The show’s headliners, Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland, made weight by recording 185.5 and 186 pounds respectively, but the latter didn’t look very good and held his own.
Participants in the second most important event, Russian lightweights Damir Ismagulov and Arman Tsarukyan, had no problems getting into the limit of their weight category, showing 156 and 155.5 pounds.
In the preliminary card of the event, the next fights will be held by the Russians Said Nurmagomedov and Rinat Fakhretdinov, who, like their rivals, also successfully coped with the weight race.
All weighing results:
Main fights
Jared Cannonier (185.5) vs Sean Strickland (186)
Damir Ismagulov (156) — Arman Tsarukyan (155.5)
Amir Albazi (125.5) – Alessandro Costa (125.5)
Alex Caceres (145) – Julian Erosa (145.5)
Drew Dober (156) vs. Bobby Green (156)
Cody Brundage (185) — Michal Oleksiychuk (186)
Preliminaries
Corey McKenna (115.5) – Sheyanny Vlismas (115.5)
Jake Matthews (171) vs. Matt Semelsberger (171)
Saidyokub Kakhramonov (136) — Said Nurmagomedov (136)
Rafa Garcia (155) – Maheshate Haysaer (158.5) *
Brian Battle (170) — Rinat Fakhretdinov (171)
David Dvorak (125.5) vs. Manel Cape (126)
Sergey Morozov (136) — Journey Newson (135.5)
*Maheshate exceeded the lightweight limit by 2.5 pounds and will be penalized a percentage of the fee for the fight