UFC 310 weigh-in results: Two fighters miss weight including former title challenger
LAS VEGAS – Two UFC 310 fighters missed their marks on the scales during Friday’s official weigh-ins.
Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith missed his mark by 1.5 pounds, weighing 207.5 pounds. While his status is unclear, he may attempt a re-weigh.
The stumble on the scale came minutes after a drained Bryan Battle registered at 175 pounds, four pounds over the welterweight limit. Battle will not re-weigh-in.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC 310 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Among those who weighed in were flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and challenger Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who meet in the main event, and Ian Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who fight in a welterweight title eliminator in the co-feature.
All four of those combatants, plus the rest of the card outside of Smith and Battle, made weight.
For Smith, it’s his first miss for a fight, should he not shed the final 1.5 pounds. However, he also missed his mark when he weighed in as a backup for a UFC 283 title fight between Jamahal Hill and Glover Teixeira.
For Battle, it’s his second UFC miss. He also missed weight for a
The full UFC 310 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Alexandre Pantoja (124.5) vs. Kai Asakura (124.5) – for flyweight title
- Ian Machado Garry (171) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (171)
- Ciryl Gane (245.5) vs. Alexander Volkov (254.5)
- Kron Gracie (144.5) vs. Bryce Mitchell (146)
- Dooho Choi (146) vs. Nate Landwehr (145.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Dominick Reyes (205) vs. Anthony Smith (207.5)*
- Themba Gorimbo (171) vs. Vicente Luque (170.5)
- Movsar Evloev (145.5) vs. Aljamain Sterling (145.5)
- Bryan Battle (175)* vs. Randy Brown (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Eryk Anders (193) vs. Chris Weidman (194.5)
- Cody Durden (126) vs. Joshua Van (126)
- Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs. Max Griffin (170)
- Clay Guida (155) vs. Chase Hooper (155.5)
- Lukasz Brzeski (234) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (236.5)
* = Missed welterweight limit by four pounds
* = Missed light heavyweight limit by 1.5 pounds
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