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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its UFC Vegas 9 mixed martial arts (MMA) event inside APEX facility this Sat. night (Sept. 5, 2020) in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a heavyweight showdown between grizzled veteran Alistair Overeem and rising prospect Augusto Sakai.
Before the action gets underway this weekend in “Sin City,” which features a co-main event between former light heavyweight title contender Ovince Saint Preux and “Contender Series” standout Alonzo Menifield, all 18 fighters must hit the scale and prove themselves worthy.
The UFC Vegas 9 weigh ins will stream LIVE in the embedded video player above beginning at Noon ET (9 a.m. PT). We’ll also have real-time text updates for the “Overeem vs. Sakai” weigh ins below. Staredowns for the entire card will follow shortly after the scale-tipping festivities conclude, but expect to see them in the 2 p.m. ET range (or later).
Complete UFC Vegas 9 weigh-in results below.
UFC Vegas 9 Main Card on ESPN+:
265 lbs.: Alistair Overeem (252.5) vs. Augusto Sakai (261.5)
205 lbs.: Alonzo Menifield (204) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (205.5)
170 lbs.: Zelim Imadaev (171) vs. Michel Pereira (170.5)
145 lbs.: Brian Kelleher (146) vs. Kevin Natividad (144.5)
155 lbs.: Thiago Moises (155.5) vs. Jalin Turner (155)UFC Vegas 9 Prelims Card on ESPN+:
185 lbs.: Bartosz Fabinski (184.5) vs. Andre Muniz (185.5)
125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo (126) vs. Montana De La Rosa (125.5)
265 lbs.: Marcos Rogerio de Lima (260.5) vs. Alexander Romanov (259)
135 lbs.: Hunter Azure (135.5) vs. Cole Smith (135)145 lbs.: Ray Rodriguez (145)*
*Weighed in as alternate
Note: The bantamweight showdown between Sijara Eubanks and Karol Rosa has been scratched after Rosa suffered a weight-cutting mishap. “Sarj” now meets Julia Avila on the Sept. 12 card in Las Vegas.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 9 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN+ “Prelims” scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the main card portion that also streams on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET.
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