The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads overseas for UFC on ESPN+15 on Saturday, August 31. The event — which takes place at Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China — is headlined by a women’s strawweight championship bout between current titleholder Jessica Andrade and challenger Weili Zhang.
Andrade makes the first defense of her 125-pound title after shocking former champ Rose Namajunas with a devastating knockout (slam) in her last outing.
In the co-main event, China’s Li Jingliang takes on Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos in a welterweight scrap.
UFC on ESPN+15 kicks off nice and early with the preliminary card beginning in the wee hours of the morning at 3:00 p.m. ET with Lara Procopio and Karol Rosa facing off in a women’s bantamweight bout. The feature bout of the ESPN preliminary card is Song Kenan vs. Derrick Krantz at welterweight. A women’s flyweight bout between Mizuki Inoue and Wu Yanan kicks off the main card at 6:00 p.m. ET.
But before the event could become official, all fighters had to step onto the scale for the official weigh-ins.
A full look at the UFC on ESPN+15 weigh-in results can be seen below.
UFC on ESPN+15 Weigh-in Results
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 6:00 a.m. ET)
- Champ Jessica Andrade (114.5) vs. Weili Zhang (115) – for strawweight title
- Li Jingliang (171) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (170.5)
- Mark De La Rosa (125.5) vs. Kai Kara-France (126)
- Movsar Evloev (146) vs. Zhenhong Lu (146)
- Mizuki Inoue (125) vs. Wu Yanan (129)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 3:00 a.m. ET)
- Song Kenan (170.5) vs. Derrick Krantz (169)
- Anthony Hernandez (185) vs. Jun Yong Park (186)
- Su Mudaerji (136) vs. Andre Soukhamthath (136)
- Khadis Ibragimov (206) vs. Da Un Jung (206)
- Damir Ismagulov (155.5) vs. Thiago Moises (156)
- Heili Alateng (136) vs. Danaa Batgerel (136)
- Lara Procopio (135) vs. Karol Rosa (135.5)
UFC on ESPN+15 takes place at Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China on Saturday, August 31. The main card for UFC on ESPN+ 15 will kickoff bright and early at 6:00 a.m. ET.
