UFC Mexico is almost here. On Saturday night, Arena CDMX in Mexico City will serve as the host venue for the final UFC Fight Night of the month of March.
Inside the United States, live coverage of this card will be seen on ESPN+ from start to finish beginning with the prelims at 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT. Main card action follows at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT on the subscription-based streaming platform.
If you wish to screen UFC Mexico on linear television tomorrow evening, you’re in luck. ESPN2 will air the event in its entirety at 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT this Saturday. Friday morning, the official weigh-ins for this weekend’s card took place.
UFC Mexico Main Event Cleared for Takeoff After Weigh-In
The main event of the evening tomorrow night sees No. 2 contender Brandon Moreno (22-8-2 MMA, 10-5-2 UFC) squaring off against No. 8 contender Steve Erceg (12-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at flyweight. Both Moreno and Erceg weighed-in on-target for the headliner at 125 lbs.
This main event will be an advertised maximum of five rounds at five minutes apiece to close out the night’s activities.
Co-Main Event Also Locked In for Saturday Night After Official Weigh-Ins Friday
Your co-main event of the evening at UFC Mexico is a lightweight affair between Manuel Torres (15-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Drew Dober (27-14, 1 NC MMA, 13-10, 1 NC UFC). That fight will go ahead as scheduled after Torres clocked in at 156 lbs, with Dober coming in at 155 lbs.
Ronaldo Rodriguez Misses Weight Ahead of UFC Mexico
The official weigh-ins for Saturday’s card were not without incident, however. Tomorrow’s main card opener at just past 7 pm ET pits Ronaldo Rodriguez (17-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) against Kevin Borjas (9-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in what was planned to be a flyweight fight.
The former exceeded the flyweight nontitle maximum at 127 lbs at the Friday morning weigh-in. As a result, Rodriguez will cede 20 percent of his pay for tomorrow’s bout, with the contest now taking place at a 127-lb catchweight. Borjas successfully tipped the scales at 125 lbs.
Austin Hubbard Initially Misses Weight, Comes In On-Target at Second Time of Asking
Austin Hubbard (16-8 MMA, 4-6 UFC) will open the card as a whole tomorrow when he meets up with MarQuel Mederos (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a lightweight affair. Medeiros came in at 156 without any problems, but Hubbard encountered a slight hiccup at the scales on his first effort this morning.
During Hubbard’s initial attempt at the scale, he exceeded the lightweight nontitle maximum at 157 lbs. Hubbard, however, pleaded with the athletic commission, mentioning that he clocked in at 155 lbs upon weighing in offstage with a different scale.
UFC Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner, intervened, asking for the offstage scale to be brought in. Ultimately, everything came out in the wash after Hubbard’s second try resulted in a weight of 156 lbs.
UFC Mexico Weigh-In Results
Main Card: (Tomorrow, 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT, ESPN+ & ESPN2)
UFC Mexico Main Event: Brandon Moreno (125 lbs) vs. Steve Erceg (125 lbs) Flyweight
UFC Mexico Co-Main Event: Manuel Torres (156 lbs) vs. Drew Dober (155 lbs) Lightweight
Kelvin Gastelum (186 lbs) vs. Joe Pyfer (185 lbs) Middleweight
Raul Rosas Jr. (135 lbs) vs. Vince Morales (136 lbs) Bantamweight
David Martinez (135 lbs) vs. Saimon Oliveira (135 lbs) Bantamweight
Ronaldo Rodriguez (127 lbs) vs. Kevin Borjas (125 lbs) Catchweight: 127 lbs- Rodriguez missed weight and loses 20 percent of his pay.
Prelims: (Tomorrow, 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT, ESPN+ & ESPN2)
UFC Mexico Featured Prelim: Edgar Chairez (126 lbs) vs. CJ Vergara (126 lbs) Flyweight
UFC Mexico Co-Featured Prelim: Jose Daniel Medina (186 lbs) vs. Ateba Gautier (186 lbs) Middleweight
Christian Rodriguez (146 lbs) vs. Melquizael Costa (145 lbs)
Loopy Godinez (116 lbs) vs. Julia Polastri (116 lbs) Strawweight
Rafa Garcia (155 lbs) vs. Vinc Pichel (156 lbs) Lightweight
Jamall Emmers (145 lbs) vs. Gabriel Miranda (145 lbs) Featherweight
MarQuel Medeiros (156 lbs) vs. Austin Hubbard (156 lbs) Lightweight
