A UFC Kansas City weighing video features 28 fighters via scale in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday afternoon. Check out the official weighing highlights below.
In the main event, the prizes of top contenders Ian Machado Garry and Carlos must reach the 171 pound limit for a welterweight fight other than the title. Garry was No. 6 in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings and played his first eight UFC fights before losing his decision to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310.
The Prates are 4-0 in the UFC and all his wins come by knockouts.
See Measuring Main and Co-Main Events here. One-time light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith is finally stepping into the scale.
Our main event is official!
@Angarrymma Weight is 171lbs!( #ufckansascity Live on @espnplus |Sat| 9pme) pic.twitter.com/hbatgalua3
– ufc (@ufc) April 25, 2025
Half of the main event is weighed and ready!
Carlos Prates hits scale at 170 pounds
(Live on) @espnplus |Sat| 9pme) pic.twitter.com/kz9opq01ag
– ufc (@ufc) April 25, 2025
lastly
Anthony Smith weighs 206 pounds
(Tomorrow I’ll be playing 9pme live on ESPN+) pic.twitter.com/tchgkib0da
– ufc (@ufc) April 25, 2025
Weight for his biggest fight
Zhang Mingyang weighs 206 pounds in the joint main event!
( #ufckansascity | I was sitting at a live performance on 9pmet @espnplus )) pic.twitter.com/szcd9uvfup
– ufc (@ufc) April 25, 2025
The official measurement for UFC Kansas City is 10am.
UFC Kansas City ritual weighing is 5pm EST. Live streams of the event can be viewed above.
Check out the measurement results for UFC Kansas City 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. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck confirmed with staff that Chikaze’s match against David Ontama will progress as catchy strength.