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With the official weigh ins bagged and tagged, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its second-to-last staredown for the UFC on ESPN 14 middleweight main event, bringing together former 185-pound champion Robert Whittaker and No. 5-ranked contender Darren Till ahead of their five-round war this Sat. night (July 25, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi.
Get complete UFC on ESPN 14 weigh-in results here.
Also coming face-to-face at the conclusion of Friday’s weigh ins were light heavyweight rivals Mauricio Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. “Shogun” holds a 2-0 lead as they conclude their trilogy, not long after Alexander Gustafsson makes his heavyweight debut opposite former 265-pound champion Fabricio Werdum.
Check out their respective staredowns below:
For the time.
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