Official weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 257 took place Friday (late Thursday in North America), and you can get all the results here.
The weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Shanghai. The nearby Mercedes-Benz Arena hosts Saturday’s event (ESPN+).
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Among those weighing in were Johnny Walker (21-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) and rising Chinese middleweight star Zhang Mingyang (19-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who will be fighting in front of his home fans in the main event.
The scheduled co-main event between former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega (16-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) meets ex-bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (24-5 MMA, 16-5 UFC) was shifted to a catchweight contest following a report that the bout had been canceled due to Ortega being allegedly hospitalized.
The full UFC Fight Night 257 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 6 a.m. ET)
Johnny Walker (206) vs. Zhang Mingyang (205)
Brian Ortega (153) vs. Aljamain Sterling (153)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262) vs. Sergei Pavlovich (255.5)
Kevin Borjas (126) vs. Su Mudaerji (125.5)
Kiefer Crosbie (170.5) vs. Taiyilake Nueraji (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 3 a.m. ET)
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Hayisaer Maheshate (155) vs. Gauge Young (155.5)
Charles Johnson (126) vs. Lone’er Kavanagh (126)
Austin Hubbard (155.5) vs. Rong Zhu (155.5)
Kyle Daukaus (185) vs. Michel Pereira (186)
Yi Zha (145) vs. Westin Wilson (146)
Xiao Long (136) vs. SuYoung You (135.5)
Diyar Nurgozhay (205.5) vs. Uran Satybaldiev (204)
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Shanghai weigh-in results: Ortega-Sterling moved to catchweight