UFC Shanghai: Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling weigh-in and faceoff
Brian Ortega and Aljamain Sterling face off at UFC Fight Night 257 weigh-ins after their bout was shifted to a 153-pound catchweight.
Official weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 257 took place Friday (late Thursday in North America), and you can get all the results here.
The weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Shanghai. The nearby Mercedes-Benz Arena hosts Saturday’s event (ESPN+).
Among those weighing in were Johnny Walker (21-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) and rising Chinese middleweight star Zhang Mingyang (19-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who will be fighting in front of his home fans in the main event.
The scheduled co-main event between former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega (16-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) meets ex-bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (24-5 MMA, 16-5 UFC) was shifted to a catchweight contest following a report that the bout had been canceled due to Ortega being allegedly hospitalized.
The full UFC Fight Night 257 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 6 a.m. ET)
- Johnny Walker (206) vs. Zhang Mingyang (205)
- Brian Ortega (153) vs. Aljamain Sterling (153)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262) vs. Sergei Pavlovich (255.5)
- Kevin Borjas (126) vs. Su Mudaerji (125.5)
- Kiefer Crosbie (170.5) vs. Taiyilake Nueraji (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 3 a.m. ET)
- Hayisaer Maheshate (155) vs. Gauge Young (155.5)
- Charles Johnson (126) vs. Lone’er Kavanagh (126)
- Austin Hubbard (155.5) vs. Rong Zhu (155.5)
- Kyle Daukaus (185) vs. Michel Pereira (186)
- Yi Zha (145) vs. Westin Wilson (146)
- Xiao Long (136) vs. SuYoung You (135.5)
- Diyar Nurgozhay (205.5) vs. Uran Satybaldiev (204)
