On Saturday, May 9, 2020, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will host its 513th event on ESPN+ PPV from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL, USA. In the main event, Tony Ferguson takes on Justin Gaethje in a lightweight showdown. The main card also features Henry Cejudo versus Dominick Cruz in a 135 lb bout.
UFC recently held its early and official weigh-ins on Friday at the UFC host hotel for UFC 249. The weigh-ins are done the day before the event. In order to fight, fighters have to meet the weight for their weight class, with a one-pound margin of error. If the fighter does not make weight, they could get penalized, lose some of their purse money or their fight being canceled altogether.
Cutting weight largely involves getting water out of your system by sweating. This is why fighters typically look more “ripped” during the weigh-in. Once the fighter makes weight, they are not weighed again before the fight. Fighters have until the fight on Saturday night to re-hydrate and put back the weight they cut, which can be up to 20-30 lbs in extreme cases.
The fighters hit the scales on Friday. You can watch the ceremonial weigh-ins below.
Ferguson vs. Gaethje weigh-in video:
Here are the official UFC 249 weigh-ins results:
UFC 249 Weigh-in Results
Tony Ferguson (155) vs. Justin Gaethje (155)
Champ Henry Cejudo (135) vs. Dominick Cruz (135)
Francis Ngannou (261.5) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (260)
Calvin Kattar (146) vs. Jeremy Stephens (150.5)*
Yorgan De Castro (262) vs. Greg Hardy (265.5)
Donald Cerrone (171) vs. Anthony Pettis (170.5)
Aleksei Oleinik (227.5) vs. Fabricio Werdum (243)
Carla Esparza (115.5) vs. Michelle Waterson (115)
Uriah Hall (186) vs. Ronaldo Souza (186)
Vicente Luque (170) vs. Niko Price (170.5)
Bryce Mitchell (145.5) vs. Charles Rosa (146)
Sam Alvey (205) vs. Ryan Spann (206)
*Jeremy Stephens missed the featherweight limit and will be fined 30 percent of his fight purse.
UFC 249’s main card will air live on ESPN+ PPV starting at 10:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT. The prelims will stream on ESPN+ starting at 6:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT. Here is how you can live stream UFC Fight Night 168. You can also view who won at UFC 249.
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