OTTAWA, Ontario – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s early and official UFC on ESPN+ 9 fighter weigh-ins, where all but one fighter made weight on their first attempts.
Former title challengers Al Iaquinta (14-4-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC) and Donald Cerrone (35-11 MMA, 22-8 UFC) meet in the lightweight main event. Both fighters came in on target. Iaquinta was 155 pounds; Cerrone was 155.5 for the headliner.
Only Macy Chiasson (4-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) missed the mark on her first attempt for her women’s bantamweight fight against Sarah Moras (5-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) to close out the prelims. Chiasson was 137 pounds with the help of the curtain and was given one hour to drop an additional one pound. Moras was the first fighter to weigh in during the two-hour window and was 136.
But Chiasson returned to the scale about 40 minutes after the initial two-hour window and made weight at 136.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Ottawa. Unlike most UFC events, there are no ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans ahead of Saturday’s card, which takes place at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. The event streams on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN+ 9 weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Al Iaquinta (155) vs. Donald Cerrone (155.5)
- Derek Brunson (185.75) vs. Elias Theodorou (184.5)
- Shane Burgos (146) vs. Cub Swanson (145.75)
- Merab Dvalishvili (136) vs. Brad Katona (135.5)
- Walt Harris (258) vs. Sergey Spivak (254.5)
- Marc-Andre Barriault (185) vs. Andrew Sanchez (184.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)
- Macy Chiasson (136)* vs. Sarah Moras (136)
- Vince Morales (136) vs. Aiemann Zahabi (135)
- Kyle Prepolec (170.25) vs. Nordine Taleb (170.5)
- Kyle Nelson (146) vs. Matt Sayles (145.75)
- Juan Adams (266) vs. Arjan Bhullar (244)
- Mitch Gagnon (136) vs. Cole Smith (136)
*Chiasson missed the bantamweight limit on her first attempt and was given one hour to weigh in again. She hit the mark on her second try.
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