The primary occasion title struggle set for UFC 327 is now official after the headliner efficiently made weight.
The weigh-ins befell early Friday morning, and Jiri Prochaska and Carlos Ulberg each tipped the scales with relative ease. Prochaska weighed 203 kilos and Ulberg 204 kilos. The vacant UFC Mild Heavyweight Championship bout has been determined, barring some last-minute unexpected circumstances.
Co-headliners Paulo Costa and Azamat Murzakhanov additionally achieved their targets for the sunshine heavyweight co-main occasion. Each males reached the 205-pound mark. Heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Josh Hokit had no bother tipping the scales. Blaydes weighed 261 kilos, whereas Hokitt reached 233 kilos.
Mild heavyweights Dominick Reyes and Johnny Walker each weighed 205 kilos. In the meantime, featherweights Cub Swanson and Nate Landwehr weighed in at 146 and 145 kilos, respectively. This might be Swanson’s retirement match.
The one weigh-in incident concerned Chris Padilla, who missed the light-weight restrict in a match towards Markel Mederos, who weighed 155 kilos. Padilla might be fined 20 p.c of his match funds.
Full weigh-in outcomes for UFC 327 are beneath.
Important Card (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)
- Jiri Prochaska (203) vs. Carlos Ulberg (204)
- Azamat Murzakanov (205) vs. Paulo Costa (205)
- Curtis Blaydes (261) vs. Josh Hokit (233)
- Dominick Reyes (205) vs. Johnny Walker (205)
- Cub Swanson (146) vs. Nate Landwehr (145)
Qualifiers (Paramount+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Patricio Pitbull (145) vs. Aaron Pico (145)
- Kevin Holland (171) vs. Randy Brown (171)
- Mateusz Gamlot (156) vs. Esteban Livovic (155)
- Tatiana Suarez (116) vs. Crazy Godinez (116)
Early Prelims (Paramount+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Markel Mederos (155) vs. Chris Padilla (158)*
- Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs. Vicente Luque (185)
- Charles Radtke (170) vs. Francisco Prado (170)
*- Fighters might be fined 20% of their match funds for failing to weigh in.
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