Ready for his second career UFC main event 🤩@UNmgdv | 135.5 lbs
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— UFC (@ufc) August 28, 2026 The Ultimate Fighting Championship's return to China is set following the UFC Shanghai weigh-ins, although three fighters came in overweight.Advertisement
Bantamweight contenders Umar Nurmagomedov and Yadong Song will clash atop the 13-fight card. Both headliners had no issue making weight. However, several prelim fighters weren't as professional. Andre Lima missed weight for his flyweight fight against Namsrai Batbayar by 1 pound and will be fined 20 percent of his purse as a result. Meanwhile, both Jingnan Xiong and Julia Polastri failed to make the strawweight limit for their bout, with Xiong coming in 1 pound overweight and Polastri weighing 2.5 pounds over the limit.Nurmagomedov (20-1) has bounced back from his first career defeat to Merab Dvalishvili wi…