Late prelims of UFC 323 follow at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT on ESPN+ and FX before moving to the five-fight main card to conclude this year’s pay-per-view schedule at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT exclusively on ESPN+.
This is the penultimate show of UFC’s run on ESPN. Next week’s card from the UFC Apex, UFC Vegas 112, serves as the final UFC show on Disney’s cable car after a seven-year hiatus.
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The official weigh-in for Saturday’s card took place earlier this morning. Overall, today’s weigh-ins for UFC 323 were successful.
Two UFC 323 Undercard fighters miss the mark at today’s official weigh-in
However, that does not mean that the fighters emerged unscathed throughout the process. A few fighters on the early portion of the undercard came in heavy during the morning weigh-in on Friday.
Mairon Santos (147 1/2 lbs), who will fight Muhammad Naimov (146 lbs), exceeded the non-title maximum for featherweight contenders by 1 1/2 lbs. As such, Santos will forfeit 20 percent of his pay to Naimov for UFC 323.
Another competitor will hand over the wage to his opponent after exceeding the prescribed pound amount earlier in the morning. Brunno Ferreira (189 lbs) will give up 20 percent of his wages to his opponent Marvin Vettori (186 lbs) for their middleweight fight in the featured early preliminary round. Both fights in question are still happening this weekend.
UFC 323 title fight Doubleheader cleared to start after weigh-in on Friday morning
Both title fights for Saturday night’s UFC 323 are confirmed to go ahead as planned after their competitors each weighed in within the championship maximum. The UFC bantamweight championship will be on the line in the evening’s main event, when Merab Dvalishvili (135 lbs.) fights Petr Yan (135 lbs.). This is a rematch of a March 2023 fight won by the former (unanimous decision).
In your co-main event, the UFC Flyweight Championship will be on the line. Alexandre Pantoja (125 lbs.) takes on Joshua Van (124 1/2 lbs.) Both title fights will last a maximum of five rounds of five minutes per round.
UFC 323 weigh-in results:
Main card: (Tomorrow, 10:00 PM ET/ 7:00 PM PT, ESPN+ pay-per-view)
Main Event: Merab Dvalishvili (135 lbs) vs. Petr Yan (135 lbs) UFC Flyweight Championship.
Co-main event: Alexandre Pantoja (125 lbs) vs. Joshua Van (124 1/2 lbs) UFC Flyweight Championship.
Brandon Moreno (125 lbs) vs. Tatsuro Taira (126 lbs) Flyweight
Henry Cejudo (136 lbs) vs. Payton Talbott (136 lbs) Bantamweight: Cejudo will make his final career appearance at UFC 323 on Saturday night.
Jan Blachowicz (206 lbs) vs. Bogdan Guskov (206 lbs) Light heavyweight
Late Preliminaries: (Tomorrow, 8:00 PM ET/ 5:00 PM PT, ESPN+ and FX)
Featured preliminary round: Grant Dawson (156 lbs) vs. Manuel Torres (156 lbs) Lightweight
Co-featured preliminary round: Terrance McKinney (156 lbs) vs. Chris Duncan (156 lbs) Lightweight
Maycee Barber (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Karine Silva (125 1/2 lbs) Women’s Flyweight
Nazim Sadykhov (155 1/2 lbs) vs. Fares Ziam (156 lbs) Lightweight
Early Preliminaries: (Tomorrow, 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PT, ESPN+ and FX-United States-only, UFC Fight Pass-Worldwide)
Recommended early qualifying round: Marvin Vettori (186 lbs) vs. Brunno Ferreira (189 lbs) Middleweight: Ferreira has lost weight and gives 20 percent of the salary to Vettori.
Co-featured early qualifying round: Edson Barboza (155 1/2 lbs) vs. Jalin Turner (155 lbs) Lightweight
Iwo Baraniewski (206 lbs) vs. Ibo Aslan (205 1/2 lbs) Light Heavyweight: Baraniewski makes his UFC debut tomorrow night at UFC 323.
Mansur Abdul-Malik (185 1/2 lbs) vs. Antonio Trocoli (186 lbs) Middleweight
Muhammad Naimov (146 lbs) vs. Mairon Santos (147 1/2 lbs) Featherweight: Santos has lost weight and is handing over 20 percent of his wages to Naimov.
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