On the UFC Saudi Arabia official weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s battle card will step on the size early Friday morning in Riyadh. MMA Preventing has a stay stream of the official weigh-ins, courtesy of MMA Loopy.
In the primary occasion, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker fights Ikram Aliskerov, who steps in on brief discover for Khamzat Chimaev. Each fighters should hit 186 kilos, the utmost restrict for a non-title bout.
Whittaker has gained two of his previous three fights since shedding a pivotal rematch to Israel Adesanya. At the moment ranked No. 4 at middleweight, “The Reaper” eyes one other championship alternative with a win over Aliskerov after scoring a choice nod over Paulo Costa in his most up-to-date outing.
Aliskerov has impressed in his first two UFC outings, ending each fights in beneath half a spherical. He has gained seven straight fights and has emerged as a darkish horse contender at 185 kilos. The Russian standout was to compete within the co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 93 this previous weekend, however was referred to as upon to exchange an in poor health Chimaev on per week’s discover.
Within the night’s co-main occasion, heavyweight contenders Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov sq. off.
Friday’s weigh-ins are anticipated to start at 2 a.m. ET.
See official UFC Saudi Arabia weigh-in outcomes under.
Principal Card (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)
Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov
Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alexander Volkov
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Shara Magomedov vs. Antonio Trocoli
Johnny Walker vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 12 P.M. ET)
Nasrat Haqparast vs. Jared Gordon
Muhammad Naimov vs. Felipe Lima
Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nicolas Dalby
Kyung Ho Kang vs. Muin Gafurov
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Xiao Lengthy vs. Chang Ho Lee
