The stars of UFC 303 took to the scale at the official early-morning weigh-ins as they faced “the fight before the fight” ahead of their respective bouts in Las Vegas.
Headlining the card is a light heavyweight title battle between current champion Alex Pereira and former champ Jiri Prochazka, and both men comfortably weighed in under championship weight for their title fight – both fighters tipped the scale at 204.5 pounds.
A featherweight bout between Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes faced a big change hours before the weigh-in session began, with the bout changed to a lightweight contest after communication from Ortega’s team to the UFC prompted a request to Lopes to halt his weight cut in order to ensure he could weigh in within the lightweight category to keep the bout alive. When it was time for them to step on the scale, both men hit 155 pounds to make their lightweight matchup official.
The only fighter on the lineup to miss weight was Jean Silva, who came in at 147.5 pounds for his featherweight bout with Charles Jourdain. Missing weight by 1.5 pounds cost the Brazilian 20 percent of his fight purse, but the bout will carry on, as planned,
Check out the full list of official weights below, and recap the session via the full recap of the UFC 303 Weigh-In Show above.
UFC 303: Official weigh-in results
MAIN CARD
- Alex Pereira (204.5) vs. Jiri Prochazka (204.5) – for light heavyweight title
- Brian Ortega (155) vs. Diego Lopes (155)
- Anthony Smith (206) vs. Roman Dolidze (205)
- Mayra Bueno Silva (136) vs. Macy Chiasson (135.5)
- Ian Machado Garry (170) vs. Michael Page (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Joe Pyfer (185.5) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (185)
- Cub Swanson (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
- Charles Jourdain (146) vs. Jean Silva (147.5*)
- Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (136)
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD
- Michelle Waterson-Gomez (115) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
- Andrei Arlovski (245) vs. Martin Buday (264.5)
- Rei Tsuruya (125.5) vs. Carlos Hernandez (125)
- Ricky Simon (136) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (136)
* Jean Silva missed weight by 1.5 pounds and forfeits 20 percent of his fight purse to opponent Charles Jourdain. Fight will proceed as planned.
