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McGregor, 32, hit the scale at exactly 155 pounds, a championship weight, while Poirier, also 32, hit the lightweight limit of 156 pounds.
Hooker of New Zealand and Chandler of America weighed 156 pounds.
All the fighters ready to compete at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island, nicknamed ‘Fight Island’, also faced their respective opponents.
“A present awaits you tomorrow, okay? Let’s go.”
Poirier, for his part, said: “My whole career has lined me up for tomorrow night, and I’m here to come out victorious and raise my hand by any means necessary.
“I leave it all out there. Let’s go.”
However, two of the scheduled bouts on the card were scrapped.
Matt Frevola was supposed to face Ottman Azaitar, but the lightweight contest was pulled from the card and Azaitar was removed from the UFC on Friday for handing out his and his team’s wristbands to people outside of the promotion’s biosecurity bubble, he said. President Dana White. .
Also at 155 pounds, Arman Tsarukyan lost weight and his opponent Nasrat Haqparast did not appear.
However, Frevola successfully stepped in as a reserve fighter and will be glad he did; He’s now paired with Tsarukyan, who will lose 20 percent of his purse for hitting the scale at 157 pounds, although the new fight will take place at that weight.
Elsewhere, women’s flyweight Jessica Eye has successfully gained weight, without having done so before her last two fights.
Meanwhile, Khalil Rountree gained weight for his light heavyweight fight against Marci Prachnio on the second try.
Complete weighing results
Dustin Poirier (156) vs. Conor McGregor (155)
Dan Hooker (156) vs. Michael Chandler (156)
Jessica Eye (126) vs. Joanne Calderwood (126)
Marina Rodríguez (116) vs Amanda Ribas (116)
Makhmud Muradov (186) vs. Andrew Sanchez (186)
Matt Frevola (155.5) vs Arman Tsarukyan (157) – 157-pound fight
Brad Tavares (185.5) vs Antonio Carlos Junior (185)
Sara McMann (135) vs. Julianna Peña (136)
Khalil Rountree (206) ** vs. Marcin Prachnio (205)
Nik Lentz (150) vs Movsar Evloev (150) – 150-pound weight fight
Amir Albazi (126) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (126)
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