All 24 fighters competing at 2023 PFL 6 stepped on the scale, but a couple of preliminary fighters missed their mark.
At Thursday’s official weigh-ins, the entire main card successfully made weight, including 2022 lightweight season winner [autotag]Olivier Aubin-Mercier[/autotag], who weighed in at 155.6 pounds. His opponent, [autotag]Anthony Romero[/autotag], came in at 155.4. The other 2022 season winner competing in the co-main event, [autotag]Sadibou Sy[/autotag], made the welterweight limit by stepping on the scale at 170.6. He faces [autotag]Shane Mitchell[/autotag], who weighed 170.8.
[autotag]Dilano Taylor[/autotag] came in heavy, initially weighing 171.4 for his welterweight bout against [autotag]Carlos Leal[/autotag], who weighed 170.6. On his second attempt, Taylor stepped on the scale slightly lighter at 171.2. Due to the miss, Taylor forfeits 20 percent of his purse and will lose one point in the welterweight standings, but the fight against Leal will proceed.
Brahyan Zurcher also missed weight for his featherweight showcase bout against Mike Bardsley. Zurcher weighed 146.8 pounds and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Bardsley, who made weight at 144.4.
2023 PFL 6 takes place Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+
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Below you can find the full results from the weigh-ins:
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 9 p.m. ET)
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155.6) vs. Anthony Romero (155.4)
- Shane Mitchell (170.8) vs. Sadibou Sy (170.6)
- Shane Burgos (155.8) vs. Yamato Nishikawa (155.8)
- Magomed Magomedkerimov (171) vs. David Zawada (170.2)
- Nayib Lopez (170) vs. Magomed Umalatov (170.4)
- Clay Collard (155.1) vs. Stevie Ray (155.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Carlos Leal (170.6) vs. Dilano Taylor (171.2)*
- Raush Manfio (156) vs. Natan Schulte (156)
- Alexander Martinez (156) vs. Bruno Miranda (155.8)
- Jarrah Al-Silawi (170.8) vs. Solomon Renfro (169.4)
- Mike Bardsley (144.4) vs. Brahyan Zurcher (146.8)**
- Abdullah Al-Qahtani (144.8) vs. Lamar Brown (146)
* Taylor weighed in at 171.4 on the first attempt. Due to the miss, he will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Leal.
** Zurcher missed weight and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Bardsley.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 6.