JERSEY CITY, N.J. – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 302 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Jersey City, N.J., and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 5 p.m. ET at Prudential Center in nearby Newark. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).
Among those weighing in are lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) and former interim champ Dustin Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC), who meet in the main event, and Paulo Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and former middleweight champ Sean Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC), who fight in the co-feature.
The full UFC 302 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Islam Makhachev (155) vs. Dustin Poirier (155) – for lightweight title
- Paulo Costa () vs. Sean Strickland (185)
- Kevin Holland (185) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (185)
- Alex Morono () vs. Niko Price (170)
- Randy Brown (170) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Cesar Almeida (185) vs. Roman Kopylov (185)
- Jailton Almeida () vs. Alexandr Romanov (265)
- Grant Dawson () vs. Joe Solecki ()
- Jake Matthews (170) vs. Phil Rowe (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Bassil Hafez (170) vs. Mickey Gall (170)
- Joselyne Edwards () vs. Ailin Perez ()
- Andre Lima () vs. Mitch Raposo ()
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