While the card is official, two fighters came in heavy at Friday’s UFC Prague (UFC Fight Night 145) weigh-ins ahead of Saturday’s ESPN+ event.
The UFC was set to make its debut in the Czech Republic on Saturday, touching down in historic Prague. No defenestration here, just plenty of action planned for the octagon. In the main event, light heavyweights Jan Blachowicz and Thiago Santos faced off. In a thin 205lb division, with Anthony Smith challenging Jon Jones for the title just a week later, the winner could be in the hunt for a title shot.
Also on the card, towering heavyweight Stefan Struve looked to get back on track against Brazil’s Marcos Rogerio de Lima, while Gillian Robertson sought out her third win at flyweight.
Two fighters came in heavy on Friday as fighters stepped on the scales: light heavyweight Klidson Abreu was three pounds heavy for the non-title fight limit. And Diego Ferreira was a pound over the non-title fight limit at lightweight. Both fighter will be fined 20% of their purses, and the action will go forward as planned.
UFC Prague Weigh-In Results
Main Card (ESPN+/TSN, 2PM ET)
Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. Thiago Santos (204)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima (255) vs. Stefan Struve (263)
Michal Oleksiejczuk (204) vs. Gian Villante (206)
Liz Carmouche (125) vs. Lucie Pudilova (126)
John Dodson (136) vs. Petr Yan (136)
Magomed Ankalaev (204) vs. Klidson Abreu (209)*
Preliminary Card (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass, 11AM ET)
Dwight Grant (171) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (171)
Chris Fishgold (145) vs. Daniel Teymur (146)
Veronica Macedo (126) vs. Gillian Robertson (125)
Damir Hadzovic (155) vs. Marco Polo Reyes (155)
Ismail Naurdiev (170) vs. Michel Prazeres (170)
Diego Ferreira (157)** vs. Rustam Khabilov (156)
Joel Alvarez (156) vs. Damir Ismagulov (155)
* Abreu missed weight and will be fined 20% of his purse
** Ferreira missed weight and will be fined 20% of his purse