The headliners of the event had no problem reaching the championship limit of their weight class – the Brazilian showed 83.9 kg (185 lbs), while the Nigerian kept within 83.7 kg (184.5 lbs).
Competitors in the second most important bout, welterweights Gilbert Burns and Jorge Masvidal, also successfully coped with the weight loss, recording 77.1 kg (170 lbs) and 77.6 kg (171 lbs), respectively.
All weighing results:
Main fights
(W) Alex Pereira (185) – Israel Adesanya (184.5) – middleweight title fight
Gilbert Burns (170) vs. Jorge Masvidal (171)
Rob Font (135) – Adrian Janiz (135.5)
Kevin Holland (170.5) – Santiago Ponzinibbio (171)
Christian Rodriguez (137.5)* – Raul Rosas Junior (135)
Preliminaries
Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs. Chris Curtis (186)
Luana Pineiro (115.5) – Michelle Waterson (116)
Chase Sherman (249.5) vs Carl Williams (241)
Gerald Mershart (185.5) vs. Joseph Pifer (185.5)
Early preliminary bouts
Cynthia Calvillo (116) – Lupita Godinez (115.5)
Ignacio Bahamondes (159.5) – Trey Ogden (159.5)
Steve Garcia (145.5) — Nuerdanbek Shailan (146)
Jacqueline Amorim (115.5) vs. Sam Hughes (116)
*Rodriez 680 grams (1.5 pounds) over the bantamweight limit
The demonstration weigh-in ceremony will take place at 23:00 Moscow time: