A day before the fight show, the athletes featured on UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Buckley step onto the scales and come face to face at the ceremonial weigh-ins. The final showdown inside the Octagon for the year airs live from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on December 14.
In the main event, former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington (17-4) of Clovis, California makes his return, facing Joaquin Buckley (20-6) of St. Louis, Missouri. Both fighters successfully weighed-in at 171 lbs, making the non-championship limit.
In the co-main event, Cub Swanson (29-14) of Palm Springs, California and Billy Quarantillo (18-6) of Ransomville, New York battle it out at featherweight. Both fighters tipped the scales at 146 lbs, also hitting the non-title mark.
The rest of the fighters featured on the card also came in on weight.
The UFC Tampa ceremonial weigh-in starts at 4:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm PT.
UFC Tampa fight card
The current UFC Tampa lineup and weights are as follows:
Main card
- Colby Covington (171) vs. Joaquin Buckley (171)
- Cub Swanson (146) vs. Billy Quarantillo (146)
- Manel Kape (125) vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva (126)
- Vitor Petrino (204.5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (205.5)
- Adrian Yanez (136) vs. Daniel Marcos (136)
- Navajo Stirling (206) vs. Tuco Tokkos (206)
Prelims
- Michael Johnson (156) vs. Ottman Azaitar (156)
- Joel Alvarez (156) vs. Drakkar Klose (156)
- Sean Woodson (145.5) vs. Fernando Padilla (145)
- Miles Johns (146) vs. Felipe Lima (146)
- Miranda Maverick (126) vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth (126)
- Davey Grant (136) vs. Ramon Taveras (136)
- Josefine Lindgren Knutsson (116) vs. Piera Rodriguez (116)