LAS VEGAS – A former “TUF” winner has missed weight ahead of UFC 310.
[autotag]Bryan Battle[/autotag] registered at 175 pounds, four pounds over the welterweight limit. Visibly drained, he did not attempt a second time. The status of his prelim bout vs. Randy Brown is unclear at this time.
Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger [autotag]Anthony Smith[/autotag] initially missed weight at 207.5. However, he dropped two pounds and re-weighed-in at 205.5, under the light heavyweight limit.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC 310 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Among those who weighed in were flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and challenger Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who meet in the main event, and Ian Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who fight in a welterweight title eliminator in the co-feature.
All four of those combatants, plus the rest of the card outside of Battle, made weight. It’s Battle’s second UFC miss. He also missed weight for a May 2023 bout vs. Gabe Green.
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The full UFC 310 weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Alexandre Pantoja (124.5) vs. Kai Asakura (124.5) – for flyweight title
- Ian Machado Garry (171) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (171)
- Ciryl Gane (245.5) vs. Alexander Volkov (254.5)
- Kron Gracie (144.5) vs. Bryce Mitchell (146)
- Dooho Choi (146) vs. Nate Landwehr (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Dominick Reyes (205) vs. Anthony Smith (205.5)
- Themba Gorimbo (171) vs. Vicente Luque (170.5)
- Movsar Evloev (145.5) vs. Aljamain Sterling (145.5)
- Bryan Battle (175)* vs. Randy Brown (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Eryk Anders (193) vs. Chris Weidman (194.5)
- Cody Durden (126) vs. Joshua Van (126)
- Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs. Max Griffin (170)
- Clay Guida (155) vs. Chase Hooper (155.5)
- Lukasz Brzeski (234) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (236.5)
*Battle missed the welterweight limit by 4 pounds and will be fined a percentage of his purse.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 310.