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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its UFC 254 pay-per-view (PPV) event inside Flash Forum this Sat. afternoon (Oct. 24, 2020) on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, headlined by a lightweight title fight between reigning champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and contender Justin Gaethje.
Before the action gets underway this weekend in United Arab Emirates (UAE), which also features a #1 contender co-main event between middleweights Robert Whittaker and Jared Cannonier, all 24 fighters must hit the scale and prove themselves worthy.
The UFC 254 weigh ins will stream LIVE in the embedded video player above beginning at 1 a.m. ET. We’ll also have real-time text updates for the “Khabib vs. Gaethje” weigh ins below. Staredowns for the entire card will follow shortly after the scale-tipping festivities conclude, but expect to see them in the 3 a.m. ET range (or later).
Complete UFC 253 weigh-in results below.
Khabib Nurmagomedov 155 vs. Justin Gaethje 155
Robert Whittaker 186 vs. Jared Cannonier 185
Walt Harris vs. Alexander Volkov 265
Phil Hawes 186 vs. Jacob Malkoun 186
Lauren Murphy 126 vs. Liliya Shakirova 126
Magomed Ankalaev 205.5 vs. Ion CutelabaStefan Struve vs. Tai Tuivasa 265
Alex Oliveira 173* vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov 171
Sam Alvey 206 vs. Da Un Jung 206
Casey Kenney 140 vs. Nathaniel WoodLiana Jojua 126 vs. Miranda Maverick 126
Joel Alvarez 159.5* vs. Alexander Yakovlev 155.5* indicates fighter missed contractual weight
Michael Chandler makes weight as well as the alternate (155 lbs.) to tomorrow’s main event. Nothing left to do now except fight.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 254 fight card right here, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on ESPN 2/ESPN+ at 12 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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