UFC Qatar is almost here. Ahead of Saturday morning and afternoon’s card in Doha, the final hurdle between the fighters and the contests themselves took place earlier this morning in the form of the official weigh-in window.
Live coverage of tomorrow’s card begins at 10 am ET/ 7 am PT on ESPN+ inside the United States with the prelims. Main card action caps off the day at 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT. All told, tomorrow’s schedule of 14 fights will go on as planned after a successful weigh-in window today.
UFC Qatar Main and Co-Main Events Locked in After Weigh-Ins Friday Morning
All contestants appearing on the card made their contracted weight without issue earlier this morning. The headlining bout at lightweight will pit No. 1 contender Arman Tsarukyan (156 lbs) against No. 6 contender Dan Hooker (155 1/2 lbs.) This fight will be a maximum five rounds at five minutes per round to close out the show.
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Your co-main event will be another cracking affair, this one in the welterweight division. No. 2 contender Belal Muhammad (171 lbs) battles No. 6 contender Ian Machado Garry (170 lbs.) It’ll be a three-round fight at five minutes apiece.
Short-Notice No Problem for UFC Qatar’s Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Also on Saturday night’s main card is a late change in the heavyweight division. No. 6 contender Waldo Cortes-Acosta (265 lbs) took an 18-hour flight to Qatar for the event and made championship weight for his contest versus No. 7 contender Shamil Gaziev (262 lbs.)
This is Cortes-Acosta’s fifth fight of the year. Three weeks ago, he secured a stunning knockout finish over Ante Delija at the UFC Apex inside the opening round.
UFC Qatar Weigh-In Results:
Main Card: (Tomorrow, 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT, ESPN+- United States Only)
UFC Qatar Main Event: Arman Tsarukyan (156 lbs) vs. Dan Hooker (155 1/2 lbs) Lightweight
Co-Main Event: Belal Muhammad (171 lbs) vs. Ian Machado Garry (170 lbs) Welterweight
Volkan Oezdemir (206 lbs) vs. Alonzo Menifield (206 lbs) Light Heavyweight
Jack Hermansson (170 1/2 lbs) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (170 lbs) Welterweight
Shamil Gaziev (262 lbs) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (265 lbs) Heavyweight
Tagir Ulanbekov (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (125 1/2 lbs) Flyweight
Prelims: (Tomorrow, 10 am ET/ 7 am PT- ESPN+- United States Only)
Featured Prelim: Bogdan Grad (145 1/2 lbs) vs. Luke Riley (145 1/2 lbs) Featherweight
Co-Featured Prelim: Nicolas Dalby (170 1/2 lbs) vs. Saygid Izagakhmaev (170 lbs) Welterweight
Alex Perez (126 lbs) vs. Asu Almabayev (125 1/2 lbs) Flyweight
Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev (205 lbs) vs. Raffael Cerqueira (204 lbs) Light Heavyweight
Bekzat Almakhan (136 lbs) vs. Aleksandre Topuria (135 1/2 lbs) Bantamweight
Ismail Naurdiev (185 lbs) vs. Ryan Loder (186 lbs) Middleweight
Nurullo Aliev (155 lbs) vs. Shem Rock (156 lbs) Lightweight
Marek Bujilo (256 1/2 lbs) vs. Denzel Freeman (260 lbs) Heavyweight
