UFC 253 weigh-in results: Adesanya, Costa cleared for title fight

Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa made weight Friday morning ahead of their middleweight title fight in the UFC 253 main event Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The champion came in at 184 pounds, while the challenger tipped the scale at 185 pounds.

Light heavyweight contenders Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz, who will meet for the vacant title in the co-headliner, were also on the mark. Both fighters weighed in at 205 pounds.

Here are the UFC 253 weigh-in results:

Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Israel Adesanya (184) vs. Paulo Costa (185)
Dominick Reyes (205) vs. Jan Blachowicz (205)
Kai Kara-France (126) vs. Brandon Royval (126)
Ketlen Vieira (136) vs. Sijara Eubanks (136)
Hakeem Dawodu (145) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (150)*

Preliminary card (ESPN at 8 p.m. ET)

Brad Riddell (156) vs. Alex da Silva (156)
Diego Sanchez (170) vs. Jake Matthews (170)
Shane Young (146) vs. Ludovit Klein (150)*
William Knight (205) vs. Aleksa Camur (206)

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Juan Espino (255) vs. Jeff Hughes (258)
Khadis Ibragimov (206) vs. Danilo Marques (206)

*missed featherweight limit by four pounds