Live! UFC Vegas 72 Early Weigh Ins!

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 72 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a 135-pound showdown between Top 10 bantamweight contenders Yadong Song and Ricky Simon. The action gets underway this Sat. night (April 29, 2023) on ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, and also features a middleweight co-headliner between Brazilian bruiser Caio Borralho and Polish power puncher Michal Oleksiejczuk.

Before the ESPN+ live stream gets underway this weekend in “Sin City,” which also includes the heavyweight showdown between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Marcos Rogerio de Lima, all 22 fighters must hit the scale to prove themselves worthy. Note: Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) affords a one-pound allowance in non-title fights.

The UFC Vegas 72 weigh ins will stream LIVE in the embedded video player above beginning promptly at 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT). We’ll also have real-time text updates for the “Song vs. Simon” weigh ins listed below, updated as they happen. Remember too that staredowns will commence at the conclusion of today’s weigh ins (roughly 2 p.m. ET).

Complete UFC Vegas 72 weigh ins text results below:

UFC Vegas 72 Main Card on ESPN+:

135 lbs.: Yadong Song () vs. Ricky Simon ()
185 lbs.: Caio Borralho () vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk ()
185 lbs.: Cody Brundage () vs. Rodolfo Vieira ()
265 lbs.: Waldo Cortes-Acosta () vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima ()
145 lbs.: Julian Erosa () vs. Fernando Padilla ()

UFC Vegas 72 Prelims Card On ESPN2/ESPN+:

170 lbs.: Josh Quinlan () vs. Trey Waters ()
265 lbs.: Martin Buday () vs. Jake Collier ()
125 lbs.: Cody Durden () vs. Charles Johnson ()
135 lbs.: Irina Alekseeva () vs. Stephanie Egger ()
140 lbs.: Journey Newson () vs. Marcus McGhee ()
135 lbs.: Hailey Cowan () vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth ()

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 72 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN+ preliminary card bouts at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by the ESPN+ main card start time at 7 p.m. ET.

To check out the latest and greatest UFC Vegas 72 news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive here. For the updated and finalized “Song vs. Simon” fight card and ESPN+ line up click here.