Main Event features Middleweights Uriah Hall vs. Sean Strickland
Main Card at 9 p.m. ET and Prelims at 6 p.m. ET
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UFC Fight Night presented by Modelo: Hall vs. Strickland airs live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas this Saturday on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ (English and Spanish) with prelims at 6 p.m. ET and the main card at 9 p.m. Live coverage includes UFC Live presented by DraftKings: Hall vs. Strickland on Friday at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN2 providing fans with exclusive insights and views on the biggest stories heading into Fight Night.
The main event features middleweights, Uriah Hall and Sean “Tarzan” Strickland. The six-foot-tall Hall of Jamaica, who will be fighting on his 37th birthday, has a record of 18-9. He has won his last four bouts. Strickland, 6’1” and from Anaheim, California, is 23-3 and has also won his most recent four fights.
In the co-main event, bantamweights Kyung Ho Kang and Rani Yahya will face off. Kang, a 33-year-old from South Korea, holds a 17-8 record. Yahya, 36 and from Brazil, is 27-10-1.
Calling the action will be play-by-play announcer Brendan Fitzgerald, alongside analysts and former fighters Michael Bisping and Paul Felder. Megan Olivi will handle reporting duties.
The weigh-ins took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s card, which airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
Among those weighing in were Uriah Hall (17-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) and Sean Strickland (23-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who meet in the middleweight main event. Each made weight without issue.
The same could not be said for former UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano (4-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who weighed 143 pounds for her planned bout with Wu Yanan (11-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC). As a result, that fight was canceled.
Additionally Ronnie Lawrence (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was not able to weigh in, with officials citing medical concerns, and his bout with Trevin Jones (13-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was also canceled.
Phil Rowe (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) was 173.5 pounds for his welterweight matchup with Orion Cosce (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Rowe was fined 20 percent of his purse, but the bout will go on as scheduled.
UFC on ESPN 28 Betting Odds
The full UFC on ESPN 28 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 9 p.m. ET)
Uriah Hall (185.5) vs. Sean Strickland (185)
Kyung Ho Kang (136) vs. Rani Yahya (136)
Cheyanne Buys (116) vs. Gloria de Paula (115.5)
Jared Gooden (171) vs. Niklas Stolze (170.5)
Zarrukh Adashev (125.5) vs. Ryan Benoit (126)
Bryan Barberena (170.5) vs. Jason Witt (170.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Nicco Montano (143)* vs. Wu Yanan (135.5)
Collin Anglin (146) vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan (145.5)
Rafa Garcia (154) vs. Chris Gruetzemacher (156)
Danny Chavez (145.5) vs. Kai Kamaka (144.5)
Jinh Yu Frey (115.5) vs. Ashley Yoder (116)
Trevin Jones (135) vs. Ronnie Lawrence ()+
Orion Cosce (170.5) vs. Phil Rowe (173.5)^
* Montano missed weight by seven pounds, and her bout was canceled
+ Due to health concerns, Lawrence was unable to weigh in, and his bout was canceled
^ Row missed weight by 2.5 pounds and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse
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