Catchweight main event official as Sandhagen and Font make weight in Tennessee – Fighters Only

The fighters took to the scale in Tennessee ahead of UFC Nashville, with 23 of the 24 athletes set for action hitting their contracted weights during the two-hour early-morning session.

The event will be headlined by a 140-pound catchweight bout between bantamweight contenders Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font. Font’s short-notice appearance in the main event, as a replacement for Umar Nurmagomedov, meant that the card-topper in Tennessee would be contested at a catchweight, and both men hit the scale within the limit – Sandhagen coming in at 139.5 pounds, and Font weighing in at 139.

The two strawweight contenders set for action in the co-main event both made weight with half a pound to spare, as former champion Jessica Andrade and returning contender Tatiana Suarez registered identical weights as they tipped the scale at 115.5 pounds.

Everyone else on the 12-fight card made weight, bar one man. Dennis Buzukja was drafted in to fight on short notice, and came in half a pound over the 146-pound non-title limit for his featherweight bout with Sean Woodson.

UFC Nashville: Official weigh-in results

MAIN CARD

  • Cory Sandhagen (139.5) vs. Rob Font (139) – 140-pound catchweight
  • Jessica Andrade (115.5) vs. Tatiana Suarez (115.5)
  • Dustin Jacoby (205) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (205)
  • Diego Lopes (145.5) vs. Gavin Tucker (145)
  • Tanner Boser (204.5) vs. Aleksa Camur (204)
  • Ignacio Bahamondes (156) vs. Ludovit Klein (156)

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Kyler Phillips (135) vs. Raoni Barcelos (135.5)
  • Jeremiah Wells (170.5) vs. Carlston Harris (170)
  • Billy Quarantillo (145) vs. Damon Jackson (145.5)
  • Cody Durden (125.5) vs. Jake Hadley (126)
  • Sean Woodson (146) vs. Dennis Buzukja (146.5*)
  • Ode Osbourne (125.5) vs. Asu Almabaev (125.5)

* Buzukja missed weight by half a pound.

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