UFC 281 weigh-in results and live video stream
NEW YORK – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 281 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in New York and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 4 p.m. ET at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The nearby Madison Square Garden hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
Among those weighing in are middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) and challenger and former kickboxing opponent Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who meet in the main event, and women’s strawweight chcamp Carla Esparza (19-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and former titleholder Zhang Weili (22-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who meet in the co-feature. In addition, Michael Chandler (23-7 MMA, 2-2 UFC) takes on Dustin Poirier (28-7 MMA, 20-6 UFC) in a key lightweight fight and former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar (24-10-1 MMA, 18-10-1 UFC) fights in what likely will be his retirement fight at banamweight against Chris Gutierrez (18-3-2 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC).
The full UFC 281 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Israel Adesanya (185) vs. Alex Pereira () – for middleweight title
- Champ Carla Esparza (114.8) vs. Zhang Weili (114.8) – for women’s strawweight title
- Michael Chandler (155.8) vs. Dustin Poirier (156)
- Frankie Edgar (135.6) vs. Chris Gutierrez (136)
- Dan Hooker (155.8) vs. Claudio Puelles (155.2)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Renato Moicano (155.8) vs. Brad Riddell (155.6)
- Dominick Reyes (205.4) vs. Ryan Spann ()
- Erin Blanchfield (125) vs. Molly McCann (125.4)
- Andre Petroski (185.8) vs. Wellington Turman (185.2)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Ottman Azaitar (155.6) vs. Matt Frevola (154.8)
- Silvana Gomez Juarez (115.6) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115.6)
- Seungwoo Choi (145.6) vs. Michael Trizano ()
- Julio Arce (135.8) vs. Montel Jackson (135.8)
- Nicolae Negumereanu () vs. Carlos Ulberg (205.2)
