All the fighters scheduled for tomorrow’s UFC 220 event except for headliner and co-headliner Francis Ngannou and Daniel Cormier have hit the scales to make their bouts official, and time is running out.
Today’s event started at 9:00 a.m. EST, and will go on until 11:00 a.m. EST.
The window for Cormier and Ngannou to make weight is closing by the minute, and they have yet to show up to make their bouts official.
Daniel Cormier is not allowed the typical one pound allowance, due to the title fight booking, and must come in at 205 pounds on the dot, or less.
The same with Francis Ngannou, who cannot weigh over 265 pounds in order to keep the status of tomorrow’s main event title fight intact.
UFC 220 features a UFC heavyweight world title fight in the night’s main event, between champion Stipe Miocic, and challenger Francis Ngannou. This fight alone is worth the price of admission, but the UFC has also booked a co-main event title fight in the form of Daniel Cormier and Volkan Oezdemir.
So far, here are the numbers:
MAIN CARD: (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Stipe Miocic (246) vs. Francis Ngannou () – for heavyweight title
Champ Daniel Cormier () vs. Volkan Oezdemir (205) – for light heavyweight title
Shane Burgos (146) vs. Calvin Kattar (145.5)
Francimar Barroso (205) vs. Gian Villante (206)
Thomas Almeida (135.5) vs. Rob Font (136)
PRELIMINARY CARD: (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Kyle Bochniak (146) vs. Brandon Davis (146)
Abdul Razak Alhassan (170) vs. Sabah Homasi (171)
Dustin Ortiz (125.5) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (126)
Julio Arce (146) vs. Dan Ige (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD: (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
Enrique Barzola (145.5) vs. Matt Bessette (146)
Islam Makhachev (156) vs. Gleison Tibau (155)
Today’s ceremonial weigh ins goes down at 6:00 p.m. EST, live on MMAImports.com.
Here’s some replays of today’s fighters hitting the scales as part of today’s early morning event:
UFC heavyweight champ @StipeMiocicUFC registers 245 pounds for his title defense against Francis Ngannou ?. #UFC220 pic.twitter.com/TU3uKlAvd6
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) January 19, 2018
VIDEO: Volkan Oezdemir hits the mark (205 pounds) at #ufc220 weigh-ins. pic.twitter.com/i0jwbhShkc
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) January 19, 2018