After Moraes passed the hydration test, Moraes was able to successfully gain weight for his rematch against Johnson.

Moraes failed to pass his first hydration test during Thursday’s official weigh ins. He was not allowed to scale but it was announced that he would be taking a second test on the morning of the event. His first hydration test resulted in a urine specific gravity of 1.0288. This is above the permitted limit of 1.0250. However, his second test was at 1.0057. That’s well below the limit. Officially, he weighed 134.5 pounds.

Johnson passed his hydration exam and was able to successfully make weight on Thursday. He weighed in at 134.75lbs. Both fighters are now weighing in for the rematch of their April 2021 fight for the flyweight title. Moraes won it by second-round knockout.

Above, you can see video of the ceremonial faceoffs and weigh-ins.

After Rodtang Jitmuangnon had to withdraw from the semifinal muay Thai flyweight grand Prix semifinal bout against Savvas Michal, a significant change was made to this card. Panpayak Jitmuangnon will now fight Michael, after initially being scheduled to face Sherzod Kastov in an alternate grand prix bout. Kabutov didn’t provide a sample from his hydration test on Thursday. However, it is unknown if this was why Panpayak was removed from the bout to replace Rodtang. Kabutov is not on the card.

Thursday’s weigh ins revealed that several fighters had issues with their hydration tests and making weight. While some of them were able to resolve the issues before Friday’s deadline (though not all), two were penalized. They will be fighting as catchweights.

Itsuki Hirata was 115 pounds and weighed in at 119.25. She was also marked as failing her hydration test. Heqin forfeits 50% of her purse.

Zebastian Kadestam, a former ONE welterweight (185-pounds) champion, also lost weight. He weighed in at 188.5 pounds when he faced Iuri Laspicus. As a penalty, Kadestam forfeits 30% of his purse.

Although the main event might be changed but the UFC will attempt to please people from all over the world by hosting UFC 274. The event will take place on the 7th of May in the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

At the top of the line, Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje battle to defend their UFC lightweight championship. Oliveira entered the UFC in the year 2010. He defeated Michael Chandler at UFC 262 to claim the UFC lightweight title. In UFC 269 in December, He defeated Dustin Poirier via submission to defend his belt.

Gaethje Gaethje, a World Series of Fighting lightweight champion was a lightweight champion in the World Series of Fighting. He began the MMA debut in the year 2011. The majority of his victories in the UFC have come via some type of knockout. “The The Highlight” is just coming off a brutal bout in which he was fought by Chandler in UFC 268 back in the month of November. Gaethje was victorious by an unanimous decision.

In the weigh-ins, Oliveira did not meet the weight requirement as well as was stripped her title. Only Gaethje will be able to claim the title on Saturday.

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The second title bout takes place in the form of Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza. Namajunas made her pro debut in 2013. When she joined Namajunas in UFC In 2015, the fighter stunned the world with her victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 to be the UFC strawweight champion. She lost the title to Jessica Andrade, beat Andrade in a rematch, then won the title back in a rematch against Zhang Weili in April 2021. In a rematch that took place in November, Namajunas beat Zhang to keep the title.

Silver medalist at the 2013 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships, Esparza began her professional career in the year 2010. She competed with Bellator, XFC, and Invicta, Esparza is a former Invicta FC strawweight champion. She beat Namajunas on the same day in 2014, becoming the inaugural UFC strawweight champion.

In losing her title fight against Joanna the year before, Esparza has gone 8-3 since then and is in a winning streak of five fights. Her last fight was an TKO victory in May 2021, versus Yan Xiaonan.

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UFC 274: Charles Oliveira vs. Justin Gaethje live results, updates

6 p.m. ET 6 p.m. ET – It was announced during the prelims early at 6 p.m. ET that Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon has been canceled due to a non-COVID sickness that Cerrone has suffered.

When will UFC 274: Charles Oliveira vs. Justin Gaethje?

• Date: Saturday, May 7
• Start time: 5:30 p.m. ET
• Prelims: 8 p.m. ET
• Main card (PPV): 10 p.m. ET
• Main event: 12:15 a.m. ET (approx.)

UFC 274: Charles Oliveira vs. Justin Gaethje takes place on May 7. The preliminary rounds start the main event at 5:45 p.m. ET. Prelims start around 8 p.m. ET while the main event will begin with the main event at 10:30 p.m. ET. Oliveira and Gaethje will make their way to the octagon by midnight ET, based on the duration of the undercard matches.

UFC Fight Night comes to live on March 19th, Saturday from across the pond in the O2 Arena in London, England. The preliminaries card includes six fights. The event will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The main card is comprised of six fights . It will begin with a start time of 4:00 p.m. ET and will be broadcast available on ESPN+. The main fight pits the #6 Alexander Volkov against #11 Tom Aspinall in a heavyweight bout.

Here’s a summary of what you should know about UFC Fight Night: Volkov against. Aspinall.

