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Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 268 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. Two
Ultimate Fighting Championship titles will be on the line at
UFC 268 as both championship bouts are now official following
the weigh-ins. While the champions and title challengers all showed
professionalism, the undercard was a different story as two prelim
fighters missed weight. Bruno Souza
came in 2.4 pounds heavy for his featherweight bout against
Melsik Baghdasaryan. Meanwhile, C.J. Vergara
weighed 1.4 pounds over the flyweight limit for his fight opposite
Ode
Osbourne. Both bouts will continue despite the misses, with
each fighter being fined 20% of their purses. Additionally,
Vicente
Luque was tapped as the alternate in the headliner, but he
missed championship weight by 2.2 pounds.
Atop the UFC 268 card is a championship rematch between
welterweight king Kamaru
Usman and Colby
Covington. Usman defeated Covington in a memorable 2019 bout
that saw “The Nigerian Nightmare” get a TKO victory in the fifth
round. Since then, “Chaos” bounced back against Tyron
Woodley last year, while Usman defended his belt against
Jorge
Masvidal twice and Gilbert
Burns. The champion weighed in at 169 pounds for the rematch,
while Covington tipped the scale at 169.4 pounds.
Another title rematch will see Rose
Namajunas look to defend her strawweight belt against Weili
Zhang. Namajunas knocked out Zhang (21-2) with a head kick
earlier this year in a fight in under 90 seconds. Neither woman has
competed since that dramatic matchup in April. The Chinese fighter
will look to give Namajunas (10-4) more trouble in the rematch.
Both fighters weighed in at 115 pounds exactly.
UFC 268’s main card will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Early prelims will air live in UFC Fight Pass
and ESPN+ starting at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT, and then transition to
ESPNEWS and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 268 Weigh-in Results:
Kamaru
Usman (169) vs. Colby
Covington (169.4)
Rose
Namajunas (115) vs. Weili Zhang
(115)
Frankie
Edgar (135.6) vs. Marlon Vera
(135)
Shane
Burgos (145.6) vs. Billy
Quarantillo (145.4)
Michael
Chandler (155.2) vs. Justin
Gaethje (155.6)
Andreas
Michailidis (185) vs. Alex
Pereira (185.8)
Bobby
Green (155.2) vs. Al Iaquinta
(155.8)
Chris
Curtis (186) vs. Phil Hawes
(185.4)
Nassourdine
Imavov (184.6) vs. Edmen
Shahbazyan (185.4)
Ian
Garry (169.6) vs. Jordan
Williams (170.6)
Chris
Barnett (263.8) vs. Gian
Villante (260.6)
John
Allan (205) vs. Dustin
Jacoby (203.6)
Melsik
Baghdasaryan (145.4) vs. Bruno Souza
(148.4)*
Ode
Osbourne (125.2) vs. C.J. Vergara
(127.4)**
Vicente
Luque (172.2)***
* Souza missed weight by 2.4 pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.
** Vergara missed weight by 1.4 pounds and has been fined 20% of
his purse.
*** Luque weighed in as an alternate to the main event and
missed weight by 2.2 pounds.
