The
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to England is set after
the official weigh-ins took place.
All 30 fighters on the
UFC Fight Night 224 card successfully made weight, including
heavyweight headliners Tom
Aspinall and Marcin
Tybura. It will be the local combatant that will be the heavier
man in the cage on Saturday, as Aspinall checked in 12 pounds
higher than Tybura. Both men are signed up for five potential
rounds of action.
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This marks the first fight for Aspinall (12-3) since suffering a
knee injury just 15 seconds into his encounter with Curtis
Blaydes last year. Almost exactly one year later, Aspinall will
look to return to the form that had him undefeated inside the
Octagon. Prior to the setback, the English heavyweight had
wreckedAlexander
Volkov, Sergey
Spivak and Andrei
Arlovski in the span of about 13 months. Aspinall officially
weighed 258 pounds, the heaviest in his UFC career to date.
This marks the second UFC main event for Tybura (24-7), his first
since a decision loss to Fabricio
Werdum in 2017. The Polish fighter is coming off back-to-back
wins over Blagoy
Ivanov and Alexander
Romanov. „Tybur“ has won seven of his last eight fights with
the lone defeat being a decision loss to Volkov. The 37-year-old
stepped on the scale at 246 pounds.
UFC Fight Night 224 will air entirely on ESPN+ on Saturday. The
prelims begin at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT, while the main card kicks
off at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 224 Weigh-in Results:
Tom
Aspinall (258) vs. Marcin
Tybura (246)
Molly
McCann (125) vs. Julija
Stoliarenko (125)
Andre
Fili (145) vs. Nathaniel
Wood (146)
Paul
Craig (186) vs. Andre Muniz
(185)
Jai
Herbert (155) vs. Fares Ziam
(155)
Joshua
Culibao (146) vs. Lerone
Murphy (146)
Davey
Grant (136) vs. Daniel
Marcos (136)
Jonny
Parsons (171) vs. Danny
Roberts (171)
Joel
Alvarez (156) vs. Marc
Diakiese (156)
Michael
Parkin (264) vs. Jamal
Pogues (266)
Bryan
Barberena (185) vs. Makhmud
Muradov (186)
Pannie
Kianzad (136) vs. Ketlen
Vieira (135)
Yanal
Ashmoz (155) vs. Chris
Duncan (156)
Shauna
Bannon (115) vs. Bruna
Brasil (115)
Daniel
Barez (125) vs. Jafel Filho
(126)