UFC 316 is almost here. Tomorrow evening, Prudential Center serves as the host venue for the final premium live event of the spring season. Live coverage of the card begins Saturday night with the early prelims at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT on ESPN+ (United States only) and UFC Fight Pass (worldwide.)
Late prelims follow at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN via linear television and ESPN+ on streaming media. Your evening’s schedule concludes with the five-fight main card at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on ESPN+ pay-per-view. If, by chance, you’re reading this from Canada, UFC 316 will be shown via Sportsnet on Saturday night.
Friday morning, the official weigh-in window for the show took place, less than 24 hours removed from a final press conference. Thankfully, the weigh-ins went according to plan, largely, earlier today.
UFC 316 Prelim Fighter Exceeds Nontitle Maximum in Official Weigh-In Window
There was one miss on the scales today at the weigh-ins, and it was a hefty miss on the scales. While Wang Cong came in on-weight at 125 lbs, her adversary in tomorrow night’s featured early prelim, Ariane da Silva, weighed-in at 132 lbs, a full 6 lbs over the nontitle maximum of 126.
As of early Friday afternoon, the featured early prelim of the show will still proceed on-schedule at catchweight. da Silva will cede 30 percent of her wages for the fight to Wang as a result.
UFC 316 Title Fights Locked In After Official Weigh-Ins Friday
Saturday night’s card is to be headlined by a championship doubleheader. Both of those fights will proceed this weekend without incident on the scales. Your co-main event of the evening is now official after both Julianna Pena and Kayla Harrison came in on-target at 135 lbs for their women’s bantamweight championship contest.
The UFC 316 main event features a rematch for the UFC Bantamweight Championship. Merab Dvalishvili (134 lbs) and Sean O’Malley (135 lbs) each came in below or at the championship maximum today.
UFC 316 Weigh-In Results:
UFC 316 Main Card: (Tomorrow, 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN+ pay-per-view- United States of America only)
UFC 316 Main Event: Merab Dvalishvili (134 lbs) vs. Sean O’Malley (135 lbs) UFC Bantamweight Championship.
UFC 316 Co-Main Event: Julianna Pena (135 lbs) vs. Kayla Harrison (135 lbs) UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship.
Kelvin Gastelum (186 lbs) vs. Joe Pyfer (185 lbs) Middleweight
Mario Bautista (135 lbs) vs. Patch Mix (135 lbs- UFC promotional debut) Bantamweight
Vicente Luque (170 lbs) vs. Kevin Holland (170 lbs) Welterweight
Late Prelims: (Tomorrow, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, ESPN & ESPN+)
UFC 316 Featured Prelim: Bruno Silva (125 lbs) vs. Joshua Van (125 lbs) Flyweight
UFC 316 Co-Featured Prelim: Azamat Murzakanov (205 lbs) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205 lbs) Light Heavyweight
Serghei Spivac (251 lbs) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (265 lbs) Heavyweight
Khaos Williams (170 lbs) vs. Andreas Gustafsson (170 lbs) Welterweight
UFC 316 Early Prelims: (Tomorrow, 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT, ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass)
UFC 316 Featured Early Prelim: Ariane da Silva (132 lbs) vs. Wang Cong (125 lbs) Women’s Flyweight- fight will occur at catchweight. Ariane da Silva surrenders 30 percent of pay to Wang Cong for weight miss.
Co-Featured Early Prelim: Jeka Saragih (145 lbs) vs. JooSang Yoo (145 lbs) Featherweight
Quillan Salkilld (155 lbs) vs. Yanal Ashmouz (155 lbs) Lightweight
MarQuel Mederos (155 lbs) vs. Mark Choinski (155 lbs) Lightweight
