Latest UFC 270 fight card after weigh-ins
The UFC 270 ceremonial weigh-in ceremony took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in California on Friday, a day before the first UFC pay-per-view of 2022.
Before the weigh-ins, there were five fights scheduled for the main card, four for the prelims and three for the early prelims. However, the featherweight bout between Ilia Topuria and Charles Jourdain had to be scrapped after the former had weight cutting issues.
The women's flyweight contest pitting Kay Hansen against Jasmine Jasudavicius was moved from the early slot to the preliminary card as a result.
See mixed martial arts journalist Marcel Dorff reveal the updated main and preliminary cards after the weigh-ins below:
#UFC270 update.
- Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Jourdain removed (first rep. @campos_gon) https://t.co/7B5aBaleUD
Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and interim titleholder Ciryl Gane will main event the PPV in a unification encounter at the Honda Center on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, UFC flyweight champ Brandon Moreno will make his first title defense against arch rival Deiveson Figueiredo in a trilogy outing, which will serve as the co-main event.
Ngannou, Gane, Moreno and Figueiredo took part in the official press conference at the same venue as the weigh-in a day earlier.
UFC 270 main card after Friday's ceremonial weigh-ins
Main event - Heavyweight: Francis Ngannou (c) vs. Ciryl Gane (ic)
Co-main event - Flyweight: Brandon Moreno (c) vs. Deveison Figueiredo
Watch Moreno and Figueiredo face off on Thursday night ahead of their historic third fight below:
rd time. Face-to-face for a 3锔忊儯rd time.
Moreno and Figueiredo close the chapter on their trilogy at #UFC270 https://t.co/j4jreR68Cs
Welterweight: Michel Pereira vs. Andre Fialho
Bantamweight: Cody Stamann vs. Said Nurmagomedov
Welterweight: Trevin Giles vs. Michael Morales.
UFC 270 preliminary card
Bantamweight: Raoni Barcelos vs. Victor Henry
Welterweight: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Pete Rodriguez
Here is MMA reporter Gonzalo Campos confirming Ilia Topuria's withdrawal from the PPV:
Ilia Topuria est谩 fuera de #UFC270 por parada m茅dica.
Le deseamos recuperaci贸n a Ilia. 脡l y su equipo ampliar谩n la informaci贸n cuando crean correcto.
#UFCEurosport https://t.co/rpSF7wGhae
Bantamweight: Tony Gravely vs. Saimon Oliveira
Women's Flyweight: Kay Hansen vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
UFC 270 early preliminary card
Lightweight: Matt Frevola vs. Genaro Valdez
Women's Strawweight: Silvana Gomez Juarez vs. Vanessa Demopoulos