UFC 313 is roughly 24 hours away from taking place, Before the fighters travel to T-Mobile Arena for tomorrow night’s show, the official weigh-ins took place this morning in Las Vegas.
Live coverage of UFC 313 begins Saturday evening at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT on ESPN+ inside the United States and UFC Fight Pass worldwide with the early prelims. Late prelims follow at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN+ and ESPNNEWS, with ESPN proper joining in-progress after Duke vs. North Carolina in college basketball.
The five-fight main card closes out the night at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on ESPN+ pay-per-view. All told, tomorrow’s event features 12 MMA fights.
UFC 313 Main Event Locked In After Successful Weigh-In Friday Morning
Unlike last week’s weigh-ins, where two fights had to be postponed, this morning’s weigh-in produced no headaches at the scale. Tomorrow night’s main event is officially confirmed after both UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira and No. 1 contender Magomed Ankalaev both came in on-target at the light heavyweight title fight maximum of 205 lbs.
This is a five-round fight at five minutes per round to close out the show.
UFC 313 Co-Main Event Also Firm Go With Friday’s Weigh-In
The co-headlining affair of UFC 313 tomorrow night is locked in, as well after this morning’s official weigh-in Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev each hit the lightweight nontitle maximum of 156 lbs without issue.
The co-main event is an advertised maximum of three rounds at five minutes apiece.
UFC 313 Weigh-In Results
Main Card: (Tomorrow, 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN+ pay-per-view
Main Event: Alex Pereira (205 lbs) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (205 lbs) UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Co-Main Event: Justin Gaethje (156 lbs) vs. Rafael Fiziev (156 lbs) Lightweight
Jalin Turner (154 1/2 lbs) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (156 lbs) Lightweight
Amanda Lemos (116 lbs) vs. Iasmin Lucindo (115 1/2 lbs) Strawweight
King Green (155 1/2 lbs) vs. Mauricio Ruffy (155 1/2 lbs) Lightweight
Late Prelims (8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, ESPNNEWS and ESPN+)
Featured Prelim: Curtis Blaydes (262 lbs) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (264 1/2 lbs) Heavyweight
Co-Featured Prelim: Joshua Van (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Rei Tsuruya (125 1/2 lbs) Flyweight
Brunno Ferreira (186 lbs) vs. Armen Petrosyan (186 lbs) Middleweight
Alex Morono (171 lbs) vs. Carlos Leal (169 lbs) Welterweight
Early Prelims: (6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT, ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass)
Featured Early Prelim: Mairon Santos (144 1/2 lbs) vs. Francis Marshall (146 lbs) Featherweight
Co-Featured Prelim: Chris Gutierrez (144 1/2 lbs) vs. John Castaneda (145 lbs) Featherweight
Djorden Santos (185 1/2 lbs) vs. Ozzy Diaz (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight
