TORONTO – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 297 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Toronto and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 5 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Among those weighing in are middleweight champion Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and challenger Dricus Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who meet in the main event, and Raquel Pennington (15-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC) and Mayra Bueno Silva (10-2-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC), who fight for the vacant women’s bantamweight title in the co-feature.
The full UFC 297 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Sean Strickland (184.75) vs. Dricus Du Plessis (184) – for middleweight title
- Raquel Pennington (134.8) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva (135) – for vacant women’s bantamweight title
- Neil Magny () vs. Mike Malott (170.5)
- Marc-Andre Barriault (184.5) vs. Chris Curtis (185.25)
- Arnold Allen (145.5) vs. Movsar Evloev (145.75)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)
- Garrett Armfield (135.25) vs. Brad Katona (136)
- Charles Jourdain (145.5) vs. Sean Woodson ()
- Serhiy Sidey (135) vs. Ramon Taveras ()
- Gillian Robertson (115.75) vs. Polyana Viana (115.75)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Yohan Lainesse (170.75) vs. Sam Patterson (169.5)
- Priscila Cachoeira (133.5) vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius (133) – moved to bantamweight after initial flyweight contract weight
- Jimmy Flick (126) vs. Malcolm Gordon ()
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