UFC Brooklyn weigh-in results | TJ Dillashaw comes in below flyweight limit (video)

By Tom Taylor - January 18, 2019

On Saturday night, the UFC will debut on ESPN+ with the stacked UFC Brooklyn card.

TJ Dillashaw, Henry Cejudo, UFC Brooklyn

In the main the main event of this debut ESPN card, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will drop down to the flyweight division, where he’ll seek to become a two-division UFC champion by defeating divisional champ Henry Cejudo.

Ahead of this UFC Brooklyn main event, there was widespread question as to whether or not TJ Dillashaw would be able to make the flyweight limit.

On Friday morning, at the UFC Brooklyn early weigh-ins, Dillashaw dispelled all of those doubts by coming in under the flyweight limit, tipping the scales at 124.6 lbs. Dillashaw was the very first fighter of the morning to weigh in.

See the bantamweight champion hitting the flyweight limit below:

https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1086262462901571584

Here are the full weigh-in results for this exciting card (h/t Aaron Bronsteter)

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UFC Brooklyn main card | ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET

Henry Cejudo (124.4 lbs) vs. T.J. Dillashaw (124.6 lbs)

Greg Hardy (264.0 lbs) vs. Allen Crowder (252.6 lbs)

Gregor Gillespie (155.2 lbs) vs. Yancy Medeiros (155.4 lbs)

Joseph Benavidez (124.4 lbs) vs. Dustin Ortiz (123.8 lbs)

Paige VanZant (125.8 lbs) vs. Rachael Ostovich (125.6 lbs)

Glover Teixeira (205.6 lbs) vs. Karl Roberson (203.8 lbs)

UFC Brooklyn Undercard | ESPN at 8 p.m. ET

Donald Cerrone (155.8 lbs) vs. Alexander Hernandez (155.4 lbs)

Joanne Calderwood (125.8 lbs) vs. Ariane Lipski (125.2 lbs)

Alonzo Menifield (204.6 lbs) vs. Vinicius Castro (205.6 lbs)

Mario Bautista (135.2 lbs) vs. Cory Sandhagen (135.6 lbs)

UFC Brooklyn Early Prelims | ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET

Dennis Bermudez (155.8 lbs) vs. Te Edwards (155.0)

Belal Muhammad (170.2 lbs) vs. Geoff Neal (170.4 lbs)

Chance Rencountre (170.4 lbs) vs. Kyle Stewart (170.4 lbs)

Are you surprised that TJ Dillashaw made the flyweight limit so easily?

This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 1/18/2019. 

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM

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