UFC 224 official weigh-in results: Nunes, Pennington set; Mackenzie Dern seven pounds over

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RIO DE JANEIRO – MMAjunkie was on scene and reporting live from today’s early and official UFC 224 fighter weigh-ins, where all but one fighter on Saturday’s card hit their marks.

The main event women’s bantamweight title fight is set. Champion Amanda Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and heavy underdog challenger Raquel Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) each came in at 135 pounds for the headliner. Nunes is roughly a 10-1 favorite in the fight in her home country.

About 40 minutes into the two-hour weigh-ins window, Mackenzie Dern (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) stepped on the scale for her strawweight bout against Amanda Cooper (3-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on the main card. Dern, who has struggled to make 115 pounds in the past, came in closer to flyweight than strawweight at 123 pounds, seven pounds over the non-title limit for the weight class.

Cooper weighed in a half-hour later and was 116 pounds. Stay tuned to MMAjunkie for updates on whether or not the fight is still on.

In the co-feature, Kelvin Gastelum (14-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) was 185 pounds for his middleweight fight against Ronaldo Souza (25-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC), who was 186. A pair of Brazilian legends and former champions meet to open the main card. Vitor Belfort (26-13 MMA, 15-10 UFC) was 186 for his middleweight fight against Lyoto Machida (23-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC), who was 184.

The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Rio de Janeiro and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 4 p.m. ET at Jeunesse Arena in Rio. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 224 weigh-in results included:
  • Champ Amanda Nunes (135) vs. Raquel Pennington (135) – for women’s bantamweight title
  • Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs. Ronaldo Souza (186)
  • Amanda Cooper (116) vs. Mackenzie Dern (123)*
  • Brian Kelleher (136) vs. John Lineker (136)
  • Vitor Belfort (184) vs. Lyoto Machida (186)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET)
  • Cezar Ferreira (186) vs. Karl Roberson (185)
  • Junior Albini (266) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (235)
  • Nick Hein (155) vs. Davi Ramos (156)
  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Sean Strickland (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)
  • Sultan Aliev (171) vs. Warlley Alves (171)
  • Jack Hermansson (186) vs. Thales Leites (186)
  • Ramazan Emeev (171) vs. Alberto Mina (171)
  • James Bochnovic (186) vs. Markus Perez (186)
*Dern came in seven pounds over the strawweight limit.


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UFC 224 official weigh-in results: Nunes, Pennington set; Mackenzie Dern seven pounds over
 
Jehannum

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wow Albini came in right on the button, risky move! anyone know if he had to remove his diaper to make weight?
 
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I'm torn. On the one hand, missing weight by that much is unprofessional, and shouldn't be tolerated. On the other hand, losing that 7 might take away from..


which has me like...
 
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Jehannum said:
you said she was going to miss weight in her debut but she made weight

thought we'd forget about that huh
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Hahaha she almost did miss weight the first time. That plus her changing camps, plus saying she wanted to hang out at the beach more, plus having her flight delayed I was 100% convinced on this one.
 
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The Sound of Violence said:
Hahaha she almost did miss weight the first time. That plus her changing camps, plus saying she wanted to hang out at the beach more, plus having her flight delayed I was 100% convinced on this one.
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I know, I'm just busting your balls because I don't think anyone should be boasting about calling this. I give more credit to those who predicted she WOULD make weight for her UFC debut than those who predicted she'd miss it this time round :oops:
 
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Rambo John J said:
might be a few pounds in that diap
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exactly what I was thinking!

I take you to the pad soon
Went to mom's house and dropped a load in the bathroom
Jumped back in my low rider
Comin' out feelin' about ten pounds lighter

classic Ice Cube
 
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The funniest part of the this debacle is how after weighing in 8 pounds over she b lines straight to the UFC provided food table.

 
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Onetrickpony said:
The funniest part of the this debacle is how after weighing in 8 pounds over she b lines straight to the UFC provided food table.

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I wondered what she was doing over there, she looked a bit confused about whether to take something or not, given that she might still need to lose more weight before that 2 hour window closed.
 
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Jehannum said:
I wondered what she was doing over there, she looked a bit confused about whether to take something or not given that she might still need to lose more weight before that 2 hour window closed.
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She was likely confused about whether to take that food or hit the buffet in the hotel lobby.
 
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Jehannum said:
I wondered what she was doing over there, she looked a bit confused about whether to take something or not, given that she might still need to lose more weight before that 2 hour window closed.
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She still had more than an hour left before the weigh in deadline when she checked in at 123. She never planned on making the weight
 
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