UFC on ESPN 9 weigh-in results and video: Woodley and Burns make weight, Weaver misses
by Tim BissellSaturday night sees the UFC move the action to its Vegas-based facility known as the Apex. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event — which has Tyron Woodley vs. Gilbert Burns as the headliner — will be held without fans in attendance.
There’s not a lot of star-power on the remainder of the card. The co-main event is Blagoy Ivanov vs. Augusto Sakai. Outside of the main and co-main fights, there’s only three ranked fighters on the card (Tim Elliott, Katlyn Chookagian and Antonina Shevchenko).
The official weigh-ins for the event begin at 12PM ET. Video of those weigh-ins is provided by our friends at MMA Fighting. See that below:
Due to COVID-19 there will be no ceremonial weigh-ins for this event.
Check out the full weigh-in results below:
Main card (ESPN/ESPN+, 9PM ET)
Welterweight: Tyron Woodley (170.5 lbs) vs. Gilbert Burns (170.5 lbs)
Heavyweight: Blagoy Ivanov (255.5 lbs) vs. Augusto Sakai (259.5 lbs)
Welterweight: Gabriel Green (170.5 lbs) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (170 lbs)
Lightweight: Roosevelt Roberts (156 lbs) vs. Brok Weaver (157.5 lbs)*
Strawweight: Hannah Cifers (115.5 lbs) vs. Mackenzie Dern (115.5 lbs)
Preliminary card (ESPN, ESPN+, 6PM ET)
Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian (126 lbs) vs. Antonina Shevchenko (125.5 lbs)
Catchweight (150 lbs): Spike Carlyle (150 lbs) vs. Billy Quarantillo (149.5 lbs)
Light heavyweight: Klidson Abreu (206 lbs) vs. Jamahal Hill (205.5 lbs)
Flyweight: Tim Elliott (126 lbs) vs. Brandon Royval (125.5 lbs)
Bantamweight: Casey Kenney (136 lbs) vs. Louis Smolka (136 lbs)
Featherweight: Chris Gutierrez (145.5 lbs) vs. Vince Morales (145.5 lbs)
*Brok Weaver missed weight and has been fined 20% of his purse.