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UFC on ESPN 65 weigh-in results: Josh Emmett vs Lerone Murphy official, one massive miss

The official weigh-in results for UFC on ESPN 65 are in, with the Josh Emmett vs. Lerone Murphy main event now official, while one fighter had a massive miss.

By Josh Sanchez

Vanessa Demopoulos during weigh-ins ahead of UFC Fight Night.
Vanessa Demopoulos during weigh-ins ahead of UFC Fight Night. / Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to action this weekend with UFC on ESPN 65 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is headlined by a featherweight scrap between Josh Emmett and Lerone Murphy.

UFC on ESPN 65 will officially kick off at 6:00 p.m. ET with the preliminary card on ESPN2, while the main card action gets underway at 9:00 p.m. ET.

The entire event will stream live on ESPN+.

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Ahead of Saturday night's event, all of the fighters had to step onto the scale for the official weigh-ins. Unfortunately, one fight was scrapped after a fighter fell ill, and another fighter had a massive weight miss.

A full look at the UFC on ESPN 65 weigh-in results can be seen below.

UFC on ESPN 65 weigh-in results

MAIN CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 9:00 p.m. ET)

  • Josh Emmett (146) vs. Lerone Murphy (145.5)
  • Joanderson Brito (146) vs. Pat Sabatini (145.5)
  • ChangHo Lee (136) vs. Cortavious Romious (139.5)*
  • Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Brad Tavares (185.5)
  • Luis Gurule (125) vs. Ode Osbourne (125.5)
  • Torrez Finney (186) vs. Rob Valentin (185.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 6:00 p.m. ET)

UFC fighter in the cag
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  • Davey Grant (135.5) vs. Daniel Santos ()**
  • Dione Barbosa (126) vs. Diana Belbita (125.5)
  • Daniel Frunza (170.5) vs. Rhys McKee (171)
  • Loma Lookboonmee (115) vs. Istela Nunes (115)
  • Pedro Falcao (136) vs. Victor Henry (135.5)
  • Martin Buday (266) vs. Uran Satybaldiev (222.5)
  • Talita Alencar (115) vs. Vanessa Demopoulos (116)

* Ramious missed the bantamweight limit by 3.5 pounds; fined 20 percent of purse
** Santos did not weigh in due to illness and his fight vs. Davey Grant was canceled

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