NEW YORK: Both championship fights headlining UFC 334 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night became official at Friday's weigh-ins, with all four title bout participants making weight without incident.
In the main event, heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane came in at 242.6 pounds while challenger Josh Hokit registered 231.4 pounds. Neither man was expected to have any trouble with the scale, and both finished comfortably under the heavyweight limit of 265 pounds.
The greater suspense surrounded the co-main event, where women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison faced the task of a dramatic cut down to 135 pounds for her meeting with former champion and challenger Amanda Nunes. Harrison hit the mark, weighing in at exactly 135 pounds for the fourth time in her career. Nunes matched that number with apparent ease and was all smiles on the scale.
The most significant problem of the day arose in a preliminary bout between veteran Jim Miller and Terrance McKinney. Miller, who is set to make a record 48th appearance on Saturday, had no issues coming in under the lightweight limit at 155.6 pounds. McKinney, however, weighed an astounding 160.2 pounds, missing the mark by 4.2 pounds. The fight will still proceed, with McKinney forfeiting 30% of his purse.
Elsewhere on the card, middleweights Caio Borralho (185.4) and Yousri Belgaroui (186) made weight, as did welterweights Uros Medic (171) and Kevin Holland (170.4) and flyweights Bilal Hasan (125.4) and Luis Gurule (125.2).
Additional welterweight action sees Stephen Thompson (170.6) against Charles Radtke (170.8), while lightweights Chris Duncan and Drew Dober each checked in at 155.4 pounds. Donte Johnson (189) and Cesar Almeida (189.6) will meet at a 190-pound catchweight.
Rounding out the card, lightweights Melquizael Costa (155.4) face Jared Gordon (155.6), women's bantamweights Bia Mesquita (135.8) take on Macy Chiasson (134.8), Alatengheili (135.6) meets Juan Diaz at bantamweight, and lightweights Samuel Sanches (153.6) square off with Evan Elder (156).
With the championship bouts locked in, attention now turns to Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, where Gane defends his heavyweight crown against Hokit and Harrison puts her bantamweight title on the line against Nunes.
