Grasso and Shevchenko make weight for title rematch – Fighters Only

The women’s flyweight title rematch at Noche UFC is official and ready to roll as the UFC gets set to celebrate Mexican Independence Day in Las Vegas.

The T-Mobile Arena will play host to the event, which will see Mexico’s Alexa Grasso put her newly-won 125-pound title on the line for the first time against the woman she defeated to win it, ex-champ Valentina Shevchenko.

Ahead of fight night in Las Vegas, the fighters took to the scale for the official weigh-ins, where all 22 fighters successfully his their contracted weights for the event.

Both champion and challenger arrived on the scale at identical weights, as Grasso and Shevchenko registered official weights of 124.5 pounds each for their flyweight title rematch, while co-main event participants Kevin Holland (170.5) and Jack Della Maddalena (171) both made their welterweight non-title fight official.

The remainder of the card all stepped on the scale within the allotted time, and at the required weight to ensure that the 11-fight card stays fully intact ahead of fight night.

Check the full list of official weights below.

Noche UFC: Official weigh-in results

MAIN CARD

  • Alexa Grasso (124.5) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) – for women’s flyweight title
  • Kevin Holland (170.5) vs. Jack Della Maddalena (171)
  • Raul Rosas Jr. (135) vs. Terrence Mitchell (135.5)
  • Daniel Zellhuber (156) vs. Christos Giagos (156)
  • Fernando Padilla (145.5) vs. Kyle Nelson (146)

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Loopy Godinez (116) vs. Elise Reed (115.5)
  • Roman Kopylov (185.5) vs. Josh Fremd (185.5)
  • Edgar Chairez (126) vs. Daniel Lacerda (125.5)
  • Tracy Cortez (126) vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius (125.5)
  • Alex Reyes (155.5) vs. Charlie Campbell (155)
  • Josefine Knutsson (115.5) vs. Marnic Mann (115)

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