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Cris Cyborg will defend her PFL featherweight title against Ketlen Vieira on Saturday, but the bout will not be for the championship. Vieira missed the 145-pound limit by 7.2 pounds, forcing the fight to proceed at a catchweight. Cyborg, who is 3-1 favored, made weight exactly. Vieira cited a sudden illness as the cause of her failure to make weight.
Amanda Lemos needed three weigh-ins to make the strawweight limit, finally hitting 115.5 pounds to officialize her UFC Vegas 120 matchup with Alexia Thainara, after earlier overs at 117 and 116.5. The event’s weigh-ins also saw Gamrot and Salkilld at 155.5 for the non-title main, Darren Elkins at 145.5 in his retirement bout, and all 24 fighters making weight.
At UFC Abu Dhabi's ceremonial weigh-ins, all 26 fighters hit the scale. In the main event, Magomed Ankalaev and Bogdan Guskov weighed 205.5 lb each for their non-title bout. The co-main features Steve Erceg vs. Ramazan Temirov at 126 lb. Full weigh-in results for the main card and prelims are listed in the report.
Tyson Fury weighed in at 265 lb, 26 lb lighter than Mariusz Wach (291.4 lb) for their Pattaya, Thailand bout—the first time Fury has weighed less than an opponent since 2011’s Derek Chisora fight. The matchup is viewed as a tune-up for a possible Fury–Joshua clash, with no live broadcast and Netflix’s At Home with the Furys slated to air it.
At UFC Oklahoma City, main event fighters Dricus du Plessis and Kamaru Usman hit the middleweight limit (185.5 and 186, with Usman using the one-pound allowance). Co-main Jared Cannonier (185) and Christian Leroy Duncan (185.5) also made weight. However, Chase Hooper missed lightweight weight at 157.5 for his bout with Mitch Ramirez, triggering a catchweight and a 20% purse forfeiture for Hooper. Ezra Elliott also overshot featherweight at 147.5 for his fight with Damien Anderson, with fines or bout cancellations still undetermined. The rest of the undercard weights were listed for reference.
Conor McGregor weighed in at 170.5 pounds (77.3 kg) ahead of UFC 329 against Max Holloway, signaling his return after a 2021 injury. Holloway weighed 170 pounds as he looks to make a welterweight debut and even the series; a tense weigh-in featured McGregor snatching Holloway's sunglasses.
Gable Steveson weighs in at 241 pounds for UFC 329, five pounds more than his opponent Elisha Ellison (236) and under the 265-pound heavyweight limit, giving Steveson a notable size edge for his highly anticipated Octagon debut.
At UFC 329's weigh-ins, every fighter hit their marks. Conor McGregor weighed in at 170.5 pounds to officially face Max Holloway (170) in a welterweight rematch, with co-main Pimblett vs. Saint Denis at 156, and the rest of the main-card and prelim bouts also weighing in across divisions to lock in the lineup at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC Freedom 250's official weigh-ins locked in key matchups for Sunday’s White House event, with Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje both at 155 pounds for the lightweight title and Alex Pereira at 251 facing Ciryl Gane at 248 for the interim heavyweight title. Other weigh-ins include Sean O’Malley at 135.5, Aiemann Zahabi at 135, Derrick Lewis at 265, Josh Hokit at 231, Michael Chandler at 156, Mauricio Ruffy at 155, Bo Nickal at 186, Kyle Daukaus at 186, and Diego Lopes at 146 (Garcia 146) with Lopes listed as a potential lightweight alternate at 154. The event airs June 14 on Paramount+ from The White House in Washington, D.C.
Junior Tafa initially weighed 206.5 pounds on the UFC Vegas 118 weigh-in, half a pound over the limit for his short-notice bout with Iwo Baraniewski, but made 206 on the second attempt after a late replacement; the rest of the main card had no weight issues, including Belal Muhammad vs. Gabriel Bonfim at 170.5 and co-main Brendan Allen vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (185.5/186).
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.