The
Ultimate Fighting Championship needed a little under 30 minutes
to complete its weigh-ins.
Headling
UFC on ESPN 48 is a five-round fight between Sean
Strickland and Abusupiyan
Magomedov. Both men successfully made weight for the main
event, as did the rest of the fighters on the 12-fight card, with a
weigh-in ceremony that went down extremely quickly on Friday
morning.
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Strickland (26-5) bounced back from a two-fight skid by defeating
Nassourdine
Imavov in his last outing up a division. The win followed
back-to-back defeats to Jared
Cannonier and Alex
Pereira. Prior to the setbacks, “Tarzan” had won six straight
fights inside the Octagon. Strickland officially weighed 186 pounds
on the dot.
This marks the first UFC main event for Magomedov (25-4-1). “Abus”
won his company debut back in September 2022 in just 19 seconds,
delivering a front kick that knocked out Dustin
Stoltzfus. The Russian, who claims a headlining spot in just
his second UFC outing, officially stepped on the scale at 186
pounds.
UFC on ESPN 48 prelims will begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT on ESPN
and ESPN+ on Saturday. The main card then kicks off at 7 p.m. ET/4
p.m. PT.
UFC on ESPN 48 Weigh-in Results:
Sean
Strickland (186) vs. Abusupiyan
Magomedov (186)
Grant
Dawson (156) vs. Damir
Ismagulov (156)
Max
Griffin (170.5) vs. Michael
Morales (170.5)
Melissa
Gatto (125.5) vs. Ariane
Lipski (126)
Ismael
Bonfim (156) vs. Benoit St.
Denis (156)
Brunno
Ferreira (185) vs. Nursulton
Ruziboev (183.5)
Rinat
Fakhretdinov (171) vs. Kevin Lee
(171)
Joanderson
Brito (145.5) vs. Westin
Wilson (146)
Karol
Rosa (146) vs. Yana Santos
(144.5)
Elves
Brener (155) vs. Guram
Kutateladze (155)
Luana
Carolina (126) vs. Ivana
Siric Petrovic (125.5)
Blagoy
Ivanov (259) vs. Alexander
Romanov (264)