{"id":86234,"date":"2025-08-22T00:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86234\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:36:08","slug":"ufc-shanghai-early-weigh-ins-results-live-updates-walker-vs-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86234\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Shanghai early weigh ins results, LIVE updates | Walker vs. Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Shanghai mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a 205-pound showdown between light heavyweight rivals Johnny Walker and Zhang Mingyang. The action pops off this Sat. (Aug. 23, 2025) on ESPN+<\/a> from inside Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China, and also features a featherweight co-headliner between 145-pound contenders Aljamain Sterling and Brian Ortega.<\/p>\n

Before the ESPN+<\/a> live stream gets underway this weekend in Shanghai, which includes the all-action heavyweight slugfest pitting Sergei Pavlovich against Waldo Cortes-Acosta, all 26 fighters must hit the scale to prove themselves worthy. Note: the promotion (serving as its own athletic commission) affords a one-pound allowance in non-title fights. The first fighter is expected to tip the scale at 9 p.m. ET, with text results to follow shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

205 lbs.: Johnny Walker () vs. Mingyang Zhang ()
145 lbs.: Brian Ortega () vs. Aljamain Sterling ()
265 lbs.: Sergei Pavlovich () vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta ()
125 lbs.: Sumudaerji () vs. Kevin Borjas ()
170 lbs.: Kiefer Crosbie () vs. Taiyilake Nueraji ()<\/p>\n

155 lbs.: Maheshate Hayisaer () vs. Gauge Young ()
125 lbs.: Lone\u2019er Kavanagh () vs. Charles Johnson ()
265 lbs.: Diyar Nurgozhay () vs. Uran Satybaldiev ()
155 lbs.: Rongzhu () vs. Austin Hubbard ()
185 lbs.: Michel Pereira () vs. Kyle Daukus ()
145 lbs.: Yizha () vs. Westin Wilson ()
135 lbs.: Long Xiao () vs. Su Young You ()
205 lbs.: Diyar Nurgozhay () vs. Uran Satybaldiev ()<\/p>\n

MMAmania.com<\/a> will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Shanghai fight card on fight night, starting with the ESPN+<\/a> preliminary card bouts at 3 a.m. ET, followed by the remaining main card balance on ESPN+<\/a> at 6 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n

To check out the latest and greatest UFC Shanghai news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive here<\/a>. For the updated and finalized \u201cWalker vs. Zhang\u201d fight card and ESPN+<\/a> lineup click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Shanghai mixed martial arts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,63173,40762,785,85,1396,45879,46234,55880,1647],"class_list":["post-86234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-international-mma-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-espn-fight-night","tag-ufc-videos","tag-ufc-weigh-ins","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}