The entire UFC 300 card is official.
Every fighter on the card successfully made weight, including Kayla Harrison. The former Olympic gold medalist and Professional Fighters League champion appeared to show the most wear from the weight cut, but she made it, and that’s quite the accomplishment.
Here is a look at all the weigh-in results.
MAIN CARD
- Main Event – Light Heavyweight Title Bout: Alex Pereira (205) vs Jamahal Hill (205)
- Co-Main Event – Women’s Strawweight Title Bout: Zhang Weili (115) vs Yan Xiaonan (115)
- BMF Title – Lightweight Bout: Justin Gaethje (156) vs Max Holloway (156)
- Lightweight Bout: Charles Oliveira (156) vs Arman Tsarukyan (156)
- Middleweight Bout: Bo Nickal (186) vs Cody Brundage (186)
PRELIMS
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Jiří Procházka (206) vs Aleksandar Rakic (206)
- Featherweight Bout: Calvin Kattar (145.5) vs Aljamain Sterling (146)
- Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Holly Holm (136) vs Kayla Harrison (136)
- Featherweight Bout: Sodiq Yusuff (146) vs Diego Lopes (146)
EARLY PRELIMS
- Lightweight Bout: Jalin Turner (155.5) vs Renato Moicano (156)
- Women’s Strawweight Bout: Jéssica Andrade (116) vs Marina Rodriguez (116)
- Lightweight Bout: Bobby Green (156) vs Jim Miller (155.5)
- Bantamweight Bout: Deiveson Figueiredo (135.5) vs Cody Garbrandt (136)
During the UFC’s official weigh-in show, former middleweight champion and panelist Chris Weidman called Harrison’s weigh-in the most anticipated fighter on the card.
Looking depleted but determined, Harrison walked up to the scale, successfully weighed in, pointed to the sky to acknowledge God, and flexed her biceps as the official on-weight result of 136 pounds was read.
Predictably, there was a noteworthy social media response to Harrison’s successful weight cut. MMA Fighting’s Shaheen Al-Shatti was among the first to post the images of Harrison’s triumph.
MMA podcaster Luke Thomas asked his followers how much they believed Harrison’s weight cut would affect her on Saturday night when she faced former world champion Holly Holm.
MMA On Point detailed Harrison’s unreal history of weight requirements dating from her time as an Olympian in judo to her time as a lightweight and featherweight with the PFL.
Ben Fowlkes of the Co-Main Event podcast pointed out the obvious when he acknowledged Harrison’s apparent struggle to lose 136 pounds.
MMA social media personality Feldman posted a video of Harrison speaking with the MMA Show’s Ariel Helwani in 2016.
During the interview, Harrison said competing at 135 was “out for sure” years ago, claiming she’d “have to cut off both of her legs to make bantamweight.” Feldman’s post has a ‘look at her now’ feel.
Finally, Delinquent MMA posted a side-by-side photo of Harrison weighing in on Friday for her UFC debut compared to a weigh-in photo from her days with the PFL.
There is no question Harrison’s successful weight cut took the sort of determination that few people on the planet would possess.
Here’s to hoping she can safely compete and that if she elects to stay at bantamweight, she can find a way to make the process less grueling each time. UFC 300 takes place on Saturday, April 13, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The early prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET. The middle prelims, when Harrison takes on Holm, kick off at 8 p.m. ET. The main card starts at 10 p.m. ET.
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