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UFC Fight Night: Song vs Figueiredo in Macau released official weigh-in results, with Song Yadong at 136 lb and Deiveson Figueiredo at 135.5 lb for the five-round main event. The card also features multiple other bouts, with prelims at 4:00 a.m. ET / 1:00 a.m. PT and the main card at 7:00 a.m. ET / 4:00 a.m. PT; the event streams on Paramount+. The show is set for May 30, 2026 at Galaxy Arena in Macao SAR, China.
Greg Hardy reportedly weighed around 291 pounds for a Fight Nation Championship heavyweight bout with Darko Stosic, missing the limit by about 25 pounds. Despite the large gap (Stosic at 240 pounds, a 52-pound difference), the fight will proceed after an agreement with Hardy’s opponent. Hardy, whose career spans NFL fame and a controversial UFC run, had never missed weight in UFC before this incident.
At the Cairo weigh-in for Saturday's WBC heavyweight title bout, Oleksandr Usyk weighed 233.3 lbs and Rico Verhoeven 258.7 lbs, giving Verhoeven a roughly 25-pound size advantage. Despite the heft, Verhoeven is a heavy underdog, and Usyk remains the heavier of the two in most of his heavyweight fights, though this is his heaviest weight ever. A win for Verhoeven would not yield him the WBA belt, but Usyk could lose the WBA title if Verhoeven wins. The undercard weighed in without issues, with several other bouts scheduled and DAZN set to stream the event.
At the Glory in Giza weigh-in, Oleksandr Usyk weighed 233.3 lb and Rico Verhoeven 258.7 lb, giving Verhoeven a ~25-pound edge in the heavyweight main event with Usyk defending the WBC title. Verhoeven, a legendary kickboxer making his boxing return (his first since 2014), faces arguably boxing’s pound-for-pound best in Egypt on DAZN PPV, with a stacked undercard.
At MVP MMA 1’s official weigh-ins in Manhattan Beach, Ronda Rousey (142) and Gina Carano (141.4) hit the featherweight limit for their Netflix superfight, with all 22 fighters clearing the scale, including Diaz-Perry and Ngannou-Lins, setting the stage for Saturday’s event outside the Intuit Dome in Inglewood.
A Bloody Elbow TalkingPoints poll of 1,385 readers shows about 61% expect Khamzat Chimaev to defend his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland at UFC 328, with just under 39% backing Strickland for the upset. The slimmer margin comes as Chimaev looked depleted at the weigh-in, nudging some fans toward Strickland, who previously upset Adesanya and is riding momentum from a strong UFC Houston performance. The piece also plugs a Netflix MVP MMA event headlined by Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry and notes other returning ex-UFC stars on the card.
The UFC Fight Night Burns vs Malott in Winnipeg completed official weigh-ins for April 18 at the Canada Life Centre, headlined by Gilbert Burns vs Mike Malott at welterweight (171 lb each). The rest of the lineup — including Jasmine Jasudavicius vs Karine Silva, Kyler Phillips vs Charles Jourdain, and multiple prelims across lightweight, featherweight, middleweight, and more — also weighed in, ahead of the event airing on Paramount+ with prelims at 5 p.m. ET and main card at 8 p.m. ET.
Tyson Fury weighed in at 267.9 lbs and Arslanbek Makhmudov at 264.9 lbs for their London heavyweight clash at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Fury notably lighter than before his Usyk bout as he returns after 16 months and Makhmudov maintaining his typical 260s weight ahead of the fight tomorrow night.
Tyson Fury weighed in at 122kg (19st 2lb), three pounds heavier than challenger Arslanbek Makhmudov, as he returns from two losses to Usyk. He says he’s back to be the hunter and aims to win a third world title, though questions about age and ring wear linger. Makhmudov, a 6ft 6in puncher with 19 knockouts in 23 fights, presents a serious test ahead of their Tottenham clash.
At UFC 327's weigh-ins in Miami, Jiří Procházka weighed 203 lb and Carlos Ulberg 204 lb for the vacant light heavyweight title, with the event set for April 11 at Kaseya Center. The card also features Murzakanov vs. Costa, Blaydes vs. Hokit, and other bouts; Chris Padilla missed the lightweight limit at 158 lb and forfeited 20% of his purse, with the fight proceeding as scheduled.
At UFC 327’s weigh-ins in Miami, most fighters hit their limits, including Prochazka (203) vs. Ulberg (204) for the vacant 205-pound title and Costa (205) vs. Murzakanov (205). Lightweight Chris Padilla missed by two pounds on both attempts (158) and will incur a 20% fine; the event will air on Paramount+ with the rest of the card proceeding as scheduled.
Israel Adesanya weighed in at the middleweight limit for his UFC Seattle comeback against Joe Pyfer, with fans worried by his drained look on the scales; the fight could determine whether the former champ continues in the UFC.
At UFC London, the featherweight title eliminator is set following the weigh-ins, but one fight was canceled after an eight-pound weight miss; Lerone Murphy weighed in at 145 pounds.
Luana Carolina weighed in at 144 pounds for a 135-pound bantamweight non-title fight against Melissa Mullins, missing by eight pounds (even with the 1 lb allowance) and causing the bout to be cancelled; Mullins weighed 136 pounds. The rest of UFC London’s weigh-ins went smoothly.
Arman Tsarukyan reportedly offered Georgio Poullas $5,000 to skip the pre-fight weigh-in for their RAF06 middleweight wrestling match, and the pair have also agreed to a $10,000 bet on the outcome of the bout.