UFC 296 weigh-in results: Box brought out for final attempt of 2023

Check out the results from the official UFC 296 fighter weigh-ins from Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie reported from Friday’s official UFC 296 fighter weigh-ins, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 8 p.m. ET at The Theater at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The nearby T-Mobile Arena hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN+.

Among those who weighed in were welterweight champion [autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag] (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) and challenger [autotag]Colby Covington[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and flyweight champ [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag] (26-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and challenger [autotag]Brandon Royval[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 5-2 UFC).

All 24 athletes made weight – with a little drama to conclude the session, as former UFC title challenger [autotag]Irene Aldana[/autotag] needed to box to hit the bantamweight limit.

The full UFC 296 weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Leon Edwards (170) vs. Colby Covington (169.5) – for welterweight title
  • Champ Alexandre Pantoja (125) vs. Brandon Royval (124.5) – for flyweight title
  • Shavkat Rakhmonov (171) vs. Stephen Thompson (171)
  • Tony Ferguson (155.5) vs. Paddy Pimblett (155.5)
  • Josh Emmett (146) vs. Bryce Mitchell (145.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Dustin Jacoby (204.5) vs. Alonzo Menifield (204.5)
  • Irene Aldana (136) vs. Karol Rosa (135.5)
  • Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Brian Kelleher (136)
  • Ariane Lipski (126) vs. Casey O’Neill (125)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Cody Durden (126) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (126)
  • Lucas Almeida (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
  • Martin Buday (264.5) vs. Shamil Gaziev (259.5)

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