UFC 323 takes place this Saturday in Las Vegas, but before the fighters step into the cage at T-Mobile Arena, they'll need to step on the scale at the official weigh-in.
Sportsnet's Aaron Bronsteter will be live from the UFC Apex on Friday, along with #7 ranked UFC bantamweight contender Aymann Zahabi, who will announce the official UFC 323 athlete weights and chat with some of the participating fighters.
Fans will be able to watch the live broadcast of the weigh-in on the channel Sportsnet.ca, Sportsnet+ and the Sportsnet YouTube channel on Friday starting at 11:55 a.m. ET/8:55 a.m. PT.
UFC 323 is headlined by men's bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili, who will make his fourth title defense in 2025 in a rematch with Petr Yan. In March 2023, the couple had a five-round non-title fight, in which Dvalishvili became the leader of the tournament table. Yang, a former two-time title winner who has since won three times in a row, will get a chance to bounce back and hopes to become a three-time champion.
In the co-main event, men's flyweight champion Alexander Pantoja will face successful contender Joshua Wang.
The undercard also features several former champions and rising stars, including former two-division champion and Olympic champion Henry Cejudo, who will be competing in his final fight.
All non-title fights will have a one-pound allowance, but Dvalishvili and Yan must weigh no more than 135 pounds, and Pantoja and Wang must not even exceed 125 pounds for their title fights to be considered official.
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Merab Dvalishvili defends his bantamweight title against Petr Yan, while flyweight champion Alexander Pantoja faces Joshua Wang in the co-main event. Watch UFC 323 on Saturday, December 6, with pre-event coverage beginning at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT and the pay-per-view main card starting at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT.
Below is the projected fight order for UFC 323 (subject to change):
— Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan (five rounds for bantamweight title)
— Alexander Pantoja vs. Joshua Wang (five rounds for flyweight title)
— Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira
— Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott
— Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov
— Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres
— Terrence McKinney vs. Chris Duncan
— Macy Barber vs. Karine Silva
— Nazim Sadikhov vs. Fares Ziam
— Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira
— Edson Barboza vs. Jalin Turner
— Ivo Baranevski vs. Igbo Aslan
— Mansour Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
— Muhammad Naimov vs. Myron Santos
