UFC on ESPN 18 weigh-in results: Devin Clark, Anthony Smith set for new headliner

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC on ESPN 18 fighter weigh-ins, where the main card fighters all hit their marks for Saturday’s card.

In the main event, Devin Clark (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith (33-16 MMA, 8-6 UFC). The bout was moved up after Curtis Blaydes (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) tested positive for COVID-19, which was revealed Friday, and had to be removed from his heavyweight headliner against former title challenger Derrick Lewis (24-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC).

Clark weighed in at 204.5 pounds. Smith was the last fighter to come to the scale with about 15 minutes left in the two-hour weigh-ins window. He was 205 pounds on the nose. Their fight was scheduled to be three rounds when it was the co-main event, but now will be a five-round fight.

The weigh-ins took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s card, which has a main card on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 18 weigh-in results included:

MAIN CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)

• Devin Clark (204.5) vs. Anthony Smith (205)
• Josh Parisian (265.5) vs. Parker Porter (263)
• Miguel Baeza (171) vs. Takashi Sato (170)
• Bill Algeo (146) vs. Spike Carlyle (145.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

• Norma Dumont (139.5)* vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith (135.5)
• Martin Day (135.5) vs. Anderson dos Santos (135)
• Gina Mazany (125.5) vs. Rachael Ostovich (125.5)
• Kai Kamaka III (145) vs. Jonathan Pearce (145.5)
• Malcolm Gordon (126) vs. Su Mudaerji (126)
• Nate Maness (139.5) vs. Luke Sanders (140) – 140-pound catchweight

*Dumont missed the women’s bantamweight limit and will be fined a percentage of her purse if Evans-Smith agrees to a catchweight and the commission approves it.