At the UFC 322 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s UFC fight card step on the scale Friday in New York. Watch MMA Fighting’s live stream of Friday’s official weigh-ins above.
In the main event, Jack Della Maddalena defends his welterweight title against Islam Makhachev. The superfight materialized after Makhachev chose to vacate his lightweight title following four straight successful defenses and move up to the 170-pound division. Della Maddalena won the welterweight belt this past May with a thrilling decision win over Belal Muhammad and now looks to stop Makhachev’s 15-fight win streak.
The headliners can weigh no more than 170 pounds for the championship bout.
The co-main event also feature an epic superfight, as Valentina Shevchenko defends her flyweight title against former strawweight champion Zhang Weili. Like Makhachev, Zhang vacated her belt following a string of successful defenses and now looks to join Amanda Nunes as the only women to win UFC titles in two divisions. Shevchenko is currently in her second reign as 125-pound champion and she seeks her ninth successful title defense in total.
Shevchenko and Zhang can weigh no more than 125 pounds for the championship bout.
The UFC 322 official weigh-in video starts at 9 a.m. ET.
The UFC 321 ceremonial weigh-in video starts at 5 p.m. ET.
Main Card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili
Sean Brady vs. Michael Morales
Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates
Beneil Dariush vs. Benoit Saint Denis
Preliminary Card (ESPNews/ESPN+/Disney+/FX at 8 p.m. ET)
Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Roman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Erin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez
Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Cody Haddon
Early Prelims (ESPN+/Disney+/FX at 6 p.m. ET)
Kyle Daukaus vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Pat Sabatini vs. Chepe Mariscal
Angela Hill vs. Fatima Kline
Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Eric McConico
Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Matheus Camilo
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