Support Miocic and Daniel Cormier came well below the heavyweight limit for the conclusion of their trilogy at UFC 252, but a few fatterweights had problems with the scale.
At Friday’s official road entry, Miocic came in at 233 pounds and Cormier at 236, making them official for the UFC 252 heavyweight championship headliner taking place at UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Miocic weighed in at 242.5 pounds and Cormier at 246 for her first meeting at UFC 226 in July 2018, which Cormier won by KO of first round to win Miocic’s heavyweight title. For their rematch at UFC 241 in August 2019, Miocic waited in at 230.5 and Cormier in at 236.5. Miocic defeated Cormier by TKO in the fourth round to win the title and put up a third fight.
Co-headlining bantamweights Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera were also on weight, with both tipping the scales at 136 pounds.
Fieldweight Herbert Burns weighed in at 149.5 pounds, 3.5 pounds over the limit (including one pound fee) for his main card game against Daniel Pineda, and featherweight TJ Brown (146.5) also lost weight before his fight with Danny Chavez. Both bouts will continue with a catch weight with Burns and Brown forgetting 20 percent of their purses to their respective opponents.
See the UFC 252 weigh-in results below:
Main ticket (ESPN + PPV at 10 am ET)
Stipe Miocic (233) vs. Daniel Cormier (236)
Sean O’Malley (136) vs. Marlon Vera (136)
Junior dos Santos (238.5) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (254)
Herbert Burns (149.5) * vs. Daniel Pineda (146)
John Dodson (136) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (136)
Prelims (ESPN at 8pm ET)
Jim Miller (156) vs. Vinc Pichel (156)
Felice Herrig (116) vs. Virna Jandiroba (115.5)
TJ Brown (146.5) * vs. Danny Chavez (146)
Livinha Souza (115.5) vs. Ashley Yoder (115.5)
Prelims (ESPN + at 7pm ET)
Chris Daukaus (241) vs. Parker Porter (264.5)
Kai Kamaka (145.5) vs. Tony Kelley (145.5)
* lost weight. Burns and Brown will lose 20 percent of their purses to their respective opponents and their bouts will continue as catch weights.
