Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway are just a day away from one of the most anticipated fights of the year at UFC 308, but the official weigh-ins have already provided plenty of drama.

Although all 26 fighters competing in Abu Dhabi on Saturday successfully made weight – including headliners Topuria and Holloway, both at 145 – much of the excitement on Friday morning revolved around the status of Khamzat Chimaev. “Borz” will compete for only the second time since September 2022 after several fights were canceled due to illness and other issues. So there was reason for fans to question whether he would even make it to the scales.

In fact, Chimaev was the last fighter to speak out, and only in the second hour of the official time slot. In fact, under the revised protocol the UFC has used in several events, fighters are encouraged to register a weight in the first hour and only if that attempt fails should they use the second hour. Regardless, an apologetic Chimaev stepped on the scales and successfully tipped the scales at 186 pounds in his fight against former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (185.5).

Watch highlights from the official weigh-ins above.

There were two more oddities in the morning: lightweights Mateusz Rebecki and Myktybek Orolbai now competed in a 160-pound catchweight bout, and Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo moved up to the 145-pound limit. The latter change caused confusion as Hugo was the first to weigh 145.5 pounds, followed by Basharat at 137 pounds. Both fighters last competed at bantamweight.

A reason for the changes was not disclosed.

Check out the official UFC 308 weigh-in results below.

Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 2:00 p.m. ET)

Ilia Topuria (145) vs. Max Holloway (145)

Substitute fighter: Diego Lopes (145)

Robert Whittaker (185.5) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (186)

Magomed Ankalaev (204.5) vs. Aleksandar Rakic ​​(206)

Lerone Murphy (145.5) vs. Dan Ige (146)

Shara Magomedov (185) vs. Armen Petrosyan (186)

Prelims (ESPN+ at 10 a.m. ET)

Ibo Aslan (205) vs. Raffael Cerqueira (203)

Geoff Neal (171) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (171)

Mateusz Rebecki (160) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (159)

Abus Magomedov (185) vs. Brunno Ferreira (185.5)

Kennedy Nzechukwu (241) vs. Chris Barnett (264)

Farid Basharat (147) vs. Victor Hugo (145.5)

Ismail Naurdiev (185) vs. Bruno Silva (186)

Rinat Fakhretdinov (171) vs. Carlos Leal (169.5)