Breaking: Yoel Romero weighed in naked behind a towel at 186, one pound over the middleweight championship cut off. He was given two additional hours to cut the final pound, but eventually could only hit 185.2.
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UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 will be held on June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
In the main event, middleweight champ Robert Whittaker defends vs. former interim title challenger and former world champion in freestyle Yoel Romero in a rematch. The two fought at UFC 213 on July 8, 2017, with Whittaker earning a unanimous decision for the then-vacant interim belt.
In the co-main, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos fights Colby Covington for the interim welterweight belt.
There will be two weigh-ins – the early, official weigh-ins in the morning at the fighter’s hotel, and the later ceremonial weigh-ins at the venue at 7:00 p.m. ET. The early weigh-ins run from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The main and the co-main fighters have to make the division weight exactly. All the other fighters are given the customary 1 extra pound.
The official weigh-ins stream below courtesy of MMAjunkie. The results are immediately below that.
Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champion Robert Whittaker (185) vs. Yoel Romero (185.2)*
Colby Covington (169) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (169) for interim welterweight belt
Megan Anderson (146) vs. Holly Holm (146)
Andrei Arlovski (249) vs. Tai Tuivasa (261)
Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks (169) vs. Mike Jackson (170.5)
Late Prelim Card (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Curtis Blaydes (254) vs. Alistair Overeem (244)
Carla Esparza (116) vs. Claudia Gadelha (116)
Mirsad Bektic (146) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145)
Rashad Coulter (247) vs. Chris De La Rocha (261)
Early Prelim Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)
Rashad Evans (205) vs. Anthony Smith (206)
Joseph Benavidez (125.5) vs. Sergio Pettis (126)
Clay Guida (154) vs. Charles Oliveira (155)
Dan Ige (146) vs. Mike Santiago (145)
*Romero failed to make weight so the belt is not on the line.
Ceremonial weigh-ins will stream at 7:00 p.m. from the venue, courtesy of the UFC.
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