UFC 248 weigh-in results: champions, challengers hit marks; one undercard fighter misses

LAS VEGAS – The UFC 248 early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.

Among those who weighed in were middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (18-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and challenger Yoel Romero (13-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC), who meet in the main event, and women’s strawweight champ Zhang Weili (20-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) and former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who meet in the co-feature.

The full UFC 248 weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ Israel Adesanya (184.5) vs. Yoel Romero (185) – for middleweight title
Champ Zhang Weili (115) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (115) – for women’s strawweight title
Beneil Dariush (156) vs. Drakkar Klose (156)
Li Jingliang (171) vs. Neil Magny (171)
Max Griffin (170.5) vs. Alex Oliveira (171)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

Sean O’Malley (135.5) vs. Jose Quinonez (135.5)
Austin Hubbard (154.5) vs. Mark Madsen (156)
Saparbek Safarov (186) vs. Rodolfo Vieira (186)
Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Deron Winn (185.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Polyana Viana (116) vs. Emily Whitmire (117.5)*
Jamall Emmers (145.5) vs. Giga Chikadze (146)
Danaa Batgerel (136) vs. Guido Cannetti (135.5)

* The fight is still on, but Whitmire was fined 20 percent of her purse