UFC 245 weigh-in results: Jessica Eye misses by five pounds, full card official
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s early and official UFC 245 fighter weigh-ins, where all but one fighter made weight without issue.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
Among those weighing in were welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (15-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) and former interim champ Colby Covington (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), who meet in the main event, featherweight champ Max Holloway (21-4 MMA, 17-4 UFC) and Alexander Volkanovski (20-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who fight in the co-feature, and dual women’s titleholder Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA, 11-1 UFC), who puts her bantamweight belt up against former featherweight champ Germaine de Randamie (9-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC).
The lone miss of the day was former flyweight title challenger Jessica Eye (14-7 MMA, 4-6 UFC), who came in at 131 pounds for her bout with Viviane Araujo (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC). Despite the sizable miss, Araujo agreed to take the fight, and Eye will be fined 30 percent of her purse.
The full UFC 245 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Kamaru Usman (170) vs. Colby Covington (170) – for welterweight title
- Champ Max Holloway (145) vs. Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) – for featherweight title
- Champ Amanda Nunes (134.5) vs. Germaine de Randamie (134.5) – for women’s bantamweight title
- Jose Aldo (136) vs. Marlon Moraes (135.5)
- Urijah Faber (135.5) vs. Petr Yan (135.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Geoff Neal (170) vs. Mike Perry (170.5)
- Irene Aldana (135.5) vs. Ketlen Vieira (136)
- Omari Akhmedov (185.5) vs. Ian Heinisch (185.5)
- Matt Brown (171) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Chase Hooper (144.5) vs. Daniel Teymur (145.5)
- Kai Kara-France (125.5) vs. Brandon Moreno (125.5)
- Jessica Eye (131)* vs. Viviane Araujo (126)
- Oskar Piechota (186) vs. Punahele Soriano (185.5)
* Eye was fined 30 percent of her purse, but the bout will go on as scheduled