HOUSTON – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 262 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Houston and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 5 p.m. ET at Toyota Center in Houston. The same arena hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
Among those weighing in are Charles Oliveira (30-8 MMA, 18-8 UFC) and former Bellator champion Michael Chandler (22-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who fight in the main event for the lightweight title vacated by Khabib Nurmagomedov. In addition, former interim lightweight champ Tony Ferguson (25-5 MMA, 15-3 UFC) takes on Beneil Dariush (20-4-1 MMA, 14-4-1 UFC) in the co-feature.
The full UFC 262 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Charles Oliveira () vs. Michael Chandler () – for vacant lightweight title
- Beneil Dariush () vs. Tony Ferguson ()
- Rogerio Bontorin () vs. Matt Schnell ()
- Viviane Araujo () vs. Katlyn Chookagian ()
- Edson Barboza () vs. Shane Burgos ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)
- Andre Muniz () vs. Ronaldo Souza ()
- Mike Grundy () vs. Lando Vannata ()
- Jamie Pickett () vs. Jordan Wright ()
- Andrea Lee () vs. Antonina Shevchenko ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Priscila Cachoeira () vs. Gina Mazany ()
- Kevin Aguilar () vs. Tucker Lutz ()
- Christos Giagos () vs. Sean Soriano ()