Watch: UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-in highlights
It’s all methods dash for the UFC’s return to Abu Dhabi.
The blended martial arts promotion returns to Abu Dhabi for its 19th occasion within the UAE on Saturday night (and their first since final September) with a card topped by an challenging predominant occasion with serious implications within the UFC’s bantamweight fold between top contenders Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov.
In other locations on the card, rising middleweight star Shara Magomedov takes on Michał Oleksiejczuk within the co-predominant occasion, and there are moreover fan friendly matchups between used flyweight champion Deiveson Figueirdo and Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera, to boot to Tony Ferguson, who will likely be looking out for to total a seven-fight skid, who takes on Michael Chiesa.
And in what’s a refreshing trade from some contemporary UFC events that own considered mishaps on the scales, to boot to fighters falling out at the final minute, each and each of the 26 fighters on the card successfully made weight early on Friday morning.
The rotund UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-in results are:
MAIN CARD
- Cory Sandhagen (136) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (135)
- Shara Magomedov (186) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (185)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (135) vs. Marlon Vera (136)
- Michael Chiesa (170) vs. Tony Ferguson (170)
- Mackenzie Dern (115.5) vs. Crazy Godinez (115.5)
- Joel Alvarez (155.5) vs. Elves Brener (155)
PRELIM CARD
- Alonzo Menifield (204) vs. Azamat Murzakanov (205)
- Kaue Fernandes (155.5) vs. Mohammad Yahya (155)
- Shamil Gaziev (262) vs. Don’Epic Mayes (265)
- Guram Kutateladze (155) vs. Jordan Vucenic (155)
- Viktoriia Dudakova (115.5) vs. Sam Hughes (114)
- Rolando Bedoya (155) vs. Jai Herbert (155.5)
- Sedriques Dumas (186) vs. Denis Tiuliulin (185)
