Overview

• After late weigh-in concerns, the UFC announced both Brian Ortega and Aljamain Sterling officially weighed 153 pounds and retained their five-round co-main event status.
• Early claims that the bout was canceled were superseded by the promotion’s confirmation of the new catchweight.
• Ortega appeared depleted at the scale, prompting online concern and renewing discussion of his history with difficult cuts and potential future at lightweight.
• Aljamain Sterling has recently criticized non-title five-round bookings without additional pay, a pay-structure complaint that continues to shadow the matchup.
• Main-eventers Johnny Walker (206) and Zhang Mingyang (205) made weight for their five-round light heavyweight headliner as the UFC returns to mainland China.