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All 26 fighters for UFC Vegas 117 successfully weighed in ahead of their bouts. The main event features Arnold Allen facing Melquizael Costa in a featherweight non-title fight.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 20: Melquizael Costa of Brazil poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night ceremonial weigh-in at Toyota Center on February 20, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
At the UFC Vegas 117 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s UFC fight card at Meta Apex in Las Vegas step on the scale Friday. Watch a live stream of the official weigh-ins above, courtesy of Ag. Fight.
In the main event, Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa have to weigh no more than 146 pounds for the featherweight non-title fight.
Allen is currently No. 8 at featherweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, with the streaking Costa at No. 13.
Doo Ho Choi and Daniel Santos have to weigh no more than 146 pounds for their featherweight non-title bout in the co-main event.
UFC Vegas 117 official weigh-ins begin at noon ET.
Check out UFC Vegas 117 weigh-in results below.
Main Card (Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Arnold Allen vs. Melquizael Costa
Doo Ho Choi vs. Daniel Santos
Malcom Wellmaker vs. Juan Diaz
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Christian Edwards
Timothy Cuamba vs. Bernando Sopaj
Nikolay Veretennikov vs. Khaos Williams
Preliminary Card (Paramount+ at 5 p.m. ET)
Tuco Tokkos vs. Ivan Erslan
Tommy Gantt vs. Artur Minev
Ketlen Vieira vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Cody Brundage vs. Andre Petroski
Alice Ardelean vs. Pollyanna Viana
Daniel Barez vs. Luis Gurule
All fighters on the UFC Vegas 117 card successfully made weight during the official weigh-ins.
The main event features Arnold Allen facing Melquizael Costa in a featherweight non-title fight.
Arnold Allen is ranked No. 8 and Melquizael Costa is ranked No. 13 in the featherweight division.

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