Umar Nurmagomedov and Song Yadong are on point for Saturday’s UFC Shanghai main event, which proceeds with 26 fighters, despite a couple of close calls.
Friday’s official weigh-ins for the event saw a rare mishap as strawweights Xiong Jingnan and Julia Polastri both missed weight for their preliminary matchup, with Xiong coming in at 117 pounds (1 pound over the limit) and Polastri at 118.5 (2.5 over the limit). According to the UFC, neither fighter is being penalized for failing to make weight and the bout
proceeds at a catchweight.
Flyweight Andre Lima also missed weight, coming in at 127 pounds, one pound over the non-title flyweight limit. He is fined 20 percent of his purse as penalty and his bout with Namsrai Batbayar (126) also proceeds at a catchweight.
This is the second time Lima has missed weight in the UFC. He also came in heavy for a flyweight bout against Mitch Raposo at UFC 302 in May 2024, that time coming in an egregious four pounds over the limit. Lima went on to defeat Raposo. Heading into Saturday, Lima looks to make a quick turnaround after suffering his first pro loss to Kevin Borjas this past June in a bout where Lima was an enormous favorite.
UFC Shanghai headliners Nurmagomedov and Song both successfully made weight at 135.5 and 136 pounds, respectively.
Watch official weigh-in highlights above and check out the results below.
Main Card (Paramount+, 6 a.m. ET)
Umar Nurmagomedov (135.5) vs. Song Yadong (136)
Yan Xiaonan (115.5) vs. Denise Gomes (115)
Aoriqileng (135.5) vs. Kai Asakura (135.5)
Alex Perez (126) vs. Sumudaerji (125)
Liu Ce (206) vs. Levi Rodrigues Jr. (206)
Bilal Hasan (124.5) vs Nilson Rojas (124.5)
Preliminary Card (Paramount+, 3 a.m. ET)
Namsrai Batbayar (126) vs. Andre Lima (127)*
Rei Tsuruya (125) vs. Kevin Borjas (126)
Jack Jenkins (145.5) vs. Sean Woodson (145)
Xiao Long (135) vs. Francesco Nuzzi (136)
Lawrence Lui (135.5) vs. Hector Santiago (135)
Xiong Jingnan (117)** vs. Julia Polastri (118.5)**
Ding Meng (170) vs. Cam Nelson (170)
*Lima missed weight. His bout against Namsrai Batbayar proceeds as a catchweight with Lima forfeiting 20 percent of his purse as penalty
**Xiong and Polastri both missed weight. Their bout proceeds as a catchweight
