Giga Chikadze heads to UFC Kansas City for a bounceback performance, but he’s already lost the battle against Scale.
The veteran featherweight candidate ranks 14th in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, but was 147 pounds on official weigh-in Friday, and 1 pound for one pound (including 1 pound allowance) at the event held in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday. Opponent David Ontama hit the mark for 146 pounds.
MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck confirmed with officials that Chikadze vs. Onama confiscated 20% of his wallet as a penalty, and Chikadze will proceed with a catchweight.
In the top match of the cards, welterweight headliners Ian Machado Garry (171) and Carlos Plates (170) managed to create the weight. Garry, number six in the 170-pound division, is about to rebound from his first defeat after losing a competitive decision to Shabkat Raccomov. On the other side, Pleats is riding all by knockouts to start his UFC career with four consecutive wins.
In the co-main event, 59-time veteran Anthony Smith (206) successfully completed his final walk to the cage. He takes on the light heavyweight batter Jang Min-gyang (206).
See the official UFC Kansas City weighing results below.
Main Card (ESPN2, ESPN+ 9pm (ET ET))
Ian Machado Garry (171) vs. Carlos Prates (170)
Anthony Smith (206) vs. Zhang Mingyang (206)
Gia Free (147) * vs. DavidViewa (146)
Michelle Pereira (186) vs. Abs Magomedov (185.5)
Randy Brown (171) vs. Nicholas Dalby (171)
Ikram Alisters (185.5) vs. Andre Muniz (185.5)
Spare card (ESPN + 6pm ET)
Matt Schnell (126) vs. Jimmy Flick (126)
Evan Elder (156) vs. Gauge Young (156)
Chris Gutierrez (146) vs John Castaneda (146)
Da’mon Blackshear (135.5) vs. Alatengheili (136)
Malcolm Well Maker (135) vs. Cameron Sayman (135)
Jaqueline Amorim (116) vs. Polyana Viana (115.5)
Timmy Quamba (146) vs. Roberto Romero (145)
Chelsea Chandler (134) vs. Jocelyn Edwards (136)
*Chikaze missed weight. Chikadze’s match with David Onama goes as a catchweight with Chikadze confiscating 20% of his wallet as a penalty