UFC 291 Weigh-In Results: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2
The BMF Championship is back and two of the baddest lightweights in the world will go to war to claim it!
A pair of former Interim UFC Lightweight Champions will throw down when Dustin Poirier meets Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC 291.
Fightful has you covered on if the two men atop the marquee as well as the other 22 fighters on the card made weight.
Main Card (PPV, 10:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. PDT)
- (#2) Dustin Poirier (155) vs. (#3) Justin Gaethje (156) — BMF Championship
- (#3) Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. (#2 MW) Alex Pereira (205.5)
- (#7) Stephen Thompson (170.5) vs. (#15) Michel Pereira (174)***
- Tony Ferguson (155) vs. Bobby Green (155.5)
- (#12) Michael Chiesa (170) vs. Kevin Holland (169.5)
Prelims (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+, 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT)
- Gabriel Bonfim (170) vs. Trevin Giles (170)
- (#11) Derrick Lewis (263.5) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (262)
- Roman Kopylov (185) vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185.5)
- Jake Matthews (170) vs. Miguel Baeza (170.5)
Early Prelims (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 PDT)
- CJ Vergara (125) vs. Vinicius Salvador (128.5)***
- Matthew Semelsberger (169.5) vs. Uros Medic (170.5)
- Miranda Maverick (125.5) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (125)
***Vinicius Salvador weighed-in above the flyweight limit of 126lbs. His fight against CJ Vergara will proceed as scheduled. Salvador will forfeit 20% of his purse to Vergara.***
***Michel Pereira weighed-in above the welterweight limit of 171lbs. His fight against Stephen Thompson has been CANCELED.***
Fightful will have complete coverage of UFC 291 beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT on Saturday, July 29.
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