pounds) and 112.3 kilograms (247.5 pounds), respectively.
Competitors in the tournament’s second-biggest event, Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso, had no trouble reaching the championship flyweight limit, reaching 56.5 kilograms (124.5 pounds) each.
All weighing results:
Main fights
Jon Jones (248) vs. Cyril Gun (247.5) – vacant heavyweight title fight
(W) Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) – Alexa Grasso (124.5) – fight for the women’s flyweight title
Jeff Neal (175)* – Shavkat Rakhmonov (171)
Mateusz Gamroth (156) vs Jalyn Turner (155.5)
Bo Nickal (185.5) vs. Jamie Pickett (186)
Preliminaries
Cody Garbrandt (136) vs Trevin Jones (135)
Derek Brunson (185.5) vs Dricus Du Plessis (185)
Vivian Araujo (126) vs. Amanda Ribas (126)
Marc-André Barrio (185) vs. Julian Marquez (186)
Early preliminary bouts
Ian Garry (171) vs. Song Keenan (171)
Mana Martinez (137)** — Cameron Saiman (135)
Jessica Penne (116) – Tabata Ricci (115.5)
Farid Basharat (136) vs. Damon Blackshear (136)
Loik Radjabov (155.5) — Esteban Ribovich (156)
*Neil has exceeded the welterweight division limit and will be penalized a percentage of the fee for the fight
**Martinez has exceeded the bantamweight limit and will be penalized a percentage of the fee for the fight
The demonstration weigh-in ceremony will take place on March 4 at 03:00 Moscow time:
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30931-sergej-pavlovich-perevesil-dzhona-dzhonsa-i-sirila-gana-pered-turnirom-ufc-285.html?rand=19907
