September 6, 2024 1: 00 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on-scene and reporting live from Friday’s authorities UFC Fight Night 242 (ESPN+) fighter weigh-ins at the UFC Apex.
Among those weighing in were previous welterweight title opposition Gilbert Burns (22-7 MMA, 15-7 UFC) and Sean Brady (16-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who fulfill in the primary occasion, and previous ladies’s strawweight champ Jessica Andrade (26-12 MMA, 17-10 UFC) and Natalia Silva (17-5-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who battle in the females’s flyweight co-feature.
The #UFCVegas97 primary occasion is OFFICIAL ⚖️
Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady haveactually made weight for Saturday’s five-round welterweight bout at the UFC Apex. pic.twitter.com/xlXqNcvuPk
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) September 6, 2024
The 4 popular names hit their marks, however 2 on the undercard came in heavy, consistingof one frightening weigh-in from prelim fighter Dylan Budka, who was 2.5 pounds over for his middleweight bout with Andre Petroski.
Dylan Budka appeared on the edge of collapse when he stepped on the scale 2.5 pounds heavy at #UFCVegas97 weigh-ins 😳 pic.twitter.com/y7pRDyj