HOUSTON – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 271 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT).
The weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Houston. The nearby Toyota Center 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 middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) and former champ Robert Whittaker (23-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC), who meet in a rematch for the title. In addition, home city Houston fan favorite Derrick Lewis (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) takes on Tai Tuivasa (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) at heavyweight and Derek Brunson (23-7 MMA, 14-5 UFC) fights Jared Cannonier (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) in a key middleweight bout.
The full UFC 271 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Israel Adesanya () vs. Robert Whittaker () – for middleweight title
- Derrick Lewis () vs. Tai Tuivasa ()
- Derek Brunson () vs. Jared Cannonier ()
- Kyler Phillips () vs. Marcelo Rojo ()
- Bobby Green () vs. Nasrat Haqparast ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Andrei Arlovski () vs. Jared Vanderaa ()
- Roxanne Modafferi () vs. Casey O’Neill ()
- Alex Perez () vs. Matt Schnell ()
- Maxim Grishin () vs. William Knight ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Ronnie Lawrence () vs. Mana Martinez ()
- Alexander Hernandez () vs. Renato Moicano ()
- Fabio Cherant () vs. Carlos Ulberg ()
- AJ Dobson () vs. Jacob Malkoun ()
- Douglas Silva de Andrade () vs. Sergey Morozov ()
- Blood Diamond () vs. Jeremiah Wells ()
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