UFC 285 weigh-in results: Jones heavier than Gane; Neal 4 pounds over
Jon Jones weighed in for the first time as a heavyweight Friday, tipping the scale for the UFC 285 main event at 248 pounds.
His opponent, Ciryl Gane, came in at 247.5 pounds ahead of their highly anticipated vacant heavyweight title fight, which headlines Saturday's pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.
Women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso were also on the mark ahead of the co-main event. Both hit 124.5 pounds.
Sergei Pavlovich weighed in as the backup fighter for Jones-Gane, making the heavyweight limit at 259 pounds.
Geoff Neal was one of two fighters who missed weight. He came in at 175 pounds, 4 pounds over the welterweight limit, for his main-card bout against Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Here are the full UFC 285 weigh-in results:
Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
- Jon Jones (248) vs. Ciryl Gane (247.5)
- Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) vs. Alexa Grasso (124.5)
- Geoff Neal (175)* vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (171)
- Mateusz Gamrot (156) vs. Jalin Turner (155.5)
- Bo Nickal (185.5) vs. Jamie Pickett (186)
Preliminary card (ESPN at 8 p.m. ET)
- Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Trevin Jones (135)
- Derek Brunson (185.5) vs. Dricus Du Plessis (185)
- Viviane Araujo (126) vs. Amanda Ribas (126)
- Julian Marquez (186) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (185)
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Ian Machado Garry (171) vs. Song Kenan (171)
- Mana Martinez (137)** vs. Cameron Saaiman (135)
- Jessica Penne (116) vs. Tabatha Ricci (115.5)
- Da'Mon Blackshear (136) vs. Farid Basharat (136)
- Esteban Ribovics (156) vs. Loik Radzhabov (155.5)
*Misses welterweight limit by 4 pounds, forfeits 30% of purse
**Misses bantamweight limit by 1 pound, forfeits 30% of purse
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