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Ken Hathaway and John Morgan

UFC 259 weigh-in highlights, faceoffs and photo gallery

All the pre-fight activities are in the books for UFC 259 following Friday’s official weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs.

The seventh championship triple-header in UFC history sits atop the card. Jan Blachowicz (27-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) vs. Israel Adesanya (20-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) for the light heavyweight title in the main event; Amanda Nunes (20-4 MMA, 13-1 UFC) vs. Megan Anderson (11-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) for the women’s featherweight strap in the co-main event; and an Petr Yan (15-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) vs. Aljamain Sterling (19-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) bantamweight title grudge match in the featured bout.

Everyone made weight for those title connects, and at the conclusion of weigh-ins, the athletes came face to face for a final staredown.

UFC 259 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex. The event has a main card on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

Check out the highlights in the video above, and a photo gallery from all of Friday’s happenings below.

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