UFC Saudi Arabia weigh-in outcomes: Robert Whittaker, Ikram Aliskerov on level for middleweight contender bout

Robert Whittaker is one step nearer to an opportunity to regain the middleweight title.

The previous champion was the primary fighter to step to the dimensions at Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC Saudi Arabia, which came about at 2 a.m. ET (9 a.m. native time in Riyadh), and he made weight at 186 kilos for Saturday’s non-title headliner. Quick-notice opponent Ikram Aliskerov additionally efficiently made weight, coming in at 184 kilos.

Aliskerov steps in on every week’s discover as a substitute for an sick Khamzat Chimaev after initially being scheduled to struggle within the co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 93 this previous Saturday.

All 22 fighters competing at UFC Saudi Arabia efficiently made weight, which needed to be a aid for officers after seeing a number of beforehand scheduled bouts on the lineup altered or cancelled.

The one notable weigh-in-related drama occurred throughout media day earlier this week, when Kelvin Gastelum revealed that he was having bother making the 170-pound restrict. Gastelum lately returned to welterweight, a division that he beforehand left as a result of issue of the load cuts. Saturday’s bout was modified to a middleweight bout, per a request from Gastelum’s workforce in accordance with opponent Daniel Rodriguez.

Each Gastelum (184.5) and Rodriguez (184) efficiently made weight.

See official UFC Saudi Arabia weigh-in outcomes under.

Predominant Card (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)

Robert Whittaker (186) vs. Ikram Aliskerov (184)

Sergei Pavlovich (260) vs. Alexander Volkov (258)

Kelvin Gastelum (184.5) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (184)

Shara Magomedov (185.5) vs. Antonio Trocoli (185.5)

Johnny Walker (206) vs. Volkan Oezdemir (206)

Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 12 P.M. ET)

Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Jared Gordon (156)

Muhammad Naimov (145.5) vs. Felipe Lima (145.5)

Rinat Fakhretdinov (170.5) vs. Nicolas Dalby (171)