UFC Shanghai, the ultimate present on the promotion’s August schedule, is nearly right here. Thursday night time (USA time), whereas PFL Hollywood passed off, fighters booked to look on Saturday’s version of UFC Combat Night time took to the scales.
Mercedes-Benz Area in Shanghai is the setting for this weekend’s occasion. Inside the US, because of the time distinction between Shanghai and the Jap Time Zone, UFC Shanghai begins with the prelims at 3 am ET/ midnight PT.
ESPN+ will carry the occasion reside gavel-to-gavel, in addition to the newly-launched ESPN direct-to-consumer streaming service. Predominant card motion caps the morning off at 6 am ET/ 3 am PT.
The official weigh-in window for the present is now within the historical past books. It wasn’t a weigh-in window with out its issues, nonetheless.
UFC Shanghai Co-Predominant Occasion Now a Catchweight
Initially booked as a featherweight contest, Saturday night time’s co-main occasion pitting No. 4 contender Brian Ortega (153 lbs) and No. 7 contender Aljamain Sterling (153 lbs) will happen at light-weight.
At first, the co-main occasion of the night was reported as postponed amid Ortega failing to make the 146-lb nontitle most. Each contestants weighed-in on the adjusted goal for the five-round co-main through the window on Friday morning.
UFC Shanghai Predominant Occasion Confirmed After Weigh-Ins
Your principal occasion of the night will go forward with out problem following the weigh-ins. No. 13 contender Johnny Walker (206 lbs) and No. 14 contender Zhang Mingyang (205 lbs) weighed-in at or under the 206-lb nontitle most for gentle heavyweights.
UFC Shanghai Weigh-In Outcomes:
Predominant Card (Tomorrow, 6 am ET/ 3 am PT, ESPN+ and ESPN DTC)
Predominant Occasion: Johnny Walker (206 lbs) vs. Zhang Mingyang (205 lbs) Gentle Heavyweight
Co-Predominant Occasion: Brian Ortega (153 lbs) vs. Aljamain Sterling (153 lbs) Catchweight: 153 lbs- was initially booked at featherweight.
Sergei Pavlovich (255 1/2 lbs) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262 lbs) Heavyweight
Su Mudaerji (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Kevin Borjas (126 lbs) Flyweight
Taiyilake Nueraji (170 lbs) vs. Kiefer Crosbie (170 1/2 lbs) Welterweight
Prelims: (Tomorrow, 3 am ET/ midnight PT- ESPN+ and ESPN DTC)
Featured Prelim: Maheshate Hayishaer (155 lbs) vs. Gauge Younger (155 1/2 lbs) Light-weight
Co-Featured Prelim: Charles Johnson (126 lbs) vs. Lone’er Kavanagh (126 lbs) Flyweight
Rongzhu (155 1/2 lbs) vs. Austin Hubbard (155 1/2 lbs) Light-weight
Michel Pereira (186 lbs) vs. Kyle Daukaus (185 lbs) Middleweight
Yizha (145 lbs) vs. Westin Wilson (146 lbs) Featherweight
Xiao Lengthy (136 lbs) vs. SuYoung You (135 1/2 lbs) Bantamweight
Uran Satybaldiev (204 lbs) vs. Diyar Nurgozhay (205 1/2 lbs) Gentle Heavyweight
