The hopes that the UFC 205 weigh-ins would go off without a hitch were quickly blown away on Friday morning.
Luckily for fight fans, all three title fights are official.
Conor McGregor (154.4) and Eddie Alvarez (154.6) checked in on weight for their history-making contest. And leave it to McGregor to add a bit of flavor to the proceedings, as he had a tense moment with current welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.
According to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Woodley gave McGregor a nod as they waited to weigh in, and the Irishman had a stare down with the champ.
The drama of the weigh-ins started early.
Thiago Alves was one of the first fighters to hit the scale for his lightweight debut, but the American Top Team member checked in at 162.6 pounds. Jim Miller, his opponent, was on weight but had to gain a couple pounds to be within five pounds of Alves. Miller weighed in at 157.6 pounds.
Alves cannot weight more than 173 pounds before stepping into the Octagon tomorrow night, per Fox Sports’ Damon Martin.
UFC 205 did lose the highly anticipated meeting between Donald Cerrone and Kelvin Gastelum.
This marks the third time in Gastelum’s UFC career that he has missed the welterweight limit. After his second time, against Tyron Woodley, he made a move to middleweight. Not even stepping on the scale in New York City is a bad omen for his welterweight lifespan.
All other UFC 205 participants made weight.
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza made an appearance and weighed-in at 189 pounds, even though he is not on the fight card.
UFC 205 will go forward with 11 fights, down from 13 to start the week. History is still on the docket in the main event, and the five-fight main card still remains one of the most intriguing in UFC history.
The ceremonial weigh-in show takes place Friday at 6 p.m. ET. Bleacher Report will also have coverage as the staredowns should be quite entertaining.
Coverage of UFC 205 will begin Saturday with the UFC Fight Pass prelims at 7 p.m. ET.
UFC 205 Main Card (10 p.m. ET, PPV)
- Eddie Alvarez (154.6) vs. Conor McGregor (154.4)
- Tyron Woodley (169.8) vs. Stephen Thompson (169)
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (114.4) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (114.4)
- Chris Weidman (185.8) vs. Yoel Romero (185.6)
- Miesha Tate (135.6) vs. Raquel Pennington (135.8)
UFC 205 Prelims (8 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1)
- Frankie Edgar (145.4) vs. Jeremy Stephens (145.8)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (155.8) vs. Michael Johnson (155.8)
- Rafael Natal (185.4) vs. Tim Boetsch (185.4)
- Vicente Luque (170.6) vs. Belal Muhammad (170)
- Jim Miller (157.6) vs. Thiago Alves (162.6)
- Liz Carmouche (134.8) vs. Katlyn Chookagian (135)
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