UFC Fight Night 197 Weigh-in Results: Holloway-Rodriguez Cleared; 2 Miss Weight

Max makes our Main Event official, coming in at 146 lbs

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Fighters are beginning to pay more for missing weight, with 30% fines coming out for those heavy by 1.5 pounds or more.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns with UFC Fight Night 197 this weekend, which features a high-stakes matchup between featherweight contenders Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez.

While the headliners had no issue making weight, two prelim fighters failed to hit their agreed-upon weights. Joel Alvarez came in 1.5 pounds over the lightweight limit for his bout against Thiago Moises, and Liana Jojua came in 2.5 pounds heavy for her flyweight contest against Cortney Casey. Both matches will continue, with the overweight participants being fined a 30% of their respective purses.

Holloway (22-6) has shown just how "Blessed" he is in his last bout, as he dominated Calvin Kattar over five rounds while shattering multiple striking records. The former champ will look to keep his momentum going against Rodriguez (13-2, 1 NC), and eyes a third fight against Alexander Volkanovski. The ex-champ weighed in at 146 ready pounds.

While Rodriguez is coming off wins over Chan Sung Jung and Jeremy Stephens, he's also returning from a USADA suspension for repeated whereabouts violations. He'll look to jump back into the deep end at featherweight in his first appearance since 2019. First to the scale in the morning, "El Pantera" officially weighed 145.5 pounds.

The UFC Fight Night 197 prelims begin at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT with the main card starting at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. The entire event will stream on ESPN+.

UFC Fight Night 197 Weigh-in Results:

Max Holloway (146) vs. Yair Rodriguez (145.5)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima (259) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
Leah Letson (145) vs. Felicia Spencer (145.5)
Miguel Baeza (170.5) vs. Kalinn Williams (169)
Julio Arce (135.5) vs. Yadong Song (135.5)
Joel Alvarez (157.5)* vs. Thiago Moises (155)
Cynthia Calvillo (126) vs. Andrea Lee (125.5)
Collin Anglin (146) vs. Sean Woodson (145.5)
Cortney Casey (125) vs. Liana Jojua (128.5)**
Rafael Alves (155) vs. Marc Diakiese (156)
Da Un Jung (204.5) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (205)

* Alvarez missed weight by 1.5 pounds and has been fined 30% of his purse.
** Jojua missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined 30% of her purse.