Wrestle World - UFC Fight Night 249 weigh-in results: Two heavy for first card of 2025

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 249 (ESPN+) fighter weigh-ins.

Among those weighing in were women’s strawweight standouts Mackenzie Dern (15-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Amanda Ribas (12-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC), who meet in a rematch in the main event, and Carlston Harris (19-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (29-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC), who fight in the welterweight co-feature.

All those fighters made weight, but that wasn’t the case for prelim fighters Jose Johnson and Ihor Potieria, who were each multiple pounds overweight for their respective matchups.

The full UFC Fight Night 249 weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

Mackenzie Dern (116) vs. Amanda Ribas (116)
Carlston Harris (170) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (171)
Abdul Razak Alhassan (185.5) vs. Cesar Almeida (185.5)
Chris Curtis (185.5) vs. Roman Kopylov (185.5)
Austin Bashi (145.5) vs. Christian Rodriguez (145)
Uros Medic (171) vs. Punahele Soriano (171)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

Felipe Bunes (126) vs. Jose Johnson (128.5)*
Ihor Potieria (188)** vs. Marco Tulio (185.5)
Thiago Moises (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5)
Preston Parsons (171) vs. Jacobe Smith (170.5)
Nicolle Caliari (125.5) vs. Ernesta Kareckaite (126)
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (205) vs. Bruno Lopes (205.5)
Viktoriia Dudakova (116) vs. Fatima Kline (116)
Nurullo Aliev (155.5) vs. Joe Solecki (155)

* Johnson missed flyweight limit by 2.5 pounds; fined 20 percent of purse
** Potieria missed middleweight limit by 2 pounds; fined 25 percent of purse