The UFC 235 weigh-ins took place Friday morning in Las Vegas with the results listed below:
Main card
- Jon Jones (205) vs. Anthony Smith (204.5) – UFC light heavyweight title
- Tyron Woodley (170) vs. Kamaru Usman (169) – UFC welterweight title
- Ben Askren (170.5) vs. Robbie Lawler (170)
- Tecia Torres (115) vs. Weili Zhang (116)
- Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Pedro Munhoz (136)
Preliminary card
- Zabit Magomedsharipov (146) vs. Jeremy Stephens (146)
- Misha Cirkunov (206) vs. Johnny Walker (205.5)
- Cody Stamann (135.5) vs. Alejandro Perez (136)
- Mickey Gall (170.5) vs. Diego Sanchez (170)
- Edmen Shahbazyan (184.5) vs. Charles Byrd (185)
- Macy Chiasson (136) vs. Gina Mazany (135.5)
- Polyana Viana (115.5) vs. Hannah Cifers (114)
ONE Championship announced the signing of former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort on Thursday and held a press conference in Las Vegas. Belfot will continue his career with ONE and was even name dropping Roy Jones Jr. as a name he would like to compete against eventually. Belfort last fought in May 2018 where he was knocked out from a front kick from Lyoto Machida in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at UFC 224.
Paige VanZant wrote that she broke her right arm and posted an image of the arm on her Instagram account. VanZant is coming off a submission victory over Rachael Ostovich in January and there has been no announcement on how long VanZant will be sidelined following this injury.
The UFC has announced a partnership with BBC that will include live commentary of at least four UFC cards in 2019 on BBC Sport Online and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. The deal will begin with the broadcast of Saturday’s UFC 235 card.
Michael Bisping is appearing in Toronto on Sunday, March 10th at The Great Hall. Bisping will be interviewed on stage by Luis Gomez, who is Bisping’s co-host on the “Believe You Me” podcast.