NEW YORK – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s early and official UFC 244 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in New York and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 6 p.m. ET at Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York. Madison Square Garden hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN2/ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
Among those weighing in were former Jorge Masvidal (34-13 MMA, 11-6 UFC) and Nate Diaz (20-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC), who meet in the welterweight main event with a special “BMF” belt on the line. In the co-feature, Kelvin Gastelum (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) welcomes Darren Till (17-2-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) to the middleweight division.
All but one fighter on the card made weight, as women’s flyweight contender Jennifer Maia came in over the limit for her potential title eliminator.
The full UFC 244 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Jorge Masvidal (169.6) vs. Nate Diaz (170.4)
- Kelvin Gastelum (184) vs. Darren Till (186)
- Vicente Luque (170.2) vs. Stephen Thompson (170.4)
- Blagoy Ivanov (257.4) vs. Derrick Lewis (265)
- Gregor Gillespie (155.4) vs. Kevin Lee (155.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Corey Anderson (204.6) vs. Johnny Walker (204.8)
- Makwan Amirkhani (145.4) vs. Shane Burgos (145.8)
- Edmen Shahbazyan (185) vs. Brad Tavares (184.6)
- Andrei Arlovski (244) vs. Jair Rozenstruik (246.2)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Katlyn Chookagian (125.4) vs. Jennifer Maia (127.2)*
- Lyman Good (169.6) vs. Chance Rencountre (170.8)
- Julio Arce (145.4) vs. Hakeem Dawodu (145.8)
* Maia missed women’s flyweight limit by 1.2 pounds; fined 25 percent of purse.
