UFC Fight Night 276 perfect weigh-ins

UFC completed official weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa on Friday at Meta APEX in Las Vegas, with no fighter on the 13-bout card missing weight. The promotion’s official weigh-in page listed Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa at 145.5 pounds apiece for the featherweight main event. UFC said the event will take place on Saturday, May 16, at Meta APEX, with prelims scheduled for 5 p.m. ET and the main card at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+. The clean session removed the late-card uncertainty that often follows Friday morning weigh-ins. MMA Junkie’s weigh-in report said the official scale session was held Friday in Las Vegas ahead of Saturday’s event at the same venue. ESPN’s event listing showed 13 scheduled fights for the card. ### Which fighters set the headline numbers on the scale? (ufc.com) Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa both hit 145.5 pounds for the main event, according to UFC’s official results. The five-round fight is booked at featherweight, and both men came in under the non-title limit of 146 pounds. Dooho Choi weighed 146 pounds and Daniel Santos weighed 145 pounds for the featherweight co-main event, UFC said. (sports.yahoo.com) On the rest of the main card, Malcolm Wellmaker and Juan Diaz each weighed 135.5 pounds, while Modestas Bukauskas and Christian Edwards came in at 213.5 and 214.5 pounds for their 215-pound catchweight bout. (ufc.com) ### Did any bout need a catchweight or last-minute change? UFC’s official weigh-in page listed one planned catchweight bout at 215 pounds between Modestas Bukauskas and Christian Edwards. Both fighters made that contracted limit without issue, at 213.5 and 214.5 pounds, respectively. The same UFC listing showed the rest of the bouts scheduled in their standard divisions, including women’s bantamweight, welterweight, light heavyweight, lightweight, flyweight and women’s strawweight contests. (ufc.com) No bout on the official page was marked as canceled after the weigh-in window opened. ### What does the full card look like after weigh-ins? (ufc.com) UFC’s Friday results listed eight preliminary-card weigh-ins in addition to the five fights on the main card. Among them, Tuco Tokkos and Ivan Erslan both made the light heavyweight limit, while Tommy Gantt weighed 156 pounds and Artur Minev 155 pounds for their lightweight bout. Ketlen Vieira came in at 136 pounds and Jacqueline Cavalcanti at 135.5 pounds for their women’s bantamweight matchup. (ufc.com) Alice Ardelean weighed 116 pounds and Polyana Viana 115.5 pounds, Daniel Barez weighed 125.5 pounds and Luis Gurule 125.5 pounds, and Shauna Bannon and Nicolle Caliari each came in at 115.5 pounds, UFC said. The official page also listed Cody Brundage versus Andre Petroski and Timmy Cuamba versus Bernardo Sopaj among the scheduled bouts. (ufc.com) ### Where and when is the event scheduled to air? UFC said Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa will be held Saturday, May 16, at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. The promotion’s event page said the prelims are set to begin at 5 p.m. ET, followed by the main card at 8 p.m. ET, with the full event streaming on Paramount+. ESPN’s fight-center listing also identified Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the site of the event and showed Allen-Costa as the featherweight main event. (ufc.com) The same listing showed Choi-Santos as the co-main event and carried the rest of the scheduled lineup. ### What happens next after a clean weigh-in day? Saturday, May 16, is the next scheduled step for Arnold Allen, Melquizael Costa and the rest of the card at Meta APEX. (ufc.com) UFC’s official event information says the 13-fight lineup is set to move forward in Las Vegas with prelims at 5 p.m. ET and the main card at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+. (espn.com)