UFC 328 weigh-in results: Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland make championship weight, Jeremy Stephens misses big

UFC 328 has its main event between Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland official following the weigh-ins.

Chimaev and Strickland tipped the scales in Newark on Friday morning. Each combatant hit the 185-pound mark before Saturday’s UFC Middleweight Championship fight.

Some argue that Chimaev looked drained on the scale. It was noted that Chimaev looked quite lethargic for this weight cut as opposed to his last one. Whether or not it’ll impact the middleweight champion’s performance at UFC 328 remains to be seen.

Most fighters set to compete on the UFC 328 card ended up making weight. UFC Flyweight Champion Joshua Van made weight for his scheduled title defense against Tatsuro Taira. Both the champion and challenge each clocked in at 125 pounds.

The lone exception was Jeremy Stephens, who failed to reach the lightweight limit ahead of this weekend’s event. Stephens clocked in at 160 pounds, which is four pounds over the lightweight limit for a non-title fight. His opponent, King Green, tipped the scales at 155 pounds.

Main Card (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)

• Khamzat Chimaev (185) vs. Sean Strickland (185)
• Joshua Van (125) vs. Tatsuro Taira (125)
• Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (264)
• Sean Brady (170) vs. Joaquin Buckley (170)
• King Green (155) vs. Jeremy Stephens (160)*

Prelims (Paramount+, 7 p.m. ET)

• Ateba Gautier (185) vs. Ozzy Diaz (186)
• Yaroslav Amosov (170) vs. Joel Alvarez (170)
• Grant Dawson (156) vs. Mateusz Rebecki (156)
• Jim Miller (155) vs. Jared Gordon (156)

Early Prelims (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)

• Roman Kopylov (185) vs. Marco Tulio (186)
• Pat Sabatini (145) vs. William Gomis (145)
• Baisangur Susurkaev (186) vs. Djorden Santos (186)
• Clayton Carpenter (126) vs. Jose Ochoa (125)

*- Fighter missed weight and will forfeit 30 percent of their fight purse.

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