September 6, 2024 1:00 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on-scene and reporting dwell from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 242 (ESPN+) fighter weigh-ins on the UFC Apex.
Amongst these weighing in had been former welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns (22-7 MMA, 15-7 UFC) and Sean Brady (16-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who meet in the principle occasion, and former girls’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (26-12 MMA, 17-10 UFC) and Natalia Silva (17-5-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who battle within the girls’s flyweight co-feature.
The #UFCVegas97 most important occasion is OFFICIAL ⚖️
Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady have made weight for Saturday’s five-round welterweight bout on the UFC Apex. pic.twitter.com/xlXqNcvuPk
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 6, 2024
The 4 outstanding names hit their marks, however two on the undercard got here in heavy, together with one scary weigh-in from prelim fighter Dylan Budka, who was 2.5 kilos over for his middleweight bout with Andre Petroski. Dylan Budka appeared on the breaking point when he stepped on the dimensions 2.5 kilos heavy at #UFCVegas97 weigh-ins 😳 pic.twitter.com/y7pRDyjtOw
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 6, 2024
The total UFC Battle Night time 242 weigh-in outcomes embody:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
* Nelson missed featherweight restrict by 2.5 kilos; nice quantity TBD
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** Budka missed middleweight restrict by 2.5 kilos; fined 20 % of purse
