Only two UFC events remain before the year ends, starting tomorrow night with UFC 310 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It’s the promotion’s last pay-per-view event of 2024. Friday morning, fighters took to the scales to weigh-in officially ahead of the show.
Live coverage of the show begins Saturday at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT on ESPN+ stateside and UFC Fight Pass worldwide with the early prelims before moving over to ESPN2 and ESPN+ with the late prelims. Main card action closes the night with two title fights at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on ESPN+ pay-per-view from Sin City.
Barring any 11th-hour cancellations, tomorrow night’s card will feature 14 bouts from MMA’s top promotion.
A Slight Hiccup At the Scales Friday Morning
Unlike the UFC Macau weigh-in two weeks ago today, there was a little bit of drama on the scales this time around After the dust settled late Friday morning, 27 of the 28 fighters successfully made weight. Both five-round contests to top the night are locked in as a result of the weigh-in.
During the weigh-in, Bryan Battle (11-2, 1 NC MMA, 6-1, 1 NC UFC), exceeded the nontitle maximum for his welterweight fight against Randy Brown (19-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) by 4 lbs. Brown successfully made weight at 171 lbs. during the official weigh-in.
The featured prelim’s official weigh-in had a little bit of drama, as well. While Dominick Reyes (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) successfully made weight at 205 lbs. at the first time of asking, Anthony Smith (37-20 MMA, 13-10 UFC) needed to return to the UFC PI to cut weight before tipping the scales at 205 1/2 lbs. on his second attempt after he exceeded the nontitle maximum at 207 1/2 lbs during his initial effort.
Main Event:
At the top of the bill tomorrow night, you’ll see a battle for the UFC Flyweight Championship pitting incumbent 125-lb. champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and UFC debutante Kai Asukara (21-4 MMA). The champ weighed in at 124 1/2 lbs., while the also challenger came in weighing 124 1/2 lbs. The championship will be on the line for both men.
Co-Main Event:
In the co-main event of the evening, it’ll be a nontitle five-round contest between Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Ian Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC). Both men tipped the scales at the nontitle welterweight maximum of 171 lbs. today.
UFC 310 Weigh-in Results:
Main Card: (10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN+ PPV)
Main Event: UFC Flyweight Championship: Alexandre Pantoja (124 1/2 lbs.) vs. Kai Asukara (124 1/2 lbs.)
Co-Main Event: Welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov (171 lbs.) vs. Ian Machado Garry (171 lbs.)
Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane (245 1/2 lbs.) vs. Alexander Volkov (254 1/2 lbs.)
Featherweight: Bryce Mitchell (146 lbs.) vs. Kron Gracie (144 1/2 lbs.)
Featherweight: Nate Landwehr (145 1/2 lbs.) vs. Doo Ho Choi (146 lbs.)
Late Prelims: (8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, ESPN2 & ESPN+)
Featured Prelim: Light Heavyweight: Dominick Reyes (205 lbs.) vs. Anthony Smith (205 1/2 lbs.)
Co-Featured Prelim: Welterweight: Vicente Luque (170 1/2 lbs.) vs. Themba Gorimbo (171 lbs.)
Featherweight: Movsar Evloev (145 1/2 lbs.) vs. Aljamain Sterling (145 1/2 lbs.)
Welterweight: Randy Brown (171 lbs.) vs. Bryan Battle (175 lbs.)
Early Prelims: (6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT, ESPN+ & UFC Fight Pass)
Featured Early Prelim: Catchweight- 195 lbs: Chris Weidman (194 1/2 lbs.) vs. Eryk Anders (193 lbs.) Reschedule of cancelled middleweight contest during Nov. 16 UFC 309.
Co-Featured Early Prelim: Flyweight: Cody Durden (126 lbs.) vs. Joshua Van (126 lbs.)
Welterweight: Michael Chiesa (170 1/2 lbs.) vs. Max Griffin (170 lbs.)
Lightweight: Clay Guida (155 lbs.) vs. Chase Hooper (155 1/2 lbs.)
Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu (236 1/2 lbs.) vs. Lukasz Brzeski (234 lbs.)
