UFC Fight Night 217 Weigh-in Results: Strickland Has 10-Pound Edge; 1 Fight Nixed

Sean Strickland hits the scale at 204 pounds ⚖️

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After an extended break, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns for its first mixed martial arts event of the year.

After an injury to Kelvin Gastelum, the makeshift main event for UFC Fight Night 217 is a light heavyweight bout between Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov. While the marquee fighters didn't have any issue making weight, with Strickland coming in at 204 pounds and Imavov at 194, there was still some drama during the weigh-in proceedings. Sijara Eubanks' flyweight bout against Priscila Cachoeira was canceled after Eubanks pulled out due to "weight management issues."

Strickland (25-5) is headlining his second Fight Night event in a row, and will hope this time it goes better than his split decision defeat to Jared Cannonier last time out. "Tarzan" has lost two straight fights, which snapped his impressive six-fight win streak. Prior to the setbacks, Strickland was coming off five-round wins over Jack Hermansson and Uriah Hall.

This marks the first UFC main event for Imavov (12-3). Currently riding a three-fight win streak, Imavov recently recorded TKO wins over Ian Heinisch and Edmen Shahbazyan before defeating Joaquin Buckley via decision. Imavov's only loss in his Octagon run is by majority decision to Phil Hawes.

UFC Fight Night 217 will air in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday. Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT while the main card kicks off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

UFC Fight Night 217 Weigh-in Results:

Nassourdine Imavov (194) vs. Sean Strickland (204)
Dan Ige (145.5) vs. Damon Jackson (145.5)
Roman Kopylov (185) vs. Punahele Soriano (185.5)
Raquel Pennington (135.5) vs. Ketlen Vieira (136)
Raoni Barcelos (135) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (135)
Abdul Razak Alhassan (185.5) vs. Claudio Ribeiro (183)
Nick Fiore (155) vs. Mateusz Rebecki (155.5)
Javid Basharat (136) vs. Mateus Mendonca (134.5)
Carlos Hernandez (125) vs. Allan Nascimento (125.5)
Nick Aguirre (145.5) vs. Dan Argueta (146)
Jimmy Flick (126) vs. Charles Johnson (126)
Priscila Cachoeira (126) vs. Sijara Eubanks (N/A)*

* Eubanks did not weigh in and the fight has been canceled.