NEW YORK – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 295 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in New York and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 5 p.m. ET at The Theater at MSG in New York. The attached Madison Square Garden hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
Among those weighing in are former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and ex-middleweight champ Alex Pereira (8-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who meet for the vacant 205-pound title. Pereira will attempt to become the UFC’s newest two-division titleholder. In the co-feature, the interim heavyweight title is on the line between Sergei Pavlovich (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and Tom Aspinall (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC).
The full UFC 295 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Jiri Prochazka (204.2) vs. Alex Pereira (204) – for vacant light heavyweight title
- Sergei Pavlovich () vs. Tom Aspinall (261.6) – for interim heavyweight title
- Jessica Andrade (116) vs. Mackenzie Dern (115.6)
- Matt Frevola (155.6) vs. Benoit Saint-Denis (156)
- Diego Lopes (145.4) vs. Pat Sabatini (145.8)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, 8 p.m. ET)
- Alessandro Costa (125.4) vs. Stephen Erceg (125.6)
- Loopy Godinez (115) vs. Tabatha Ricci (115.4)
- Mateusz Rebecki (155.8) vs. Roosevelt Roberts ()
- Viacheslav Borshchev (154.8) vs. Nazim Sadykhov (155.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Jared Gordon (155.6) vs. Mark Madsen (155.6)
- John Castaneda () vs. Kyung Ho Kang (138)
- Kevin Borjas (125.8) vs. Joshua Van (125.8)
- Dennis Buzukja (145.6) vs. Jamall Emmers ()
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