UFC 308 weigh-in results: Topuria, Holloway cleared for title fight
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway made weight Friday morning before they square off in the UFC 308 main event Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Topuria and Holloway both weighed in at 145 pounds.
Middleweights Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev were also on the mark for the co-main event. Whittaker came in at 185.5 pounds, and Chimaev tipped the scale at 186 pounds. Chimaev weighed in with just 13 minutes left in the weigh-in window.
Diego Lopes made weight as the backup fighter for Topuria-Holloway, hitting 145 pounds.
Here are the full UFC 308 weigh-in results:
Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 2 p.m. ET)
- Ilia Topuria (145) vs. Max Holloway (145)
- Robert Whittaker (185.5) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (186)
- Magomed Ankalaev (204.5) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (206)
- Lerone Murphy (145.5) vs. Dan Ige (146)
- Shara Magomedov (185) vs. Armen Petrosyan (186)
Preliminary card (ESPN+ at 12 p.m. ET)
- Ibo Aslan (205) vs. Rafael Cerqueira (203)
- Geoff Neal (171) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (171)
- Mateusz Rebecki (160) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (159)*
- Abus Magomedov (185) vs. Brunno Ferreira (185.5)
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ at 10 a.m. ET)
- Kennedy Nzechukwu (241) vs. Chris Barnett (264)
- Farid Basharat (137) vs. Victor Hugo (145.5)**
- Ismail Naurdiev (185) vs. Bruno Silva (186)
- Rinat Fakhretdinov (171) vs. Carlos Leal (169.5)
* Rebecki and Orolbai agreed to compete at a 160-pound catchweight
** Basharat-Hugo moved from bantamweight to featherweight due to Hugo being overweight
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