UFC Oklahoma City Weigh-In Results: Two Fighters Heavy Friday

UFC Oklahoma City is almost here. Tomorrow night, Oklahoma City's Paycom Center, the home arena of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, plays host to a UFC event for the first time ever. Live coverage of UFC Oklahoma City will commence in the late afternoon tomorrow with the prelims at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT.

Inside the United States, this event will be seen wall-to-wall on Paramount Plus. Main card action from Paycom Center follows at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on the streaming platform. Before tomorrow night's card begins, our staff made picks for the main card winners. See if their selections match up with yours at home. 

All told. tomorrow evening's 12-fight schedule will remain intact. Not everybody made their prescribed weights on the scales this morning at the official weigh-ins, however. 

Hooper, Elliott Each Exceed Contracted Weight at UFC Oklahoma City Weigh-Ins

Two fighters out of the 24 booked to appear tomorrow night came in heavy earlier today. Lightweight Chase Hooper (157 1/2 lbs) missed the nontitle target of 156 lbs by 1 1/2 lbs for his fight against Mitch Ramirez (155 1/2 lbs.) 

As such, Hooper now cedes 20 percent of his wages to Ramirez due to the miss. Featherweight Ezra Elliott (147 1/2 lbs,) who will be opening UFC Oklahoma City against Damien Anderson (146 lbs) in the UFC debut for both men, also missed weight by 1 1/2 lbs.

Both Hooper and Elliott are now ineligible for consideration for any post-fight bonuses tomorrow night as a result of missing weight.

Middleweight Doubleheader Locked In After Successful Trip to Scales

Everyone else booked for UFC Oklahoma City on Saturday night weighed-in without issue, including the middleweights appearing at the top of the bill. In the main event of the evening, No. 2 contender Dricus du Plessis (185 1/2 lbs) will welcome No. 9 welterweight contender Kamaru Usman (186 lbs) back to the middleweight ranks for the first time since 2023.

This headlining bout is an advertised maximum of five rounds at five minutes per round to close the show. The focus stays at 185 for the co-main event of UFC Oklahoma City.

No. 10 contender Jared Cannonier (185 lbs) came in on championship weight for tomorrow's bout against No. 12 contender Christian Leroy Duncan (185 1/2 lbs.)  Saturday's co-main event is a three-round affair at five minutes each.

UFC Oklahoma City Weigh-In Results

Main Card: (Tomorrow, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT- Paramount Plus)

Main Event: Dricus du Plessis (185 1/2 lbs) vs. Kamaru Usman (186 lbs) Middleweight- Usman making first appearance at middleweight since 2023.

Co-Main Event: Jared Cannonier (185 lbs) vs. Christian Leroy Duncan (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight

Chase Hooper (157 1/2 lbs) vs. Mitch Ramirez (155 1/2 lbs) Lightweight- Hooper cedes 20 percent of wages to Ramirez after missing weight.

Tabatha Ricci (116 lbs) vs. Fatima Klein (115 1/2 lbs) Strawweight

Tommy McMillen (146 lbs) vs. Alberto Montes (146 lbs) Featherweight

Prelims: (Tomorrow, 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT- Paramount Plus)

Featured Prelim: Austin Bashi (145 lbs) vs. Jose Miguel Delgado (146 lbs) Featherweight

Co-Featured Prelim: Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani (171 lbs) vs. Seok Hyun Ko (169 lbs) Welterweight

Levi Rodrigues (206 lbs) vs. Felipe Franco (205 lbs) Light Heavyweight- Rodrigues making UFC promotional debut at UFC Oklahoma City

Alden Coria (126 lbs) vs. Stewart Nicoll (126 lbs) Flyweight

RJ Harris (262 1/2 lbs) vs. Alvin Hines (264 lbs) Heavyweight- Harris making UFC promotional debut at UFC Oklahoma City

Anna Melisano (126 lbs) vs. Dione Barbosa (125 lbs) Women's Flyweight- Melisano making UFC promotional debut at UFC Oklahoma City

Ezra Elliott (147 1/2 lbs) vs. Damien Anderson (146 lbs) Featherweight- Elliott missed weight. Both fighters making UFC promotional debut at UFC Oklahoma City