	Date: Saturday, March 19th
	Start time: Prelim card at 1:30 p.m. ET, Main card at 4 ET
	Live stream: ESPN+

Main card, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN+:

#6 Alexander Volkov vs. #11 Tom Aspinall, heavyweight
#7 Arnold Allen vs. Dan Hooker, featherweight
Paddy Pimblett vs. Kazula Vargas, lightweight
Gunnar Nelson vs. Takashi Sato, welterweight
Molly McCann vs. Luana Carolina Women’s flyweight
Jai Herbert vs. Ilia Topuria, lightweight

Preliminary card 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+:

Mike Grundy vs. Makwan Amirkhani, featherweight
#10 Shamil Abdurakhimov #10 Shamil Abdurakhimov. Sergei Pavlovich Heavyweight
#9 Nikita Krylov #9 Nikita Krylov. #11 Paul Craig, light heavyweight
Jack Shore vs. Timur Valiev bantamweight
Cory McKenna vs. Elise Reed, strawweight women’s
Muhammad Mokaev vs. Cody Durden, flyweight

The biggest grudge fight in the history of UFC is set to be settled during UFC 272 on Saturday as Welterweights Covington Vs Masvidal take on Jorge Masvidal in the main fight from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Covington as well as Masvidal were friends who were teammates during their time at the American Top Team. At one time, Covington lived with Masvidal for about 8 months. However, things changed rapidly following the time Covington took home the interim title of welterweight against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 in June of 2018 with Masvidal as his opponent. Like the majority of relationships, friends ended up becoming bitter adversaries due to the money.

Covington declined to pay the Masvidal’s former striker coach Paulino Hernandez the full amount for the fight that he claimed to MMA Junkie that was $17,500. In the end, Covington paid only $5,000 as per Hernandez. Following that, things started getting out of hand with Covington making subtle remarks regarding Masvidal and his children. The fight caused tension at the gymnasium to the point that both were kicked out and Masvidal later being allowed back into the gym.

The accusations have gone between them without a resolution in sight. What is the likelihood that UFC 272 solve their problems?

“The headline for Sunday’s morning will have Jorge Masvidal wins and sends Colby Covington to his funeral,” Masvidal told DAZN News. “I’m going knock him unconscious and then take him off on an ambulance.”

Both have suffered defeats to the world champion Usman. Covington was defeated by Usman by a unanimous decision at UFC 268 in December. Masvidal is the BMF champion is coming off two consecutive defeats to Usman. “Gamebred” lost by an unanimous decision in UFC 251 in July 2020 and the subsequent rematch was at UFC 261 in April via second-round knockout.

This is all you must be aware of UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal.

COVINGTON VS MASVIDAL: UFC 272 DATE, START TIME

Date: Saturday, March 5
Main card: 10:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 a.m. GMT
Main event (approx): 12:15 a.m. ET / 5:15 a.m. GMT

The main event is scheduled to begin in the early hours of 10:00 p.m. ET/ 3:00 a.m. GMT with the main event’s walks through the Octagon timed at 12:15 a.m. ET / 5:15 a.m. BST. Like UFC fight cards the length of undercard fights may affect the first timings.

WHAT CHANNEL/STREAM IS UFC 272?

U.S. : ESPN+ PPV
UK: BT Sport

Watch: FuboTV ( 7 Day Free Trial )

UFC 272: Covington Vs Masvidal Main Event will be broadcast on ESPN+ PPV in the US and BT Sport has broadcasting rights in the UK.

WHERE IS UFC 272?

This fight takes place in The T-Mobile Arena located situated in Las Vegas.

COLBY COVINGTON RECORD AND BIO

Nationality: American
Born: February 22, 1988
Height: 5’11”
Reach: 72″
Total Fights:19
Record: 16-3

JORGE MASVIDAL RECORD AND BIO

Nationality: American
Born: November 12, 1984
Height: 5’11”
Reach: 74″
Total Fights: 50
Record: 35-15

UFC 272 FIGHT CARD

Main card

• Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal Worlderweight
• Rafael dos Anjos vs. Renato Moicano; 160-pound Catchweight
• Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell; Featherweight
• Kevin Holland vs. Alex Oliveira; Welterweight
• Sergey Spivak vs. Greg Hardy Heavyweight

The preliminary card

• Jalin Turner vs. Jamie Mullarkey; Lightweight
• Marina Rodriguez vs. Yan Xiaonan; Women’s Strawweight
• Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu; Light Heavyweight
• Maryna Moroz vs. Mariya Agapova; Women’s Flyweight
• Brian Kelleher vs. Umar Nurmagomedov; Featherweight
• Tim Elliott vs. Tagir Ulanbekov; Flyweight
• Devonte Smith vs. Ludovit Klein and Ludovit Klein; Lightweight
• Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Dustin Jacoby; Light Heavyweight