UFC 296 weigh-in results: Leon Edwards, Colby Covington on point for welterweight title grudge match
Leon Edwards and Colby Covington are just a day away from settling the score.
The UFC 296 headliners successfully made weight at Friday’s official weigh-ins, with the champion Edwards coming in at 170 pounds and Covington at 169.5 pounds. This marks Edwards’ second title defense after winning a rematch against Kamaru Usman this past March, while Covington chases undisputed champion status for a third time after previously losing to Usman twice.
Saturday’s co-main event also features a champion in action as Alexandre Pantoja defends his recently won flyweight title against Brandon Royval. Pantoja successfully weighed in at 125 pounds, with Royval just a notch below at 124.5 pounds.
This is a rematch of an August 2021 encounter in Las Vegas that Pantoja won by second-round submission.
Should one of the fighters be forced to withdraw from either the main or co-main event, two backups are prepared to step in. Top welterweight contender Belal Muhammad weighed in at 169.5 pounds for the main event, while two-time flyweight champion Brandon Moreno weighed in at 125 pounds on the dot for the co-main event.
All 24 fighters who stepped to the scale at the official weigh-ins successfully made weight.
Check out UFC 296 official weigh-in results below.
Main Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
Leon Edwards (170) vs. Colby Covington (169.5)
Alexandre Pantoja (125) vs. Brandon Royval (124.5)
Tony Ferguson (155.5) vs. Paddy Pimblett (155.5)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (171) vs. Stephen Thompson (171)
Josh Emmett (146) vs. Bryce Mitchell (145.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Irene Aldana (136) vs. Karol Rosa (135.5)
Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Brian Kelleher (136)
Casey O’Neill (125) vs. Ariane Lipski (126)
Alonzo Menifield (204.5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (204.5)
Early Prelims (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Tagir Ulanbekov (126) vs. Cody Durden (126)
Andre Fili (145.5) vs. Lucas Almeida (146)
Martin Buday (264.5) vs. Shamil Gaziev (259.5)
Backup fighters: Belal Muhammad (169.5), Brandon Moreno (125)