Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier are officially set to make history.
Ahead of their titanic lightweight championship clash in the main event of UFC 302 this Saturday, the fighters had to make weight Friday morning and they both successfully did so coming in at 155 pounds on the dot.
Makhachev can tie the UFC record for most successful consecutive lightweight title defenses (3) with a win over Poirier, while a Poirier victory would mark the longest path to an undisputed title in company history at 31 fights (Michael Bisping previously held the record, taking 26 fights to become UFC middleweight champion).
Watch highlights of the official weigh-ins above.
In the co-main event, Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa also made championship weight at 185 pounds for a five-round affair. Strickland fights for the first time since losing the middleweight title to Dricus Du Plessis via a narrow decision at UFC 297. On the other side, Costa looks to break out of a 1-3 slump and punch his ticket to another shot at UFC gold.
See official UFC 302 weigh-in results below.
Main Card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Islam Makhachev (155) vs. Dustin Poirier (155)
Sean Strickland (185) vs. Paulo Costa (185)
Kevin Holland (185) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (185)
Niko Price (170) vs. Alex Morono (170)
Randy Brown (170) vs. Elizeu Zaleski (170)
Preliminary Card (ESPN2/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Cesar Almeida (185) vs. Roman Kopylov (185)
Jailton Almeida (241) vs. Alexandr Romanov (265)
Grant Dawson (155) vs. Joe Solecki (155)
Phil Rowe (171) vs. Jake Matthews (170)
Early Preliminary Card (ESPN2/ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET)
Mickey Gall (170) vs. Bassil Hafez (170)
Ailin Perez (135) vs. Joselyne Edwards (136)
Mitch Raposo (125) vs. Andre Lima (130)*
*Lima missed the flyweight limit. His bout with Mitch Raposo will proceed as a catchweight bout with Lima forfeiting 30 percent of his show and win purse as penalty
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