{"id":86685,"date":"2025-08-22T05:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86685\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T05:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:02:07","slug":"slight-change-ahead-of-thrilling-aug-23-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86685\/","title":{"rendered":"Slight Change Ahead Of Thrilling Aug. 23 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC Shanghai<\/a>, the final show on the promotion\u2019s August schedule<\/a>, is almost here. Thursday night (USA time), while PFL Hollywood<\/a> took place, fighters booked to appear on Saturday\u2019s edition of UFC Fight Night took to the scales.<\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai is the setting for this weekend\u2019s event. Inside the United States, due to the time difference between Shanghai and the Eastern Time Zone, UFC Shanghai begins with the prelims<\/a> at 3 am ET\/ midnight PT.<\/p>\n

ESPN+<\/a> will carry the event live gavel-to-gavel, as well as the newly-launched ESPN direct-to-consumer streaming service. Main card action caps the morning off at 6 am ET\/ 3 am PT.<\/p>\n

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The official weigh-in window for the show is now in the history books. It wasn\u2019t a weigh-in window without its problems, however.<\/p>\n

UFC Shanghai Co-Main Event Now a Catchweight<\/p>\n

Originally booked as a featherweight contest, Saturday night\u2019s co-main event pitting No. 4 contender Brian Ortega<\/a> (153 lbs) and No. 7 contender Aljamain Sterling<\/a> (153 lbs) will take place at lightweight.<\/p>\n

At first, the co-main event of the evening was reported as postponed<\/a> amid Ortega failing to make the 146-lb nontitle maximum. Both contestants weighed-in at the adjusted target for the five-round co-main during the window on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

UFC Shanghai Main Event Confirmed After Weigh-Ins<\/p>\n

Your main event of the evening<\/a> will go ahead without issue following the weigh-ins. No. 13 contender Johnny Walker<\/a> (206 lbs) and No. 14 contender Zhang Mingyang<\/a> (205 lbs) weighed-in at or below the 206-lb nontitle maximum for light heavyweights.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

UFC Shanghai Weigh-In Results:<\/p>\n

Main Card (Tomorrow, 6 am ET\/ 3 am PT, ESPN+ and ESPN DTC)<\/p>\n

Main Event:\u00a0Johnny Walker (206 lbs) vs. Zhang Mingyang (205 lbs)\u00a0Light Heavyweight<\/p>\n

Co-Main Event:\u00a0Brian Ortega (153 lbs) vs. Aljamain Sterling (153 lbs)\u00a0Catchweight: 153 lbs- was originally booked at featherweight.<\/p>\n

Sergei Pavlovich (255 1\/2 lbs) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262 lbs)\u00a0Heavyweight<\/p>\n

Su Mudaerji (125 1\/2 lbs) vs. Kevin Borjas (126 lbs)\u00a0Flyweight<\/p>\n

Taiyilake Nueraji (170 lbs) vs. Kiefer Crosbie (170 1\/2 lbs)\u00a0Welterweight<\/p>\n

Prelims: (Tomorrow, 3 am ET\/ midnight PT- ESPN+ and ESPN DTC)<\/p>\n

Featured Prelim: Maheshate Hayishaer (155 lbs) vs. Gauge Young (155 1\/2 lbs) Lightweight<\/p>\n

Co-Featured Prelim: Charles Johnson (126 lbs) vs. Lone\u2019er Kavanagh (126 lbs) Flyweight<\/p>\n

Rongzhu (155 1\/2 lbs) vs. Austin Hubbard (155 1\/2 lbs)\u00a0Lightweight<\/p>\n

Michel Pereira (186 lbs) vs. Kyle Daukaus (185 lbs)\u00a0Middleweight<\/p>\n

Yizha (145 lbs) vs. Westin Wilson (146 lbs)\u00a0Featherweight<\/p>\n

Xiao Long (136 lbs) vs. SuYoung You\u00a0 (135 1\/2 lbs)\u00a0Bantamweight<\/p>\n

Uran Satybaldiev (204 lbs) vs. Diyar Nurgozhay (205 1\/2 lbs)\u00a0Light Heavyweight<\/p>\n

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