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March 15, 2024
The weigh-ins were anything but smooth on Friday morning ahead of
the upcoming
Ultimate Fighting Championship show.
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Headlining
UFC Fight Night 239 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas is an
intriguing heavyweight fight between the hard-hitting Tai Tuivasa
and Poland’s Marcin
Tybura. The Australian will be the larger man in the cage as he
weighs 18.5 pounds more than “Tybur.” As for the rest of the card,
three competitors came in overweight: Natan Levy
(.5 pounds), Chelsea
Chandler (one pound) and Danny Silva
(2.5 pounds). All three will be fined 20% of their respective
purses.
A fan-favorite in the Octagon, Tuivasa (14-6) is looking to bounce
back from a three-fight losing streak. While “Bam Bam” has
struggled recently, it has been to the top of the division as his
losses came to Ciryl Gane,
Sergei
Pavlovich and Alexander
Volkov. The 30-year-old holds key wins over the likes of
Andrei
Arlovski, Derrick
Lewis and Stefan
Struve. The Aussie officially weighed 265.5 pounds for his
third UFC main event.
Polish heavyweight Tybura (24-8) is also looking to get back in the
win column after losing to Tom
Aspinall in his last outing. Prior to the defeat, “Tybur” had
put together decision wins over Blagoy
Ivanov and Alexander
Romanov. This marks the second straight UFC main event for
Tybura, who will hope this one goes better for him. The 38-year-old
stepped on the scale at 247 pounds.
UFC Fight Night 239 will air in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday.
Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while the main card takes
place at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 239 Weigh-in Results:
Tai
Tuivasa (265.5) vs. Marcin
Tybura (247)
Bryan
Battle (170) vs. Ange Loosa
(171)
Kennedy
Nzechukwu (205) vs. Ovince St.
Preux (206)
Isaac
Dulgarian (145.5) vs. Christian
Rodriguez (145)
Macy
Chiasson (135.5) vs. Pannie
Kianzad (136)
Bryan
Barberena (186) vs. Gerald
Meerschaert (185.5)
Mike
Davis (155) vs. Natan Levy
(156.5)*
Chelsea
Chandler (137)** vs. Josiane
Nunes (135)
Jafel
Filho (125.5) vs. Ode
Osbourne (125.5)
Joshua
Culibao (146) vs. Danny Silva
(148.5)***
Jaqueline
Amorim (116) vs. Cory
McKenna (115.5)
Thiago
Moises (155.5) vs. Mitch
Ramirez (155.5)
Chad
Anheliger (135) vs. Charalampos
Grigoriou (136)
* Levy missed weight by .5 pounds and has been fined 20% of his
purse.
** Chandler missed weight by one pound and has been fined 20% of
her purse.
*** Silva missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.