After a little drama, Alex Pereira made weight Friday at 184.6 pounds to make his UFC middleweight championship fight against title-holder Israel Adesanya official.
Pereira didn't show up to the scale until close to the deadline, which briefly raised questions about whether there was a weight-cut issue ahead of the UFC 281 main event Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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The New York Commission told MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn that Pereira would have received a two-hour extension if he missed weight on the original attempt since it's a championship fight.