UFC 189 Official Weigh-In Results: McGregor 145 lbs Mendes 144.5 lbs

UFC 189 takes tomorrow tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (finally). After what has seemed an eternity the day has finally arrived. With now an Interim featherweight belt on the line, Ireland’s Conor McGregor faces Chad Mendes. In the Co-Main event Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler rematches Rory MacDonald in what promises to be a great title fight.

The line up of fights from the out set is truly one of the best cards the UFC have put together for International Fight week.

Before we get to the fights, as always we do have to make sure the fighters hit the scales and are all on weight first.

Here are the Weigh-In results:

Main Card

Conor McGregor (145 lbs) vs Chad Mendes (144.5 lbs) 

Champ Robbie Lawler (169.5 lbs) vs Rory MacDonald (170 lbs) 

Dennis Bermudez (146 lbs) vs Jeremy Stephens (149.5 lbs)*

Gunnar Nelson (169.5 lbs) vs Brandon Thatch (170.5 lbs)

Thomas Almeida (136 lbs) vs Brad Pickett (136 lbs)

Preliminary Card 

Matt Brown (171 lbs) vs Tim Means (171 lbs)

John Howard (170.5 lbs) vs Cathal Pendred (171 lbs)

Alex Garcia (171 lbs) vs Mike Swick (170.5 lbs)

Henry Briones (136 lbs) vs Cody Garbrandt (136 lbs)

Early Preliminary Card UFC FIGHT PASS 

Neil Seery (125.5 lbs) vs Louis Smolka (126 lbs)

Yosdenis Cedeno (155 lbs) vs Cody Pfister (156 lbs)

*Needs to lose 3 .5 lbs to make-weight

Author: Emma Bramford

Having been around combat sport for over two decades, my passion for MMA and Boxing just grows and grows. I am a former columnist for MMA Uncaged Magazine and currently contribute to Fighters Only and other leading MMA sites. View all posts by Emma Bramford