UFC London weigh-ins LIVE: Latest updates as Paddy Pimblett, Tom Aspinall and other fighters hit scales
Re-live our coverage as fighters weighed in before Saturday’s event at the O2 Arena
Every fighter successfully weighed in this morning ahead of Saturday’s UFC London card, which takes place just four months after the MMA promotion’s last visit to the English capital.
Paddy Pimblett, the Liverpudlian fan favourite who is known to balloon in weight between fights, was among the names tipping the scales, as was headliner Tom Aspinall, who is preparing for a heavyweight clash with Curtis Blaydes. While “Paddy The Baddy” and lightweight opponent Jordan Leavitt traded barbs at Wednesday’s media day, Wigan fighter Aspinall and American Blaydes have been cordial to one another thus far. Elsewhere, Pimblett’s fellow Scouser Molly McCann will be in action on Saturday, while former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson adds some extra prestige to the card at the O2 Arena.
Meanwhile, the co-main event sees Jack Hermansson go head to head with American Chris Curtis, who steps in for injured Liverpudlian Darren Till to take on the Swedish-born Norwegian. With fighters having partaken in the official weigh-ins in Canary Wharf this morning, they then took part in the ceremonial weigh-ins later in the day, when fans gathered to cheer them on at the O2. Re-live updates from the official and ceremonial UFC London weigh-ins, below.
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Oliveira on the prospect of Khabib emerging from retirement if Oliveira beats the Russian’s compatriot, friend and trainee Makhachev: “He has retired, deservedly. My focus is on fighting in October, then again in January.”
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Muhammad: “I think getting a dominant win over someone like him, he’s undefeated... If I’m gonna be the champion, I’ve got to beat everyone in the division. I want to fight the toughest guys out there.”
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Oliveira on being stripped of the lightweight title recently: “The voice of the people is the voice of God, so ask the people: Who is the champ?”
A big cheer follows!
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Oliveira on Makhachev: “If you see my record, I’ve fought tougher people.”
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Muhammad on whether he was disappointed not to fight a bigger name: “It’s like you pull up to a drive-through, order Khamzat [Chimaev], and get Sean Bready. I’m still gonna eat the meal.”
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“After getting a dominant win over a top-10 guy, there was no one else in the division,” O’Malley says, with an interesting take on his No Contest against Pedro Munhoz this month...
O’Malley accidentally poked Munhoz in the eye, leading the bout to be abandoned.
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“Big test for Petr on 22 October,” O’Malley says, after Bisping suggests the fight will be a test for O’Malley.
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Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is here to host proceedings! Bisping is Britain’s only ever UFC title holder.
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A reminder that Oliveira faces Islam Makhachev for the vacant lightweight title at UFC 280 this October, while O’Malley fights former bantamweight champion Petr Yan, and Muhammad takes on Sean Brady at welterweight.
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Oliveira was stripped of the gold in May after missing weight, one night before submitting Justin Gaethje
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