Two
Ultimate Fighting Championship championship fights are now
official after the
UFC 295 weigh-ins.
Two fighters missed weight for the 13-fight card. First was
Jamall
Emmers, who came in one pound over for his featherweight fight
against Dennis
Buzukja. Additionally, Roosevelt
Roberts came in two pounds over for his lightweight fight
against Mateusz
Rebecki. The two weight offenders have been fined currently
undisclosed percentages of their purses.
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The main event will be for the vacant light heavyweight title as
former champion Jiri
Prochazka takes on former middleweight king Alex
Pereira. Meanwhile, the interim heavyweight championship will
be on the line in the co-main event that sees Sergei
Pavlovich go up against Tom
Aspinall. At 261.6 pounds, Aspinall will be the slightly
heavier fighter, weighing in 1.8 pounds more than the 259.8-pound
Pavlovich.
Having previously vacated the title due to injury, Prochazka
(29-3-1) returns to the Octagon on an impressive 13-fight winning
streak. His last outing saw him claim the title via rear-naked
choke over Glover
Teixeira. “BJP” weighed 204.2 pounds for his return fight.
Meanwhile, Pereira (8-2) will look to avenge his coach’s defeat and
claim a title in a second weight division. “Poatan” most recently
made a successful debut at light heavyweight by winning a split
decision over Jan
Blachowicz. The Brazilian weighed in at 204 pounds on the
dot.
UFC 295 prelims begin on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on UFC
Fight Pass and ESPN+ before moving to ESPN+ and ESPNews at 8 p.m.
ET/5 p.m. PT. The main card will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting
at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
UFC 295 Weigh-in Results:
Jiri
Prochazka (204.2) vs. Alex
Pereira (204)
Sergei
Pavlovich (259.8) vs. Tom
Aspinall (261.6)
Jessica
Andrade (116) vs. Mackenzie
Dern (115.6)
Matt
Frevola (155.6) vs. Benoit St.
Denis (156)
Diego
Lopes (145.4) vs. Pat
Sabatini (145.8)
Alessandro
Costa (125.4) vs. Steve
Erceg (125.6)
Lupita
Godinez (115) vs. Tabatha
Ricci (115.4)
Mateusz
Rebecki (155.8) vs. Roosevelt
Roberts (158)*
Viacheslav
Borshchev (154.8) vs. Nazim
Sadykhov (155.6)
Jared
Gordon (155.6) vs. Mark O.
Madsen (155.6)
John
Castaneda (137.6) vs. Kyung Ho
Kang (138)
Kevin
Borjas (125.8) vs. Joshua Van
(125.8)
Dennis
Buzukja (145.6) vs. Jamall
Emmers (147)**
* Roberts missed weight by two pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
** Emmers missed weight by one pound and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.