LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s early and official UFC 245 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
Among those weighing in are welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (15-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) and former interim champ Colby Covington (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), who meet in the main event; featherweight champ Max Holloway (21-4 MMA, 17-4 UFC) and Alexander Volkanovski (20-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who fight in the co-feature; and dual women’s titleholder Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA, 11-1 UFC), who puts her bantamweight belt up against former featherweight champ Germaine de Randamie (9-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC).
The full UFC 245 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Kamaru Usman () vs. Colby Covington () – for welterweight title
- Champ Max Holloway () vs. Alexander Volkanovski () – for featherweight title
- Champ Amanda Nunes () vs. Germaine de Randamie () – for women’s bantamweight title
- Jose Aldo () vs. Marlon Moraes ()
- Urijah Faber () vs. Petr Yan ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Geoff Neal () vs. Mike Perry ()
- Irene Aldana () vs. Ketlen Vieira ()
- Omari Akhmedov () vs. Ian Heinisch ()
- Matt Brown () vs. Ben Saunders ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Chase Hooper () vs. Daniel Teymur ()
- Kai Kara-France () vs. Brandon Moreno ()
- Jessica Eye () vs. Viviane Araujo ()
- Oskar Piechota () vs. Punahele Soriano ()