UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The featherweight headliner for UFC on ABC 3 is official after Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez made weight on Friday.
Ahead of Saturday’s main event as USB Arena on Long Island, Ortega (15-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and Rodriguez (13-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC)) stepped on the scale without issue at official weigh-ins.
Ortega registered at 146 pounds, while Rodriguez tipped the scale at 145.4 pounds.
Check out the video of them stepping on the scale above.
Both men enter the fight coming off losses and look to enter title territory with a win. Ortega, No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie featherweight rankings, returns for the first time since his loss to champ Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266 in September. No. 14-ranked Rodriguez, meanwhile, attempts to rally from a thrilling defeat to Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night 197 in November.
The UFC on ABC 3 main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 3.
