Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Madison Square
Garden is now set following the UFC
334 weigh-ins, although two fighters missed weight.
UFC 334 headliners Ciryl Gane
and Josh
Hokit had no issue coming in under 265 pounds for their
heavyweight title fight. The same can be said for the women’s
bantamweight fight between Kayla
Harrison and the returning Amanda
Nunes, which serves as the co-main event. However, both
Terrance
McKinney and Juan Diaz
failed to hit their marks for their respective prelim fights. Both
will be fined a percentage of their purse as a result.
This is the first title defense for Gane (14-2, 1 NC), who became
the full titleholder after Tom
Aspinall vacated the belt. „Bon Gamin“ defeated Alex
Pereira via TKO earlier this year to claim the title.
Meanwhile, the undefeated Hokit (10-0) earned the title shot via
his outsized personality and wins over Derrick
Lewis and Curtis
Blaydes. Gane outweighed the challenger by 11 pounds.
UFC 334 will stream live on Paramount+ in its entirety. Prelims
start at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, while the main card begins at 9 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. PT.
UFC 334 weigh-in results:
Ciryl
Gane (242.6) vs. Josh Hokit
(231.4)
Kayla
Harrison (135) vs. Amanda
Nunes (135)
Caio
Borralho (185.4) vs. Yousri
Belgaroui (186)
Uros
Medic (171) vs. Kevin
Holland (170.4)
Bilal
Hasan (125.4) vs. Luis Gurule
(125.2)
Stephen
Thompson (170.6) vs. Charles
Radtke (170.8)
Drew
Dober (155.4) vs. Chris
Duncan (155.4)
Jim
Miller (155.6) vs. Terrance
McKinney (160.2)*
Donte
Johnson (189) vs. Cesar
Almeida (189.6)
Jared
Gordon (155.6) vs. Melquizael
Costa (155.4)
Macy
Chiasson (134.8) vs. Beatriz
Mesquita (135.8)
Juan
Diaz (136.4)** vs. Heili
Alateng (135.6)
Evan
Elder (156) vs. Samuel
Sanches (153.6)
*McKinney missed weight by 4.2 pounds and will be fined a
percentage of his purse.
**Diaz missed weight by .4 pounds and will be fined a percentage
of his purse.