UFC 293 Weigh-In Results: Adesanya and Strickland On Point, Young Misses Weight

Check out the official weigh-in results for UFC 293, where Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland successfully made weight for their middleweight title clash. However, Adesanya’s teammate Shane Young missed weight and will proceed with a catchweight bout.

Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland successfully made weight for their middleweight title clash at the UFC 293 weigh-ins. However, Adesanya’s teammate Shane Young missed weight and will proceed with a catchweight bout. Top-ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier also weighed in as a backup for the main event.

UFC 293 Weigh-In Results

Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland were on point for the UFC 293 main event, but one of Adesanya’s teammates wasn’t so lucky. At Friday’s official weigh-ins, Adesanya and Strickland successfully made weight for their middleweight title clash that headlines Saturday’s event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.

The champion Adesanya was the first fighter to step to the scale and he hit the mark at 184.8 pounds. Strickland showed up later in the proceedings and though he needed to strip down, he also successfully hit the championship bout limit at 184.9 pounds.

The lone miss of the official weigh-ins was Adesanya’s City Kickboxing teammate Shane Young, who was scheduled to fight Gabriel Miranda in a featherweight bout. Young weighed in at 149.75 pounds, 3.75 pounds over the limit for a non-title fight (including a one-pound allowance). The UFC later announced that Young vs. Miranda will proceed as a catchweight bout, with Young forfeiting 30 percent of his purse as a penalty.

Also of note, top-ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier weighed in as a backup for the main event. He successfully made weight at 184.85 pounds.

These weigh-in results set the stage for an exciting night of fights at UFC 293.

Stay tuned for more updates and live coverage of the event!