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Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 269 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. Not every fight on the final
Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view card on the year
will make it to the finish line, but both championship tilts are
official. The main event will see lightweight champion Charles
Oliveira take on Dustin
Poirier in a heavily anticipated clash. Meanwhile, the co-main
event sees bantamweight queen Amanda
Nunes look to make another defense of her title against
Julianna
Pena. While all championship fighters made weight, preliminary
competitors Priscila
Cachoeira and Alex Perez
were both heavy by three pounds and .25 pounds, respectively. As a
result of medical issues for Perez’ opponent Matt
Schnell, the fight has been scrubbed from the lineup.
This marks the first title defense for “Do Bronx,” who won the belt
after picking up a TKO win over Michael
Chandler. Oliveira (31-8, 1 NC) is riding an impressive
nine-fight win streak and weighed 155 pounds exactly. Poirier
(28-6, 1 NC) is undefeated since coming up short against Khabib
Nurmagomedov. “The Diamond” prevailed by unanimous decision in
a “Fight of the Year” candidate against Dan Hooker,
and comes into this bout after back-to-back finishes over Conor
McGregor. The challenger stepped on the scale at 154.5
pounds.
In the co-main event, Nunes (21-4) is looking to extend her
historic 12-fight winning streak and officially hit the scales at
134.5 pounds. Bouncing back between featherweight and bantamweight
defending both thrones, The “Lioness” is coming off victories over
Cristiane
Justino, Holly Holm,
Germaine
de Randamie, Felicia
Spencer and Megan
Anderson in her last five. Looking to cause a massive upset is
Pena (10-4), who is 2-2 in her last four fights while she is coming
off a submission win over Sara McMann
after being choked out by de Randamie. “The Venezuelan Vixen” had
no issue making weight, and officially came in at 135 pounds on the
dot.
UFC 269’s main card will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7
p.m. PT. Prelims begin on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET/3
p.m. PT, and then switch to ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.
PT.
UFC 269 Weigh-in Results:
Charles
Oliveira (155) vs. Dustin
Poirier (154.5)
Amanda
Nunes (134.5) vs. Julianna
Pena (135)
Geoff
Neal (170.5) vs. Santiago
Ponzinibbio (169.5)
Cody
Garbrandt (126) vs. Kai Kara
France (125)
Sean
O’Malley (135.5) vs. Raulian
Paiva (135.5)
Josh
Emmett (145.5) vs. Dan Ige
(146)
Dominick
Cruz (135) vs. Pedro
Munhoz (135.5)
Augusto
Sakai (263.5) vs. Tai Tuivasa
(264)
Bruno
Silva (186) vs. Jordan
Wright (186)
Eryk
Anders (185.5) vs. Andre Muniz
(185.5)
Erin
Blanchfield (125.5) vs. Miranda
Maverick (125)
Alex
Perez (126.25)* vs. Matt
Schnell (126)**
Ryan
Hall (145.5) vs. Darrick
Minner (146)
Randy
Costa (134.5) vs. Tony Kelley
(136)
Priscila
Cachoeira (129)*** vs. Gillian
Robertson (125)
* Perez missed weight by .25 pounds, and it is unclear if he
will re-weigh to try to earn his full show purse.
** Due to medical issues, Schnell was not cleared to compete and
his bout with Perez has been canceled.
*** Cachoeira missed weight by three pounds and has been fined
30% of her purse.
