Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka are able to sq. off once more.
At Friday morning’s official weigh-ins for UFC 303, Pereira weighed in at 204.5 kilos for his gentle heavyweight title protection in Saturday’s fundamental occasion at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. Opponent Jiri Prochazka additionally efficiently weighed in at 204.5 kilos.
Watch highlights of the weigh-ins above.
The bout is a rematch of their UFC 295 encounter in November 2023 that Pereira received by second-round knockout to seize a vacant gentle heavyweight belt. Pereira and Prochazka had been anticipated to struggle once more after each had been victorious at UFC 300, however the timing of their second bout was accelerated once they had been known as upon to compete within the UFC 303 fundamental occasion. The reserving was introduced after an harm compelled Conor McGregor out of the initially scheduled headliner reverse Michael Chandler.
Previous to the beginning of the weigh-ins, a co-main occasion featherweight bout between two-time title challenger Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes was introduced as being modified to a light-weight bout. MMA Preventing’s Mike Heck confirmed with sources that it was Ortega who requested the change.
Lopes had already gone via the method of reducing to 145, however agreed to the brand new weight. In keeping with Ariel Helwani, Lopes will probably be compensated an undisclosed quantity.
Just one fighter did not beat the size, featherweight competitor Jean Silva. The Brazilian fighter weighed in at 147.5 kilos, 1.5 kilos over the restrict (together with a one-pound allowance for a non-title bout), whereas opponent Charles Jourdain got here in at 146 kilos.
The UFC introduced that Jourdain vs. Silva will proceed at a catchweight, with Silva forfeiting 20 p.c of his purse as penalty.
See official UFC 303 weigh-in outcomes under.
Predominant Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET)
Alex Pereira (204.5) vs. Jiri Prochazka (204.5)
Brian Ortega (155) vs. Diego Lopes (155) (moved to light-weight)
Mayra Bueno Silva (136) vs. Macy Chiasson (135.5)
Anthony Smith (206) vs. Roman Dolidze (205)
Ian Machado Garry (170) vs. Michael Web page (171)
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Charles Jourdain (146) vs. Jean Silva (147.5)*
Joe Pyfer (185.5) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (185)
Cub Swanson (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (136)
Early Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
Michelle Waterson-Gomez (115) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
Andrei Arlovski (245) vs. Martin Buday (264.5)
Rei Tsuruya (125.5) vs. Carlos Hernandez (125)
Ricky Simon (136) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (136)
*Silva missed weight. His bout with Charles Jourdain proceeds at a catchweight with Silva forfeiting 20 p.c of his purse as penalty
