NEW YORK – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 268 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in New York and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 5 p.m. ET at Hulu Theater 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 ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
Among those weighing in are welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (19-1 MMA, 14-0 UFC) and former interim champ Colby Covington (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who meet in the main event rematch; women’s strawweight champ Rose Namajunas (10-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and former champ Zhang Weili (21-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who meet in the co-main event rematch; and former Bellator champ Michael Chandler (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and ex-UFC interim lightweight titleholder Justin Gaethje (22-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC), who open up the main card.
The full UFC 268 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Kamaru Usman () vs. Colby Covington () – for welterweight title
- Champ Rose Namajunas () vs. Zhang Weili () – for women’s strawweight title
- Frankie Edgar () vs. Marlon Vera ()
- Shane Burgos () vs. Billy Quarantillo ()
- Michael Chandler () vs. Justin Gaethje ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Andreas Michailidis () vs. Alex Pereira ()
- Bobby Green () vs. Al Iaquinta ()
- Chris Curtis () vs. Phil Hawes ()
- Nassourdine Imavov () vs. Edmen Shahbazyan ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Ian Garry () vs. Jordan Williams ()
- Chris Barnett () vs. Gian Villante ()
- John Allan () vs. Dustin Jacoby ()
- Melsik Baghdasaryan () vs. Bruno Souza ()
- Ode Osbourne () vs. CJ Vergara ()
