Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka are ready to go head to head again.
At the official UFC 303 weigh-ins on Friday morning, Pereira weighed in at 204.5 pounds for Saturday's main event, his light heavyweight title defense at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. His opponent, Jiri Prochazka, also made the scales at 204.5 pounds.
Check out the weigh-in highlights above.
The bout will be a rematch of Pereira's second-round knockout victory for the vacant light heavyweight belt at UFC 295 in November 2023. Pereira and Prochazka were expected to meet again after both men won at UFC 300, but the second bout was brought forward when they were asked to compete in the main event of UFC 303. The bout was announced after Conor McGregor pulled out of his originally scheduled main event against Michael Chandler due to injury.
Before the weigh-in began, it was announced that the featherweight co-main event bout between two-time title challengers Brian Ortega and Diego Lopez would be moved to a lightweight bout, with MMA Fighting's Mike Heck confirming from sources that it was Ortega who requested the change.
Lopez had already been in the process of losing weight to 145 pounds, but agreed to the new weight. According to Ariel Helwani, Lopez will be paid an undisclosed amount in compensation.
The only fighter not to win at the scale was featherweight Jean Silva, the Brazilian weighing in at 147.5 pounds, 1.5 pounds over the weight limit (including the 1-pound non-title allowance), while his opponent Charles Jourdan weighed in at 146 pounds.
UFC announced that the Jordaan-Silva fight will be held at a catchweight and that Silva will have to forfeit 20 percent of his prize money as a penalty.
Check out the official UFC 303 weigh-in results below.
Main Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Alex Pereira (204.5) vs. Jiri Prochazka (204.5)
Brian Ortega (155) vs. Diego Lopez (155) (changed to lightweight)
Mayra Bueno Silva (136) vs. Macy Chiasson (135.5)
Anthony Smith (206) vs. Roman Dolidze (205)
Ian Machado-Garry (170) vs. Michael Page (171)
Prelims card (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Charles Jourdan (146) vs. Jean Silva (147.5)*
Joe Peifer (185.5) vs. Marc-Andre Barrio (185)
Cub Swanson (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
Peyton Talbot (135.5) vs. Giannis Ghemmouri (136)
Early qualifying card (ESPN, ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Michelle Waterson-Gomez (115) vs. Gillian Robertson (116)
Andrei Arlovski (245) vs. Martin Budai (264.5)
Rei Tsuruta (125.5) vs. Carlos Hernandez (125)
Ricky Simon (136) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (136)
*Silva failed to weigh in. The bout against Charles Jourdan was rescheduled to a catchweight and Silva was forced to forfeit 20 percent of his prize money as a penalty.
