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UFC 225 Weigh-In Results

Fighters have hit the scales to officially weigh-in.

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UFC 225 pay-per-view event is slated to go down on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET.

UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is slated to defend his title against Yoel Romero at this upcoming pay-per-view event, which will serve as the main event. Rafael dos Anjos vs. Colby Covington in an interim welterweight title bout will co-headline this event.

Rounding out the five bout main card is Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson in a women’s featherweight bout, Andrei Arlovski vs. Tai Tuivasa in a heavyweight bout, and CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson in a welterweight bout.

Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes in a heavyweight bout will headline the preliminary card.

UFC officials held the weigh-ins for UFC 225 on Friday and here are the weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Robert Whittaker (185) vs. Yoel Romero () – for middleweight title
  • Colby Covington () vs. Rafael dos Anjos () – for interim welterweight title
  • Megan Anderson () vs. Holly Holm (146)
  • Andrei Arlovski () vs. Tai Tuivasa ()
  • Phil “CM Punk” Brooks (169) vs. Mike Jackson ()

PRELIMIMARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Curtis Blaydes () vs. Alistair Overeem ()
  • Carla Esparza (116) vs. Claudia Gadelha ()
  • Mirsad Bektic () vs. Ricardo Lamas (145)
  • Rashad Coulter () vs. Chris De La Rocha ()

PRELIMIMARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)

  • Rashad Evans () vs. Anthony Smith ()
  • Joseph Benavidez () vs. Sergio Pettis ()
  • Clay Guida (154) vs. Charles Oliveira (155)
  • Dan Ige (146) vs. Mike Santiago (145

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UFC 225 Is The Most Stacked Card Of The Year

The most stacked card of the year takes place this Saturday night at United Center in Chicago, Illinois when the world’s most popular MMA promotion comes to town for UFC 225. The card is littered with huge names from top to bottom as well as a nu…

The most stacked card of the year takes place this Saturday night at United Center in Chicago, Illinois when the world’s most popular MMA promotion comes to town for UFC 225. The card is littered with huge names from top to bottom as well as a number of intriguing matches that should provide plenty of […]

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UFC 225 Media Day Faceoffs: Colby Covington Continues Talking Trash

As expected, Colby Covington’s mouth kept moving at the #UFC225 media day:

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In just three days (Sat., June 9, 2018) the biggest UFC pay-per-view (PPV) of the year thus far will go down when UFC 225 takes place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The event is legitimately stacked from top to bottom, with two title fights headlining when middleweight champion Robert Whittaker meets Yoel Romero in a rematch of their UFC 213 match-up and former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos meets brash trash-talker Colby Covington for the interim welterweight title in the co-main event.

Those are only the two main bouts as well, and the card plays host to an almost never-ending stream of high-profile match-ups and potentially exciting bouts. The fighters participated in the traditional pre-fight media day for the event today (Thurs., June 7, 2018) and squared off at the tail end of it. To no one’s surprise, Covington kept running his mouth throughout his entire staredown with the calm, collected RDA.

Watch the UFC 225 media day faceoffs courtesy of MMA Fighting right here:

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UFC 225: Bleacher Report Main Card Staff Predictions

UFC 225 is upon us with the year’s deepest card. UFC 225 emanates from Chicago at the United Center on Saturday. Atop that mountain of fisticuffs sits two intriguing title bouts…

UFC 225 is upon us with the year’s deepest card. UFC 225 emanates from Chicago at the United Center on Saturday. Atop that mountain of fisticuffs sits two intriguing title bouts…

Robert Whittaker Reconsiders Declining Fight if Yoel Romero Misses Weight

Robert Whittaker is having second thoughts in terms of how to handle his opponent potentially failing to make weight. This Saturday night (June 9), Whittaker defends his middleweight title against a familiar foe. He’ll go one-on-one with Yoel Rom…

Robert Whittaker is having second thoughts in terms of how to handle his opponent potentially failing to make weight. This Saturday night (June 9), Whittaker defends his middleweight title against a familiar foe. He’ll go one-on-one with Yoel Romero. The two competed back in July 2017 and Whittaker won the bout via unanimous decision. It […]

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Yoel Romero Focused On Righting Wrongs Of First Robert Whittaker Bout

Romero has a certain goal in his next fight.

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UFC middleweight title contender Yoel Romero has a certain goal in his next fight.

That goal that he wants to achieve is to correct the mistake that he made in his first fight with UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.

Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Romero back at UFC 213 in July by unanimous decision.

Then the promotion made him the champion after Georges St-Pierre vacated the strap due to a medical condition in December after beating Michael Bisping at UFC 217 to win it.

Romero is slated to challenge Whittaker for the strap at the upcoming UFC 225 pay-per-view event.

In a recent interview, the title contender made it clear that he had the chance to finish Whittaker in their first fight but did not. Thus, with another crack at the champion, he vows to get it done this time.

“I made a mistake, and this time, we worked on the mistake I made in the last fight with (Whittaker),” Romero today told MMAjunkie. “On Saturday, we’ll make it better. I had a moment in the fight I could’ve finished him, and I didn’t. This time, I’ll finish him.”

“It’s a big moment – it’s the title,” Romero said. “In the beginning when I fought in the UFC, I wanted to learn in the octagon. This time, it’s not like that. It’s not like that when you fight for the title. Now when you have a moment for the kill with somebody, you do it.”

UFC 225 pay-per-view event is slated to go down on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

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