Colby Covington, UFC Tampa ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press
UFC Tampa is official.
On Friday, all fighters made weight for the ultimate UFC card of 2024. It’s a makeshift, modified primary occasion closing the present, with Colby Covington stepping in to switch Ian Machado Garry towards Joaquin Buckley. That, after Garry was shifted to final week’s UFC 310 towards Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Covington has not fought in a yr, and has fought simply as soon as per calendar yr for 5 years working, going 2-3 in that stretch, and 0-3 in title fights. But he stays a reputation within the division, a former interim welterweight champ who’s completely happy to speak trash to promote a combat.
As for Buckley, “Newmansa” has accomplished nothing however win since dropping right down to welterweight. 5 straight wins have earned him his first UFC primary occasion, and whereas it’s not at dwelling in St. Louis, it’s a primary occasion in sunny Tampa with the possibility for a giant Christmas current ought to he pull off the win.
Verify under for photograph and video highlights from Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in, plus official weigh-in outcomes!
UFC Tampa: Covington vs. Buckley Weigh-In Outcomes
Primary card
Welterweight: Colby Covington (171) vs. Joaquin Buckley (171)Featherweight: Cub Swanson (146) vs. Billy Quarantillo (146)Flyweight: Manel Kape (125) vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva (126)Gentle Heavyweight: Vitor Petrino (204.5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (205.5)Bantamweight: Adrian Yañez (136) vs. Daniel Marcos (136)Gentle Heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (206) vs. Tuco Tokkos (206)
Preliminary card
Light-weight: Michael Johnson (156) vs. Ottman Azaitar (156)Light-weight: Joel Álvarez (156) vs. Drakkar Klose (156)Featherweight: Sean Woodson (145.5) vs. Fernando Padilla (145.5)Featherweight: Miles Johns (146) vs. Felipe Lima (146)Girls’s Flyweight: Miranda Maverick (126) vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth (126)Bantamweight: Davey Grant (136) vs. Ramon Taveras (136)Girls’s Strawweight: Josefine Lindgren Knutsson (116) vs. Piera Rodriguez (116)
Ceremonial Weigh-In Highlights
