During the early Friday morning official weigh-ins for UFC 298 in Anaheim, California, all 24 fighters scheduled for Saturday’s bouts successfully weighed in. The event was live-streamed for fans to watch.
The main highlight features the featherweight championship bout between titleholder Alexander Volkanovski and the undefeated contender Ilia Topuria. Both fighters must meet the featherweight division’s maximum limit of 145 pounds.
In the co-main event, the middleweight clash between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa sees them capped at 186 pounds, as it’s a non-title fight.
A last-minute update informed reporters that the preliminary heavyweight bout between Marcos Rogerio de Lima and Justin Tafa was called off due to Tafa’s injury. Tafa’s brother, Junior Tafa, agreed to replace him against de Lima.
- Champ Alexander Volkanovski: 144.5 lbs
- Ilia Topuria: 144.5 lbs
- Paulo Costa: 185.5 lbs
- Robert Whittaker: 185.5 lbs
- Ian Machado Garry: 170.5 lbs
- Geoff Neal: 170.5 lbs
- Henry Cejudo: 135 lbs
- Merab Dvalishvili: 135 lbs
- Anthony Hernandez: 185.5 lbs
- Roman Kopylov: 185 lbs
- Mackenzie Dern: 116 lbs
- Amanda Lemos: 115.5 lbs
- Rinya Nakamura: 135.5 lbs
- Carlos Vera: 135.5 lbs
- Zhang Mingyang: 204.5 lbs
- Brendson Ribeiro: 205.5 lbs
- Marcos Rogerio de Lima: 261 lbs
- Junior Tafa: 249 lbs
- Danny Barlow: 171 lbs
- Josh Quinlan: 169 lbs
- Oban Elliott: 170.5 lbs
- Val Woodburn: 169.5 lbs
- Andrea Lee: 125.5 lbs
- Miranda Maverick: 126 lbs
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