UFC Tampa is official.
On Friday, all fighters made weight for the final UFC card of 2024. It’s a makeshift, modified main event closing the show, with Colby Covington stepping in to replace Ian Machado Garry against Joaquin Buckley. That, after Garry was shifted to last week’s UFC 310 against Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Covington has not fought in a year, and has fought just once per calendar year for five years running, going 2-3 in that stretch, and 0-3 in title fights. Yet he remains a name in the division, a former interim welterweight champ who is happy to talk trash to sell a fight.
As for Buckley, “Newmansa” has done nothing but win since dropping down to welterweight. Five straight wins have earned him his first UFC main event, and while it’s not at home in St. Louis, it’s a main event in sunny Tampa with the chance for a big Christmas present should he pull off the win.
Check below for photo and video highlights from Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in, plus official weigh-in results!
UFC Tampa: Covington vs. Buckley Weigh-In Results
Main card
Welterweight: Colby Covington (171) vs. Joaquin Buckley (171)
Featherweight: Cub Swanson (146) vs. Billy Quarantillo (146)
Flyweight: Manel Kape (125) vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva (126)
Light Heavyweight: Vitor Petrino (204.5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (205.5)
Bantamweight: Adrian Yañez (136) vs. Daniel Marcos (136)
Light Heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (206) vs. Tuco Tokkos (206)
Preliminary card
Lightweight: Michael Johnson (156) vs. Ottman Azaitar (156)
Lightweight: Joel Álvarez (156) vs. Drakkar Klose (156)
Featherweight: Sean Woodson (145.5) vs. Fernando Padilla (145.5)
Featherweight: Miles Johns (146) vs. Felipe Lima (146)
Women’s Flyweight: Miranda Maverick (126) vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth (126)
Bantamweight: Davey Grant (136) vs. Ramon Taveras (136)
Women’s Strawweight: Josefine Lindgren Knutsson (116) vs. Piera Rodriguez (116)
