Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 96 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a 185-pound showdown between middleweight rivals Jared Cannonier and Caio Borralho. The action gets underway this Sat. night (Aug. 24, 2024) on ESPN and ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, and also features a strawweight co-headliner between 115-pound stalwarts Angela Hill and Tabitha Ricci.
Before the ESPN/ESPN+ live stream gets underway this weekend in “Sin City,” which includes the featherweight and middleweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 32, all 22 fighters must hit the scale to prove themselves worthy. Note: Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) affords a one-pound allowance in non-title fights.
The UFC Vegas 96 weigh ins will stream LIVE in the embedded video player above beginning promptly at 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT). We’ll also have real-time text updates for the “Cannonier vs. Borralho” weigh ins listed below, updated as they happen. Remember too that staredowns will commence at the conclusion of today’s weigh ins (roughly 2 p.m. ET).
Complete UFC Vegas 96 weigh ins text results below:
UFC Vegas 96 Main Card on ESPN/ESPN+:
185 lbs.: Jared Cannonier () vs. Caio Borralho ()
115 lbs.: Angela Hill () vs. Tabitha Ricci ()
185 lbs.: Ryan Loder () vs. Robert Valentin () — TUF 32 Middleweight final
145 lbs.: Kaan Ofli () vs. Mairon Santos () — TUF 32 Featherweight final
170 lbs.: Neil Magny () vs. Michael Morales ()
185 lbs.: Edmen Shahbazyan () vs. Gerald Meerschaert ()
UFC Vegas 96 ‘Prelims’ Card on ESPN+:
145 lbs.: Dennis Buzukja () vs. Francis Marshall ()
205 lbs.: Zach Reese () vs. Jose Medina ()
155 lbs.: Viacheslav Borshchev () vs. James Llontop ()
135 lbs.: Jacqueline Cavalcanti () vs. Josiane Nunes ()
125 lbs.: Wang Cong () vs. Victoria Leonardo ()
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 96 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN+ preliminary card matchups, which are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining main card balance on ESPN/ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET.
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