PERTH, Australia – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 305 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Perth, Australia, and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 11 p.m. ET at RAC Arena. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Among those weighing in were middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and former champ Israel Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC), who meet in the main event title grudge match. Both were the first to hit the scale, and both successfully made weight.
The #UFC305 main event is official! Heated rivals Israel Adesanya and Dricus Du Plessis were 1st and 2nd to the scale at weigh-ins. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/veXKuLRY3E
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 16, 2024
In addition, former flyweight title challengers Steve Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Kai Kara-France (24-11 MMA, 7-4 UFC) meet in the co-feature, and also hit the flyweight marks.
Only one fighter came in heavy, Jesus Aguilar, who weighed 127.5 for his flyweight bout against Stewart Nicoll.
The full UFC 305 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Dricus Du Plessis (185) vs. Israel Adesanya (184) – for middleweight title
- Steve Erceg (125.5) vs. Kai Kara-France (125)
- Mateusz Gamrot (156) vs. Dan Hooker (155.5)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (259) vs. Tai Tuivasa (265)
- Li Jingliang (171) vs. Carlos Prates (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Junior Tafa (244) vs. Valter Walker (252)
- Josh Culibao (146) vs. Ricardo Ramos (145.5)
- Casey O’Neill (125.5) vs. Luana Santos (126)
- Herbert Burns (146) vs. Jack Jenkins (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Tom Nolan (155.5) vs. Alex Reyes (156)
- Ricky Glenn (171) vs. Song Kenan (171)
- Jesus Aguilar (127.5)* vs. Stewart Nicoll (126)
*Aguilar missed the flyweight limit by 1.5 pounds. Aguilar is fined 20 percent of his purse and the fight vs. Nicoll will go on.
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