UFC Baku: Jamahal Hill, Khalil Rountree Jr. make weight for main event
Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr. were successful in making weight on Friday ahead of their UFC on ABC 8 light heavyweight headliner in Baku.
Official weigh-ins for UFC on ABC 8 took place Friday, and it was a flawless session from Baku.
The weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Azerbaijan. The nearby Baku Crystal Hall hosts Saturday’s event (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+), which marks the UFC’s debut in the country.
Among those weighing in were former light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and recent title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC), who meet in the main event, and Ignacio Bahamondes (17-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Rafael Fiziev (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC), who fight in the lightweight co-feature.
All notables were among the 22 fighters from the card to make weight.
The full UFC on ABC 8 weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (ABC, 3 p.m. ET)
- Jamahal Hill (206) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. (206)
- Ignacio Bahamondes (155.5) vs. Rafael Fiziev (155.5)
- Curtis Blaydes (256) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (264.5)
- Tofiq Musayev (163) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (165) – Catchweight bout
- Nikolas Motta (155.5) vs. Nazim Sadykhov (155)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, noon ET)
- Oban Elliott (170.5) vs. SeokHyeon Ko (169.5)
- Ismail Naurdiev (186) vs. JunYong Park (186)
- Melissa Mullins (136) vs. Daria Zhelezniakova (136)
- Irina Alekseeva (135.5) vs. Klaudia Sygula (135.5)
- Azat Maksum (126) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (126)
- Hamdy Abdelwahab (264.5) vs. Mohammed Usman (244.5)
