Athletes make weight on Friday morning. Dricus Du Plessis refuels at breakfast. All the athletes face off once more and the two title …
all right we’re here in Toronto Ontario Canada back here for the first time since UFC 231 5 years ago and I’ve always said per capita these Canadian fans make more noise than I think any mixed martial arts fans in the world this middleweight championship fight is all the rage can’t wait to see what happens Saturday night one more sleep all right thank you all for being here for the official weighin for UFC 297 Strickland versus dup and now to the stage taking part in her first UFC title fight in the co-main event for the vacant UFC women’s bantamweight Championship the number three ranked Contender maida Bueno Silva 135 135 the official weight for maid Bueno Silva all right next fighter to the scale getting her second crack at UFC gold the number two ranked bantamweight Contender Rael pen 1348 134 point8 the official weight for Raquel Pennington with that your UFC women’s bantamweight title fight is Now official all right next fighter to the scale the number two ranked middleweight Contender challenging for the Undisputed title here Saturday night Drake is still Knocks dupy 184 184 PBS the official weight for draus dupi all right next fighter to hit the scale this morning the man around whom this fight card was built the Undisputed UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland 184 and 34 184 and 3/4 the official wait for the champ Sean Strickland and with that your UFC 297 Championship main event is Now official like man it feels good to have this white C behind me every time I make red I go ah this is such a cool job but before that I feel like let’s do media now the media before and I’m like I’m cting wa this is his eyes got so big yeah she says my eyes got big it didn’t get big it’s the rest of my face they got small yeah tomorrow it’ll be nice and big again they did talk about stck and being in shape this is what in shape looks like and I mean if they’re going to talk about shapes and how we look but we’re not going to compare shapes we’re not even in the same bracket tomorrow night the the Combat Sports leader returns to the north for our first pay-per-view of 2024 what’s going on Toronto great to be back in the great white North our folks here we go for the vacant UFC women’s bantamweight championship of the world first fighter to the stage FAA buo Silva official weight 135 for Maita playo Silva and her opponent has been there and done that the number two ranked dweight in the world theel lucky Pennington 135 the official weight for Rael [Applause] [Music] Pennington all right we will step over here and grab a minute with Maita Bueno Silva what are your emotions like on on the eve of your first UFC title fight hello I promise I will give a war for everybody thank you so much Ma Bueno Silva all right now we talk to the great Rael Pennington what’s up Canada I love you guys you guys ready for a show we’re ready thank you very much sleep well Raquel Pennington ladies and gentlemen all right Toronto you know what it is the main event for the Undisputed UFC middleweight Title First to the stage the Challenger and number two rank Contender trus Dy 184 the official waight for the Challenger trus duplex and his opponent be reigning defending Undisputed UFC M champion of the world [Applause] sh 184 and a half the official wait for Sean [Applause] Strickland all right here we are with the Challenger South Africa’s draus dupi any final predictions as to what these fans will see here tomorrow he asked for death your wish has been granted my friend Drake is d let’s see folks Sean Strickland maybe as popular here as you were in Australia any final words for your fellow Canadians for you guys to war for you guys let’s go Canada all the best tomorrow night there he is the champ John Strickland one more sleep we’ll see you tomorrow night pleas