Tony Ferguson

Leading up to UFC 249, there was some talk about whether the fighters would have issues making weight, due to the impacts the coronavirus pandemic has had on their training camps.

But, all of the fighters have hit the scale in Jacksonville, Florida, and only Jeremy Stephens came in heavy for his tilt.

Tony Ferguson

The title fights are official

UFC 249 will be headlined by a lightweight contest between Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson, which will award the winner an interim title. Both fighters came in at the required 155 pounds for the contest.

In the co-main event, former bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz will challenge current champ, Henry Cejudo. The fighters both weighed in at 135 pounds.

UFC 249 weigh-in results

Here are the complete weigh-in results for Saturday’s event.

Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Tony Ferguson (155) vs. Justin Gaethje (155)
Henry Cejudo (135) vs. Dominick Cruz (135) 
Francis Ngannou (261.5) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (260)
Calvin Kattar (146) vs. Jeremy Stephens (150.5*)
Yorgan De Castro (262) vs. Greg Hardy (265.5)

Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Donald Cerrone (171) vs. Anthony Pettis (170.5)
Aleksei Oleinik (227.5) vs. Fabricio Werdum (243)
Carla Esparza (115.5) vs. Michelle Waterson (115)
Uriah Hall (186) vs. Ronaldo Souza (186)
Vicente Luque (170) vs. Niko Price (170.5)
Bryce Mitchell (145.5) vs. Charles Rosa (146)
Sam Alvey (205) vs. Ryan Spann ()

*fighter missed weight and will be fined an undisclosed percentage of their fight purse.

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