Conor Benn made a championship statement at the official weigh-ins for his bout with welterweight champion Ryan Garcia.
At Friday’s early weigh-ins in Las Vegas, Benn was the first fighter to the scale, weighing in at 146 pounds for Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena. Garcia weighed in later, successfully hitting the mark at 145.5 pounds for his WBC title defense.
Watch the headliners weigh in below.
Garcia (25-2, 1 NC) seeks the first defense of his WBC belt after winning it via unanimous decision over Mario Barrios this past February. He faces a Benn (25-1) coming off of consecutive wins over Regis Prograis and rival Chris Eubank Jr.
In the co-main event, Jai Opetaia (30-0) puts his Zuffa and The Ring cruiserweight titles on the line against Noel Mikaelian (28-3). Opetaia weighed in at 199 pounds, while Mikaelian registered at 200 on the scale.
Opetaia became Zuffa’s inaugural cruiserweight champion in March when he defeated Brandon Glanton via unanimous decision.
Check out Garcia vs. Benn weigh-in results below.
Main card (Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Ryan Garcia (145.5) vs. Conor Benn (146)
Jai Opetaia (199) vs. Noel Mikaelian (200)
Mark Magsayo (134.5) vs. Andres Cortes (135)
Raphael Akpejiori (246) vs. Da’Mazion Vanhouter (231.5)
Prelims (Paramount+ at 5 p.m. ET)
Jose Ramirez (146.5) vs. Alexis Rocha (146.5)
Abel Gonzalez (167.5) vs. Raul Solomon (167)
Pablo Rubio (131) vs. Oswaldo Molina (131.5)
Vlad Panin (151.5) vs. Dakota Linger (150.5)
Sean Garcia (134) vs. Abraham Morales (134)
