Max makes our Main Event official, coming in
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November 12, 2021
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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. Fighters are beginning to pay more for missing weight,
with 30% fines coming out for those heavy by 1.5 pounds or
more.
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns with
UFC Fight Night 197 this weekend, which features a high-stakes
matchup between featherweight contenders Max
Holloway and Yair
Rodriguez.
While the headliners had no issue making weight, two prelim
fighters failed to hit their agreed-upon weights. Joel
Alvarez came in 1.5 pounds over the lightweight limit for his
bout against Thiago
Moises, and Liana Jojua
came in 2.5 pounds heavy for her flyweight contest against Cortney
Casey. Both matches will continue, with the overweight
participants being fined a 30% of their respective purses.
Holloway (22-6) has shown just how “Blessed” he is in his last
bout, as he dominated Calvin
Kattar over five rounds while shattering multiple striking
records. The former champ will look to keep his momentum going
against Rodriguez (13-2, 1 NC), and eyes a third fight against
Alexander
Volkanovski. The ex-champ weighed in at 146 ready pounds.
While Rodriguez is coming off wins over Chan Sung
Jung and Jeremy
Stephens, he’s also returning from a USADA suspension for
repeated whereabouts violations. He’ll look to jump back into the
deep end at featherweight in his first appearance since 2019. First
to the scale in the morning, “El Pantera” officially weighed 145.5
pounds.
The UFC Fight Night 197 prelims begin at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT with
the main card starting at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. The entire event
will stream on ESPN+.
UFC Fight Night 197 Weigh-in Results:
Max
Holloway (146) vs. Yair
Rodriguez (145.5)
Marcos
Rogerio de Lima (259) vs. Ben Rothwell
(265)
Leah
Letson (145) vs. Felicia
Spencer (145.5)
Miguel
Baeza (170.5) vs. Kalinn
Williams (169)
Julio
Arce (135.5) vs. Yadong
Song (135.5)
Joel
Alvarez (157.5)* vs. Thiago
Moises (155)
Cynthia
Calvillo (126) vs. Andrea Lee
(125.5)
Collin
Anglin (146) vs. Sean
Woodson (145.5)
Cortney
Casey (125) vs. Liana Jojua
(128.5)**
Rafael
Alves (155) vs. Marc
Diakiese (156)
Da Un
Jung (204.5) vs. Kennedy
Nzechukwu (205)
* Alvarez missed weight by 1.5 pounds and has been fined 30% of
his purse.
** Jojua missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined 30% of
her purse.
