Nobody missed weight for UFC Fight Night in Edmonton. All 26 fighters hit their marks at Friday morning’s official weigh-ins, which is rarer than it should be and worth noting on a card with two meaningful fights at the top.
Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott both weighed 170.5 for Saturday’s five-round welterweight main event at Rogers Place. In the women’s flyweight co-main, Erin Blanchfield came in at 125 and Jasmine Jasudavicius at 124.5.
The rankings are backwards and the form is not
Buckley is ranked No. 10 at welterweight. Malott is No. 13. The records say the lower-ranked man should be favored.
Buckley, 32, is 21-8 with 15 knockouts and is on a two-fight losing streak, dropping unanimous decisions to Sean Brady in May and Kamaru Usman in June 2025. Before that he beat Colby Covington by doctor stoppage and knocked out Stephen Thompson at UFC 307.
So the losses are to elite opposition. This is a must-win rather than evidence of decline, which is a distinction that matters to matchmakers and not at all to Malott.
Malott, 34, is 14-2-1 and has won four straight: a third-round TKO of Gilbert Burns in April, a decision over Kevin Holland last October, a second-round knockout of Charlie Radtke at UFC 315 and a decision over Trevin Giles in Edmonton in 2024. His last loss was to Neil Magny at UFC 297 in January 2024.
A Malott win almost certainly flips their rankings. Beating a top-10 opponent while riding a five-fight streak is how a 34-year-old gets one real run at contention.
Canada, and a Cleveland footnote
Malott fights out of Burlington, Ontario and is the local draw, which makes the Edmonton booking obvious. He was also born in Cleveland, Ohio, which is a strange thing to be able to say about a Canadian headliner.
Jasudavicius is Canadian too, so both of the top two fights have a hometown fighter. This is the UFC’s fourth visit to Edmonton and the first since November 2024.
The co-main has title-shot stakes
Blanchfield is ranked No. 4 at flyweight, Jasudavicius No. 6 or No. 7 depending on which UFC page you read. The division’s belt changed hands at UFC 332, where Natalia Silva won the vacant title.
Blanchfield has been a contender for years without getting a shot. Beating Jasudavicius should put her at the front of that line. This fight was originally booked for UFC 330 in August before Blanchfield withdrew with an injury.
The full weigh-in card
Nelson 155.5 vs. Perez 154.5; Barriault 185 vs. Daukaus 186; Cuamba 136 vs. Jourdain 135.5; Landwehr 155 vs. Nallo 155.5; Boser 247.5 vs. Diniz 251.5; Galanti 185.5 vs. Leblanc 185; Faglier 261 vs. Mahjoub 252.5; Cerminara 125 vs. Stiller 124; Anheliger 135 vs. Koslow 135; Chandler 135.5 vs. Croden 136; Chovancek 135.5 vs. You 135.5.
Kyle Daukaus and Melissa Croden both had scares, each stripping down and weighing behind a box early in the second hour of the window. Both made it.
Prelims start at 5 p.m. ET Saturday with the main card at 8 p.m. on Paramount+. Ceremonial weigh-ins were Friday at 7 p.m. ET. A clean scale, a ranked main event with inverted form, and two Canadians in the top two fights. That is a well-built Fight Night.
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