VIDEOS | UFC 219 Weigh Ins & First UFC 220 Stare downs!
UFC 219 is tomorrow! Which means we got the weigh-ins today. Check out all the fighters making weight and their stare downs at the ceremonial weigh-ins.
The Kiwi @DanTheHangman takes on the Brit @Marc_Diakiese at #UFC219 on PPV!! pic.twitter.com/zH4OlJ6tyB
— UFC (@ufc) December 30, 2017
Can Calvillo make it four in a row inside the Octagon? @Cyn_Calvillo takes on @CarlaEsparza1 at #UFC219 pic.twitter.com/Ap24o7zkyt
— UFC (@ufc) December 30, 2017
#NBK returns!@CarlosCondit takes on @NeilMagny to kick off the #UFC219 PPV!! pic.twitter.com/vnqO2AHKNK
— UFC (@ufc) December 30, 2017
If you didn’t already know who’s on UF 219…then where’ve you been?! The card’s lineup will happen in the following order:
Main Card:
Featherweight(145) – (C)Cris “Cyborg” Justino vs Holly Holm
Lightweight(155) – Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza
Lightweight – Dan Hooker vs Mark Diakiese
Strawweight(115) – Cynthia Calvillo vs Carla Esparza
Welterweight(170) – Carlos Condit vs Neil Magny
Prelims:
Light Heavyweight(205) – Khalil Rountree vs Michal Oleksiejczuk
Featherweight – Myles Jury vs Rick Glenn
Middleweight(185) – Marvin Vettori vs Omari Akhmedov
Flyweight(125) – Louis Smolka vs Matheus Nicolau
Fight Pass Prelim:
Bantamweight(135) – Tim Elliott vs Mark De La Rosa
That wasn’t all that happened Friday though. The UFC also held their first press conference for UFC 220 which takes place on January 20 in Boston, Massachusetts. The presser featured both main and co-main event fighters such as the champions, Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier as well as their challengers, Francis Ngannou and Volkan Oezdemir. Both challengers have burst onto the scene in 2017 and are looking to shake things up at the tops of their divisions. The two pairings squared off for the very first time. Check it out below!
And of course, the highlights from the presser itself:
UFC 220 is yet to be finalized, but at the moment it looks like this(aside from the title fights):
Featherweight – Calvin Kattar vs Shane Burgos
Light Heavyweight – Gian Villante vs Francimar Barroso
Flyweight – Dustin Ortiz vs Alexandre Pantoja
Welterweight – Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Sabah Homasi
Lightweight – Islam Makachev vs Gleison Tibau
Featherweight – Kyle Bochniak vs Brandon Davis
Bantamweight – Thomas Almeida vs Rob Font
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 12/29/2017.
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