UFC 328 is official for Saturday, with all but a single fighter making weight on Friday in Newark, NJ.
That lone fighter was Jeremy Stephens, coming in four pounds heavy for his lightweight fight with fellow veteran King Green. Not a good spot for “Lil Heathen” to find himself in, after being defeated by Mason Jones a year ago in his first fight back with the UFC.
Khamzat Chimaev, putting his title on the line against ex-middleweight champ Sean Strickland, meanwhile, made weight last on Friday. He was on and off the scales quick, leading Strickland to claim that he hadn’t made weight at all. The war of words between the two had hit a boiling point during Fight Week, leading to Chimaev throwing a kick at Strickland during the pair’s first face-off on Thursday.
All that is in the past as we head towards Fight Night! Catch highlights from Friday’s weigh-ins below.
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland Weigh-In Results
Main card
Middleweight: Khamzat Chimaev (c) (185) vs. Sean Strickland (185) – for the UFC middleweight championship
Flyweight: Joshua Van (c) (125) vs. Tatsuro Taira (125) – for the UFC flyweight championship
Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov (257) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (264)
Welterweight: Sean Brady (170) vs. Joaquin Buckley (170)
Lightweight: King Green (155) vs. Jeremy Stephens (160)*
Preliminary card
Middleweight: Ateba Gautier (185) vs. Osman Diaz (186)
Welterweight: Joel Álvarez (170) vs. Yaroslav Amosov (170)
Lightweight: Grant Dawson (156) vs. Mateusz Rębecki (156)
Lightweight: Jim Miller (155) vs. Jared Gordon (156)
Early preliminary card
Middleweight: Roman Kopylov (185) vs. Marco Tulio (186)
Featherweight: Pat Sabatini (145) vs. William Gomis (145)
Middleweight: Baisangur Susurkaev (186) vs. Djorden Santos (186)
Flyweight: Clayton Carpenter (126) vs. Jose Ochoa (125)
* Jeremy Stephens weighed in 4 pounds heavy for his fight with King Green
