All 22 competitors successfully made weight for UFC 170, which included Australian TUF Smashes winner Robert Whittaker (pictured). The weigh-ins took place at the Mandalay Bay Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, which will also be the venue for the event.
The event will be headlined by UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey (8-0, UFC 2-0) who is making a quick return to the Octagon after last fighting back at UFC 168 in December.
Rousey will face fellow undefeated fighter Sara McMann (7-0, UFC 1-0). McMann is a freestyle wrestling silver medallist from the 2004 Athens Olympics while Rousey won a bronze medal in Judo at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It will be the first time that two Olympic medalist have clashed in the UFC.
Both fighters weighed in at an even 135 pounds (61.2 kgs).
Daniel Cormier and new signed fighter Daniel Cummins both also came in at the same weight, weighing in at 205 lbs (92.9 kgs).
Australian fighter Robert Whittaker tipped the scale at 170 lbs (77.1 kgs) with his opponent Stephen Thompson weighing slightly heavier at 170.5 lbs (77.3 kgs).
The main card will be shown live to Australian viewers on Mainevent Pay-per-view starting at 2pm AEDT.
Weigh-In Results:
- Ronda Rousey (135 lbs/61.2 kgs) vs Sara McMann (135 lbs/61.2 kgs) – UFC women’s bantamweight title
- Daniel Cormier (205 lbs/92.9 kgs) vs Patrick Cummins (205 lbs/92.9 kgs)
- Rory MacDonald (171 lbs/77.5 kgs) vs Demian Maia (170 lbs/77.1 kgs)
- Mike Pyle (171 lbs/77.5 kgs) vs TJ Waldburger (171 lbs/77.5 kgs)
- Robert Whittaker (170 lbs/77.1 kgs) vs Stephen Thompson (170.5 lbs/77.3 kgs)
- Alexis Davis (135 lbs/61.2 kgs) vs Jessica Eye (136 lbs/61.6 kgs)
- Raphael Assuncao (136 lbs/61.6 kgs) vs Pedro Munhoz (135 lbs/61.2 kgs)
- Cody Gibson (135.5 lbs/61.4 kgs) vs Aljamain Sterling (135.5 lbs/61.4 kgs)
- Zach Makovsky (125 lbs/56.6 kgs) vs Josh Sampo (126 lbs/57.1 kgs)
- Rafaello Oliveira (155 lbs/70.3 kgs) vs Erik Koch (155 lbs/70.3 kgs)
- Ernest Chavez (156 lbs/70.7 kgs) vs Yosdenis Cedeno (155.5 lbs/70.5 kgs)
