UFC Vegas 80- The official UFC Fight Night 229 fighter weigh-ins took place on Friday, and MMA Junkie was there to cover the event live.
The UFC Apex in Las Vegas hosted the weigh-ins. The game on Saturday is held at the same location and is broadcast on ESPN+.
Among those who weighed in were middleweights Joe Pyfer (11-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Abdul Razak Alhassan (12-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) as well as Grant Dawson (20-1-1 MMA, 8-0-1 UFC) and Bobby Green (30-14-1 MMA, 11-9-1 UFC), who square off in the lightweight main event.
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Dawson (20-1-1) has not lost a fight since joining the UFC. The lone blemish in “KGD”‘s record is a majority tie in 2021 versus Ricky Glenn. He recently defeated Jared Gordon, Mark O. Madsen, and Damir Ismagulov three times in a row. Dawson weighed 156 pounds when he stood on the scale.
Green (30-14-1, 1 NC) is competing in his second UFC main event and is fresh off a victory over Tony Ferguson. Prior to the victory, “King” had been having a difficult time, losing by knockout to Islam Makhachev and Drew Dober, and fighting Jared Gordon to a no-contest after the fight was stopped by an unintentional headbutt. The 37-year-old, who weighed exactly 156 pounds, will try to demonstrate that he still has some petrol in the tank.
On Saturday, ESPN+ will broadcast the entire UFC Fight Night 229 event. The prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, and the main card begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Following are all of the UFC Fight Night 229 weigh-in results:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Grant Dawson (156) vs. Bobby Green (156)
- Abdul Razak Alhassan (184.5) vs. Joe Pyfer (185)
- Joaquin Buckley (170) vs. Alex Morono (170.5)
- Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Ricky Glenn (155.5)
- Bill Algeo (146) vs. Alexander Hernandez (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Ion Cutelaba (205.5) vs. Philipe Lins ()
- Diana Belbita (115.5) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
- Nate Maness (126) vs. Mateus Mendonca (125.5)
- Vanessa Demopoulos (116) vs. Kanako Murata (115.5)
- Johnny Munoz (136) vs. Aori Qileng (136)
- JJ Aldrich (125.5) vs. Montana De La Rosa (126)
