UFC 259 weigh- in results (VIDEO)

All three championship fights that will take place at UFC 259 this Saturday night in Las Vegas are set to go, as champions and contenders all made weight.

In fact, all 30 but one fighters that will participate at the event managed to hit the marks and all 15 fights will be taking place as scheduled.

UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and the middleweight champion Israel Adesanya both made weight for their encounter tonight.

The main event of the night will mark the first title defense for the Polish and the debut for Adesanya in the light heavyweight division.

Here are all the results from the scale:

Main card

Jan Blachowicz (92.9 kg) vs. Israel Adesanya (90.9 kg), Light heavyweight championship

Amanda Nunes (65.7 kg) vs. Megan Anderson (65.5 kg), Women’s featherweight championship

Petr Yan (61.2 kg) vs. Aljamain Sterling (61 kg), Bantamweight championship

Islam Makhachev (70.7 kg) vs. Drew Dober (70.7 kg)

Thiago Santos (93.4 kg) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (93.4 kg)

Prelims

Dominick Cruz (61.6 kg) vs. Casey Kenney (61.6 kg)

Song Yadong (61.4 kg) vs. Kyler Phillips (61.6 kg)

Joseph Benavidez (56.9 kg) vs. Askar Askarov (57.6 kg)*

Kai Kara-France (56.9 kg) vs. Rogerio Bontorin (57.1 kg)

Tim Elliott (56.9 kg) vs. Jordan Espinosa (57.1 kg)

Carlos Ulberg (92.9 kg) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (93.2 kg)

Sean Brady (77.3 kg) vs. Jake Matthews (76.8 kg)

Livinha Souza (52.6 kg) vs. Amanda Lemos (52.6 kg)

Uros Medic (70.7 kg) vs. Aalon Cruz (70.3 kg)

Trevin Jones (61 kg) vs. Mario Bautista (61.4 kg)

*Askarov missed weight. His bout with Joseph Benavidez will proceed at a 57.6 kg catchweight, with Askarov forfeiting 20 percent of his purse to Benavidez

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