UFC 278 Weigh Ins

The UFC 278 weigh ins are scheduled to take place today Friday August 19, 2022 live from the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, UT. The main event takes place at 9:00 PM CDT on pay-per-view. The early prelims kick off at 5:00 PM CDT on UFC Fight Pass.

The main event is pound for pound UFC top ranked Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards 2 for the welterweight title. Usman and Edwards met previously at UFC Fight Night in 2015 when that fight went to a decision for Usman. Usman has since went on to defeat every opponent he has come across and earned his status as the pound for pound king and heavily favored defending champion.

The co-main event features Paulo Costa against Luke Rockhold in a middleweight fight. Costa is currently ranked as the #6 middleweight in the UFC having suffered two back to back losses, albeit one to the middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Rockhold has not fought since 2019 and comes off two knockout losses against Blachowicz and Romero. Each fighter has a lot at stake in this one.

Here’s the ceremonial UFC 278 weigh ins, courtesy of the UFC. below that are the remaining matchups which will be updated as the weigh ins proceed.

UFC 278 Weigh Ins

Main Card (airing at 9:00 PM CDT on PPV)

Kamaru Usman #c (20-1-0), (-360), (170lbs) vs Leon Edwards #2 (19-3-0, 1NC), (+295), (170lbs) – welterweight title bout

Paulo Costa #6 (13-2-0), (-360), (185.5lbs) vs Luke Rockhold (16-5-0), (+295), (185.5lbs) – middleweight bout

Jose Aldo #3 (31-7-0), (+110), (136lbs) vs Merab Dvalishvili #6 (14-4-0), (-130), (136lbs) bantamweight bout

Wu Yanan (12-5-0), (+100), (136lbs) vs Lucie Pudilova (8-6-0), (-120), (135.5lbs) – women’s bantamweight bout

Tyson Pedro (8-3-0), (-730), (205.5lbs) vs Harry Hunsucker (7-5-0), (+530), (204.5lbs) – light heavyweight bout

Prelims (airing on ABC, ESPN & ESPN + at 7:00 PM CDT)

Marcin Tybura #11 (22-7-0), (+330), (252.5lbs) vs Alexandr Romanov #13 (16-0-0), (-410), (239.5lbs) – heavyweight bout

Leonardo Santos (18-6-1), (+225), (156lbs) vs Jared Gordon (18-5-0), (-265), (155.5lbs) – lightweight bout

Sean Woodson (9-1-0), (-340), (146lbs) vs Luis Saldana (16-7-0), (+280), (145.5lbs) – featherweight bout

Early Prelims (airing on UFC Fight Pass at 5:00 PM CDT)

AJ Fletcher (9-1-0), (-165), (170.5lbs) vs Ange Loosa (8-3-0), (+140), (170.5lbs) – welterweight bout

Amir Albazi #11 (14-1-0), (-435), (126lbs) vs Francisco Figueiredo (13-4-1, 1NC), (+350), (125.5lbs) -flyweight bout

Aoriqileng (23-11-0), (-140), (136lbs) vs Jay Perrin (10-5-0), (+120), (136lbs) – flyweight bout

Daniel Da Silva (11-3-0), (+140), (126lbs) vs Victor Altamirano (1-1-0), (-165), (125lbs) – flyweight bout

That sums it up for the UFC 278 weigh ins. We will be updating the odds and revisions to the bouts as the UFC releases them. For all of our latest UFC News articles, results and more check the link.

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