UFC Kansas City is almost here. Friday morning, the final pre-fight exercises took place ahead of the Saturday night show with the official weigh-in window in Kansas City, MO. Live coverage of tomorrow night’s show begins with the prelims at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT from the T-Mobile Center. Inside the United States, the undercard will be seen on ESPN+.
Main card fights follow on ESPN2 at 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT. ESPN proper will be airing the UFL game between the Michigan Panthers and St. Louis BattleHawks from The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, MO.
UFC Kansas City Main Event Good to Go After Official Weigh-Ins Friday
All told, barring any last-minute cancellations or postponements ahead of the show, tomorrow’s event features 14 fights on the schedule. The main event of the evening is locked in with today’s weigh-ins.
No. 7 contender Ian Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and No. 13 contender Carlos Prates (21-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC) each came in on-target at the welterweight nontitle maximum of 171 lbs.
UFC Kansas City Co-Main Event Also Confirmed to Be Going Ahead
The co-main event of the evening will also proceed as scheduled. No. 15 light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith (38-21 MMA, will be making his retirement appearance after clocking in at the nontitle maximum of 206 versus Mingyang Zhang (18-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who also weighed-in on-target at 206 lbs.
Chikadze Lone Miss of Day at UFC Kansas City Weigh-Ins
There was but a single weight miss on the scales this morning, but it wasn’t by much. Giga Chikadze (15-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) exceeded the nontitle maximum at featherweight by weighing-in at 147 lbs. His adversary tomorrow night, David Onama (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) made weight at 146 lbs without issue today.
UFC Kansas City Weigh-In Results:
Main Card: (Tomorrow, 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT, ESPN2 & ESPN+)
Main Event: No. 7 contender Ian Machado Garry (171 lbs) vs. No. 13 contender Carlos Prates (171 lbs) Welterweight
Co-Main Event: No. 15 contender Anthony Smith (206 lbs) vs. Mingyang Zhang (206 lbs) Light Heavyweight
Giga Chikadze (147 lbs) vs. David Onama (146 lbs) Featherweight- Chikadze missed weight
Michel Pereira (186 lbs) vs. Abus Magomedov (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight
Randy Brown (171 lbs) vs. Nicolas Dalby (171 lbs) Welterweight
Ikram Aliskerov (185 1/2 lbs) vs. Andre Muniz (185 1/2 lbs) Middleweight
Prelims: (Tomorrow, 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT, ESPN+)
Featured Prelim: Matt Schnell (126 lbs) vs. Jimmy Flick (126 lbs) Flyweight
Co-Featured Prelim: Evan Elder (156 lbs) vs. Gauge Young (156 lbs) Lightweight
Chris Gutierrez (146 lbs) vs. John Castaneda (146 lbs) Featherweight
Da’Mon Blackshear (135 1/2 lbs) vs. Alatengheli (136 lbs) Bantamweight
Malcolm Wellmaker (135 lbs) vs. Cameron Saaiman (135 lbs) Bantamweight
Jaqueline Amorim (116 lbs) vs. Polyana Viana (116 lbs) Strawweight
Timmy Cuamba (146 lbs) vs. Roberto Romero (145 lbs) Featherweight
Chelsea Chandler (134 lbs) vs. Joselyne Edwards (136 lbs) Women’s Bantamweight
