Hittin’ the scales at 114.5
@MackenzieDern
is main event ready![
#UFCVegas39 | Tomorrow | | Live on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/xVfXkDliiD
— UFC (@ufc)
October 8, 2021
Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. The
UFC Fight Night 194 main event between Marina
Rodriguez and Mackenzie
Dern and eight other bouts are now official after the weigh-ins
took place.
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s latest event is on the shorter
side, going on with just nine bouts. Seventeen of 18 fighters
managed to make weight, with Jared
Gooden missing the welterweight limit by three pounds.
Additionally, a bout between Phil Hawes
and short-notice replacement Chris
Curtis was
scrapped after Hawes turned down the opponent change. Although
James
Krause attempted to step in and face Curtis, the commission did
not license or clear Krause to compete on a day’s notice.
Rodriguez (14-1-2) enters her second UFC main event on a two-fight
win streak. Ever since suffering her first loss against Carla
Esparza, the Brazilian has put together dominant performances
against Amanda
Ribas and Michelle
Waterson. The strawweight will look to make it three in a row,
and weighed in at 115 pounds exactly.
This marks the first headlining bout for Dern (11-1). The Arizona
native has strung together four straight wins since dropping a
decision to Ribas in 2019. The grappling expert has submitted
Nina
Nunes, Randa
Markos and Hannah
Cifers in her current win streak. Dern, who has had trouble
making weight in the past, stepped on the scale at 114.6
pounds.
UFC Fight Night 194 will stream in its entirety on ESPN+. The main
card begins at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while the prelims begin at 2
p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 194 Weigh-in Results:
Mackenzie
Dern (114.6) vs. Marina
Rodriguez (115)
Randy
Brown (170.5) vs. Jared
Gooden (174)*
Tim
Elliott (125.5) vs. Matheus
Nicolau (125.5)
Mariya
Agapova (125) vs. Sabina Mazo
(125)
Chris
Curtis (184.5) vs. Phil Hawes
(N/A)**
Felipe
Dias Colares (136) vs. Chris
Gutierrez (135)
Alexander
Romanov (260) vs. Jared
Vanderaa (265.5)
Damon
Jackson (145.5) vs. Charles
Rosa (145.5)
Lupita
Godinez (115.5) vs. Silvana
Gomez Juarez (114)
Steve
Garcia (155) vs. Charlie
Ontiveros (155.5)
* Gooden missed weight by three pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.
** Hawes declined the short-notice bout and did not attend the
weigh-ins.
