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March 26, 2021
Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 260 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title will be on the
line as the UFC
260 main event is now official after the weigh-ins took
place.
As expected, both Stipe
Miocic and Francis
Ngannou made weight without issue as both came in under the
265-pound limit. There will be quite the size difference, though,
as Ngannou weighed 29 pounds heavier than the champion. The rest of
the weigh-ins weren’t as drama-free as both Fabio
Cherant and Jared
Gooden initially came in half a pound heavy for their
respective bouts. Gooden made weight on his second attempt, while
Cherant opted not to weigh-in again.
Having spent the past two years preparing and fighting against
Daniel
Cormier, Miocic (20-3) is ready to embark on a new chapter in
his heavyweight reign. The 38-year-old is facing another familiar
foe in Ngannou (15-3), as he outworked “The Predator” to win a
decision in January 2018. Miocic stepped on the scale weighing a
lean 234 pounds.
The Predator is on the hunt@Francis_Ngannou
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The most feared knockout artist in the division, Ngannou has won
his last three fights in less than three minutes combined. “The
Predator” has been on a roll knocking out former champions Junior dos
Santos and Cain
Velasquez and contenders Curtis
Blaydes and Jairzinho
Rozenstruik on his current winning streak. Ngannou looked
prepared for his second shot at UFC gold, and officially weighed
263 pounds, just like the first time he met Miocic.
The UFC 260 main card will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Featured prelim action will take place on ESPN
and ESPN+ starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, while the first fight of
the night will air on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30
p.m. PT.
UFC 260 Weigh-in Results:
Stipe
Miocic (234) vs. Francis
Ngannou (263)
Tyron
Woodley (171) vs. Vicente
Luque (170.5)
Sean
O’Malley (136) vs. Thomas
Almeida (136)
Gillian
Robertson (125.5) vs. Miranda
Maverick (126)
Jamie
Mullarkey (155.5) vs. Khama
Worthy (155.5)
Alonzo
Menifield (205) vs. Fabio
Cherant (206.5)*
Jared
Gooden (171) vs. Abubakar
Nurmagomedov (170.5)
Modestas
Bukauskas (205.5) vs. Michal
Oleksiejczuk (206)
Shane
Young (145.5) vs. Omar
Morales (146)
Marc-Andre
Barriault (185) vs. Abu Azaitar
(185.5)
* Cherant missed weight by .5 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
