Not only is UFC 231 on Saturday night, but Top Rank on ESPN has a big tripleheader featuring a pair of championship bouts, including a unification match between Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) and Jose Pedraza (25-1, 12 KOs) respectively titleholders of the WBA and WBO titles at 135 lbs. Lomachenko is considered by many to be the world’s #1 pound-for-pound boxer, but Puerto Rico’s Pedraza will look to shock the world.
The weigh-ins occurred early Friday afternoon in New York City, with no problems for either man on the scale for the main event. Also on the card is a title bout between WBO junior featherweight champion Isaac Dogboe (20-0, 14 KOs) and Emanuel Navarette (25-1, 22 KOs), which should produce fireworks.