UFC Vegas 87 weigh-ins: How much do headliners officially weigh heading into upcoming Fight Night event?

UFC heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev are set to square off in the main event of UFC Vegas 87. The Fight Night event will take place on March 2 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The official weigh-ins for the event took place on Friday, March 1, at the UFC Apex. Gaziev was the first fighter to weigh in at 261 pounds, with Rozenstruik concluding the weigh-in, registering at 257 pounds. Both competitors comfortably met the non-title bout's weight limit of 266 pounds.

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In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 87, Vitor Petrino and Tyson Pedro will clash in a light heavyweight bout. Both fighters successfully weighed in at 205.5 pounds, thereby officially confirming their bout.

The fight card will stream live on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass beginning at 4:00 PM ET/ 1:00 PM PT on Saturday, March 2, in the United States. For viewers in the United Kingdom, the event is set to start at 9 PM GMT on the same day.

Meanwhile, the main card is expected to kick off around 7 PM ET/4 PM PT in the U.S., which corresponds to a 12 AM GMT start on Sunday, March 3, for audiences in the U.K.

Complete results for UFC Vegas 87: Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev weigh-ins

Main Card

Jairzinho Rozenstruik (257) vs. Shamil Gaziev (261): heavyweight

Vitor Petrino (205.5) vs. Tyson Pedro (205.5): light heavyweight

Alex Perez (125) vs. Muhammad Mokaev (126): flyweight

Umar Nurmagomedov (136) vs. Bekzat Almakhan (136): bantamweight

Matt Schnell (126) vs. Steve Erceg (126): flyweight

Preliminary Card

Eryk Anders (185.5) vs. Jamie Pickett (186): middleweight

Vinicius Oliveira (135.5) vs. Benardo Sopaj (135.5): bantamweight

Aiemann Zahabi (135.5) vs. Javid Basharat (136): bantamweight

Christian Leroy Duncan (186) vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185.5): middleweight

Ludovit Klein (156) vs. AJ Cunningham (155.5): lightweight

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady (156) vs. Loik Radzhabov (155.5): lightweight

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