Robert Whittaker and Darren Till are set for their essential Fight Island match this Saturday in Abu Dhabi
Nathaniel Wood (136) vs. John Castaneda (136 ).
The middleweight competitors had no problems with the scale at Friday mornings weigh-ins for UFC on ESPN 14, with both being available in at 186 pounds. This will be Whittakers very first battle given that losing his UFC title to Israel Adesanya, while Till makes his second middleweight appearance in the UFC after defeating Kelvin Gastelum by split choice this past November.
Carla Esparza (116) vs. Marina Rodriguez (115.5 ).
Alex Oliveira (171) vs. Peter Sobotta (171 ).
Of the 30 fighters to weigh in for Saturdays card, only one missed out on weight, veteran Francisco Trinaldo. “Massaranduba” came in at 160 pounds for his light-weight bout with Jai Herbert. The bout will continue at a catchweight with Trinaldo surrendering 30 percent of his purse.
A source from Trinaldos group told MMA Fightings Guilherme Cruz that Trinaldo began to feel discomfort during his cut which UFC physicians can be found in to examine him. He decided to continue with the effort, however his body stopped sweating.
See UFC on ESPN 14 this Saturday from Abu Dhabi.
Tom Aspinall (248) vs. Jake Collier (264 ).
Fabricio Werdum (242) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (240 ).
Bethe Correia (136) vs. Pannie Kianzad (136 ).
Nicolas Dalby (171) vs. Jesse Ronson (171 ).
* missed weight. Trinaldo forfeits 30 percent of his handbag to Herbert and the bout will proceed at a 160-pound catchweight.
Ramazan Emeev (171) vs. Niklas Stolze (170.5 ).
In the co-main event, both Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira weighed in at 206 pounds for their light heavyweight trilogy bout. This is expected to be the last battle of Nogueiras 19-year MMA career.
Francisco Trinaldo (160 )* vs. Jai Herbert (156 ).
Main Card (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+).
Mauricio Rua (206) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (206 ).
Robert Whittaker goes back to action against Darren Till, plus “Shogun” Rua, Fabricio Werdum, and Alexander Gustafsson compete live on ESPN and ESPN+.
Of note, longtime light heavyweight competitor Alexander Gustafsson weighed in at 240 pounds for his UFC heavyweight debut.
Preliminary Card (5 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+).
Movsar Evloev (146) vs. Mike Grundy (146 ).
Khamzat Chimaev (171) vs. Rhys McKee (170.5 ).
Tanner Boser (235) vs. Raphael Pessoa (264 ).
Robert Whittaker (186) vs. Darren Till (186 ).
Paul Craig (206) vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (206 ).
See the UFC on ESPN 14 weigh-in results below:.
