The main event of Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event is officially a go.
Kamaru Uman and Leon Edwards will be fighting it out in headliner UFC 278 Salt Lake City — this is the time with the welterweight title on the line.
At Friday’s official weigh-ins, Usman and Edwards were the first two fighters on the scale and both weighed in successfully at 170 pounds.
In the co-main event, one-time title challenger Paulo Costa fulfilled the promise he made at the UFC 278 media day and hit the mark at 185. 5 pounds. His opponent, former UFC and Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold, also made weight for his first fight in three years at 185. 5 pounds.
Things got a little dramatic for Jose Aldo as he weighed in at 136. 5 pounds on his first attempt, but when the box arrived, Aldo made 136, as did his opponent Merab Dvalishvili.
The remaining 18 fighters set to compete at this weekend’s PPV event also successfully made weight.
View full UFC 278 weight-in results under :
Main Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET)
Kamaru Usman (170) vs. Leon Edwards (170)
Luke Rockhold (185. 5) vs. Paulo Costa (185. 5)
Jose Aldo (136) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (136)
Wu Yanan (136) vs. Lucie Pudilova (135. 5)
Tyson Pedro (205. 5) vs. Harry Hunsucker (204. 5)
Preliminary Card (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Marcin Tibura (252. 5) vs. Alexandr Romanov (239. 5)
Leonardo Santos (156) vs. Jared Gordon (155. 5)
Sean Woodson (146) vs. Luis Saldana (145. 5)
Early Prelims (ESPN, ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa (170. 5)
Amir Albazi (126) vs. Francisco Figueiredo (125. 5)
Aoriqileng (136) vs. Jay Perrin (136)
Victor Altamirano (125) vs. Daniel Da Silva (126)
