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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to pay-per-view this weekend with UFC 297 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, where two titles will be on the line.
In the main event, middleweight champion Sean Strickland returns to action to take on Dricus du Plessis. Leading up to the fight, there had been plenty of bad blood between the two men, including blows being exchanged at a recent UFC event.
In the co-main event, Raquel Pennington takes on Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant women’s bantamweight title.
Ahead of this weekend’s pay-per-view, all of the fighters had to step onto the scale for the official weigh-ins.
Wasting no time, all four of the fighters competing at the top of the card in just over 24 hours successfully made championship weight.
Did your favorite fighter hit their mark?
A full look at the official UFC 297 weigh-in results can be seen below.
UFC 297 Weigh-in Results
Sean Strickland 184.75 lbs ⚖️
Dricus Du Plessis 184 lbs ⚖️The #UFC297 main event for the middleweight title is locked in for Saturday on @ESPNPlus PPV 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ONeIzcj9mV
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 19, 2024
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10:00 p.m. ET)
- Champ Sean Strickland (184.75) vs. Dricus Du Plessis (184) – for middleweight title
- Raquel Pennington (134.8) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva (135) – for vacant women’s bantamweight title
- Neil Magny (170.75) vs. Mike Malott (170.5)
- Marc-Andre Barriault (184.5) vs. Chris Curtis (185.25)
- Arnold Allen (145.5) vs. Movsar Evloev (145.75)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8:00 p.m. ET)
- Garrett Armfield (135.25) vs. Brad Katona (136)
- Charles Jourdain (145.5) vs. Sean Woodson (145.5)
- Serhiy Sidey (135) vs. Ramon Taveras (139.75)**
- Gillian Robertson (115.75) vs. Polyana Viana (115.75)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Yohan Lainesse (170.75) vs. Sam Patterson (169.5)
- Priscila Cachoeira (133.5) vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius (133) – moved to bantamweight after Cachoeira struggled to make the 126-pound flyweight limit.
- Jimmy Flick (126) vs. Malcolm Gordon (127.5)*
*Gordon missed the flyweight limit and has until 11:00 a.m. ET to reach 126. He will be fined a percentage of his purse if he cannot make weight.
**Taveras missed the bantamweight limit. He was fined 30 percent of his purse.
UFC 297 will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET with the preliminary card on ESPN+ before the action shifts to ESPNews. The pay-per-view main card will then get underway at 10:00 p.m. ET.
