Bryan Battle and Anthony Smith are already down on the playing cards heading into UFC 310 this Saturday.
At Friday’s official weigh-ins for the ultimate UFC pay-per-view of 2024, which takes place at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, Battle and Smith had been the one two fighters to overlook weight on their first makes an attempt.
Battle got here in manner over the welterweight restrict for his battle with Randy Brown, registering at 175 kilos, which is 4 kilos heavy even together with a one-pound allowance for non-title fights. Smith was heavy by a smaller margin, coming in at 207.5 kilos, 1.5 kilos over the restrict for his bout with Dominick Reyes.
As of this writing, it isn’t but recognized if Battle or Smith will try to make use of the second hour of the weigh-in window or if their respective bouts will proceed as catchweights with the offending fighters forfeiting a proportion of their purse as penalty.
Happily for the UFC, the remainder of the weigh-ins went off with no hitch, together with flyweight title battle headliners Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura each efficiently stepping to the dimensions at 124.5 kilos. Pantoja seeks a 3rd protection of his belt, whereas Asakura debuts with a championship alternative after coming over from Japan’s RIZIN promotion, the place he was a two-time bantamweight titleholder.
Within the five-round co-main occasion, undefeated welterweights Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry efficiently made weight, with each coming in at 171 kilos.
See UFC 310 official weigh-in outcomes beneath.
Most important Card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Alexandre Pantoja (124.5) vs. Kai Asakura (124.5)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (171) vs. Ian Machado Garry (171)
Ciryl Gane (245.5) vs. Alexander Volkov (254.5)
Bryce Mitchell (146) vs. Kron Gracie (144.5)
Nate Landwehr (145.5) vs. Doo Ho Choi (146)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+/ESPN2/FX at 8 p.m. ET)
Anthony Smith (207.5)* vs. Dominick Reyes (205)
Vicente Luque (170.5) vs. Themba Gorimbo (171)
Aljamain Sterling (145.5) vs. Movsar Evloev (145.5)
Randy Brown (171) vs. Bryan Battle (175)*
Early Prelims (ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
Chris Weidman (194.5) vs. Eryk Anders (193) — 195-pound catchweight bout
Cody Durden (126) vs. Joshua Van (126)
Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs. Max Griffin (170)
Chase Hooper (155.5) vs. Clay Guida (155)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (236.5) vs. Lukasz Brzeski (234)
*missed weight
