UFC 325 official fighter weigh-ins took place Thursday evening (Friday afternoon local), and only one fighter missed the mark, leading to a cancellation.
In the main event of the card taking place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (Paramount+), Alexander Volkanovski (27-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) rematches Diego Lopes (27-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC) with the featherweight title on the line. Lopes was first to the scale, hitting championship weight. Volkanovski was right behind him, also hitting the championship mark at 145 pounds.
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Aaron Tau was the lone fighter to come in heavy for his Road to UFC flyweight bout, weighing 129 pounds. Tau was four pounds heavy, and the fight against Namsrai Batbayar was scrapped.
The early weigh-ins took place at the fighter hotel in Sydney, and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 3:30 a.m. ET Friday.
Complete UFC 325 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)
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Alexander Volkanovski (145) vs. Diego Lopes (145) – for featherweight title
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Dan Hooker (155) vs. Benoit Saint Denis (155.75)
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Rafael Fiziev (155.5) vs. Mauricio Ruffy (155.25)
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Tallison Teixeira (259) vs. Tai Tuivasa (265.5)
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Jamie Mullarkey (155.5) vs. Quillan Salkilld (155.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)
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Billy Elekana (204) vs. Junior Tafa (205.25)
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Cody Brundage (184.75) vs. Cam Rowston (184.5)
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Torrez Finney (185.75) vs. Jacob Malkoun (185.75)
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Oban Elliott (169.75) vs. Jonathan Micallef (170.25)
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Kaan Ofli (145.25) vs. Yi Zha (145.5)
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Dom Mar Fan (154.75) vs. Sung Wook Kim (155.75) – Road to UFC lightweight final
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Keiichiro Nakamura (145.25) vs. Sebastian Szalay (145.75) – Road to UFC featherweight final
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Lawrence Lui (135.25) vs. Sulang Rangbo (135.75) – Road to UFC bantamweight final
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Namsrai Batbayar (126) vs. Aaron Tau (129*) – Road to UFC flyweight final
*Aaron Tau missed weight by four pounds. Per the UFC “Weigh-in Show,” UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard announced the fight has been canceled.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 325: Lone miss at official weigh-ins leads to bout cancellation
