The
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Kansas City,
Missouri, after two years for a 14-fight card that is now official
after the
UFC Kansas City weigh-ins took place.

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Sitting atop the event is a headlining fight between Ian Garry and
Carlos
Prates. Both welterweight contenders successfully made weight
for their five-round main event. Only one fighter missed weight as
Giga
Chikadze came in at 147 pounds, a full pound over the
featherweight limit, for his fight against David
Onama. As a result, he’ll be fined 20% of his purse.

Garry (15-1) enters his first UFC main event coming off his
first-ever career defeat to Shavkat
Rakhmonov. „The Future“ will be looking to show that he’s still
a top contender despite the loss and was previously undefeated
inside the promotion, having put together eight straight wins. At
just 27, the Irish fighter is one of the top prospects at 170.
Garry stepped on the scale at 171 pounds.

Meanwhile, Prates (21-6) is riding an impressive four-fight win
streak inside the UFC that includes knockouts over Neil Magny
and Jingliang
Li. „The Nightmare“ is 4-0 inside the promotion and has been
living up to his nickname. The Fighting Nerds product will look to
notch the biggest win of his career on Saturday and came in looking
prepared as he weighed 171 pounds on the dot.

UFC Kansas City’s main card will air on ESPN+ and ESPN2 starting at
9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m.
PT.

UFC Kansas City Weigh-in Results:

Ian
Garry (171) vs. Carlos
Prates (171)
Mingyang
Zhang (206) vs. Anthony
Smith (206)
Giga
Chikadze (147)* vs. David Onama
(146)
Abusupiyan
Magomedov (185.5) vs. Michel
Pereira (186)
Randy
Brown (171) vs. Nicolas
Dalby (171)
Ikram
Aliskerov (185.5) vs. Andre Muniz
(185)
Jimmy
Flick (126) vs. Matt
Schnell (126)
Evan
Elder (156) vs. Gauge Young
(156)
John
Castaneda (146) vs. Chris
Gutierrez (146)
Heili
Alateng (136) vs. Da’Mon
Blackshear (135.5)
Cameron
Saaiman (135) vs. Malcolm
Wellmaker (135)
Jaqueline
Amorim (116) vs. Polyana
Viana (115.5)
Timothy
Cuamba (146) vs. Roberto
Romero (145)
Chelsea
Chandler (134) vs. Joselyne
Edwards (136)

* Chikadze missed weight by one pound and will be fined 20% of
his purse.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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