UFC 296 Weigh-in Results: Edwards, Covington Cleared as All Fighters on Target

Backups will not be necessary, as every fighter ahead of the the Ultimate Fighting Championship's final pay-per-view of the year successfully made weight on Friday.

UFC 296 is headlined by two championship bouts, with the welterweight title fight between Leon Edwards and Colby Covington as the main event. Meanwhile, flyweight king Alexandre Pantoja will look to make his first defense against Brandon Royval. Both title fights are now official, as each set of champ and challenger successfully made weight.

Edwards (21-3, 1 NC) hasn't lost a fight since 2015. Riding high with two wins over Kamaru Usman, "Rocky" will look to take out Covington next. The English fighter stepped on the scale weighing 170 pounds on the dot.

Primed for a third shot at the undisputed 170-pound title, Covington (17-3) previously came up short twice against Usman. "Chaos" most recently defeated Jorge Masvidal last year but hasn't been active since. The 35-year-old will look to make the most out of his potentially last shot at championship glory and weighed 169.5 pounds.

UFC 296 will air live on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass before transitioning to ESPN+ and ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

UFC 296 Weigh-in Results:

Leon Edwards (170) vs. Colby Covington (169.5)
Alexandre Pantoja (125) vs. Brandon Royval (124.5)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (171) vs. Stephen Thompson (171)
Tony Ferguson (155.5) vs. Paddy Pimblett (155.5)
Josh Emmett (146) vs. Bryce Mitchell (145.5)
Dustin Jacoby (204.5) vs. Alonzo Menifield (204.5)
Irene Aldana (136) vs. Karol Rosa (135.5)
Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Brian Kelleher (136)
Ariane Lipski (126) vs. Casey O'Neill (125)
Cody Durden (126) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (126)
Lucas Almeida (146) vs. Andre Fili (145.5)
Martin Buday (264.5) vs. Shamil Gaziev (259.5)
Belal Muhammad (169.5)*
Brandon Moreno (125)**

* Muhammad weighed in as an alternate for the headliner.
** Moreno weighed in as an alternate for the co-main event.