Silenced the doubters
@Daico_Deiveson
is the first to make weight for
#UFC256! pic.twitter.com/FMFJmiJ48K— UFC (@ufc)
December 11, 2020
Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 256 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship will put on its final
pay-per-view event of 2020 this Saturday. Headlining
UFC 256 is a flyweight title defense as champion Deiveson
Figueiredo takes on Brandon
Moreno in what is a three-week turnaround for both fighters.
The 10-fight card is now official after the weigh-ins took place
and all fighters made weight including backup fighter Manel Kape
(124.5).
A frontrunner for fighter of the year, Figueiredo (20-1) will look
to improve to 4-0 inside the Octagon this year. “Daico” claimed the
vacant flyweight belt after choking out Joseph
Benavidez earlier this year and followed that up with another
submission over Alex Perez at
UFC
255. While Figueiredo has had weight issues in the past, the
champ had no issue this time around and stepped on the scales
weighing 124.5 pounds.
Looking to dethrone the champ is Moreno (18-5-1), who also
impressed at UFC 255 as he picked up a TKO win over Brandon
Royval. That marks three straight wins for “The Assassin Baby,”
who has also defeated Jussier
Formiga and Kai Kara
France in recent efforts. Always a professional, the former
Legacy Fighting Alliance flyweight champion made weight and
officially came in at 124.5 pounds.
The main card will air live on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Meanwhile, one early prelim will air exclusively
on ESPN+ at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, while the rest of the
preliminary card will air simultaneously on both ESPN+ and ESPN2
starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 256 Weigh-in Results:
Deiveson
Figueiredo (124.5) vs. Brandon
Moreno (124.5)
Tony
Ferguson (155) vs. Charles
Oliveira (154.5)
Mackenzie
Dern (115) vs. Virna
Jandiroba (115)
Ronaldo
Souza (185.5) vs. Kevin
Holland (185)
Junior dos
Santos (246.5) vs. Ciryl Gane
(247.5)
Cub
Swanson (145) vs. Daniel
Pineda (145.5)
Renato
Carneiro (155) vs. Rafael
Fiziev (155.5)
Billy
Quarantillo (145.5) vs. Gavin
Tucker (146)
Tecia
Torres (115.5) vs. Sam Hughes
(115.5)
Chase
Hooper (145.5) vs. Peter
Barrett (145.5) 
