UFC 334 weigh-ins: Gane-Hokit and Harrison-Nunes title fights set as McKinney misses by four pounds

Both title fights at UFC 334 are officially on after Friday’s weigh-ins at Madison Square Garden, with Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit cleared for their heavyweight championship bout and Kayla Harrison set to face the returning Amanda Nunes in the women’s bantamweight co-main event. Two prelim fighters — Terrance McKinney and Juan Diaz — missed weight and will each be fined a percentage of their purse.

Gane (14-2, 1 NC) steps into his first title defence having become the undisputed heavyweight champion after Tom Aspinall vacated the belt. The Frenchman claimed the title earlier this year with a TKO victory over Alex Pereira, and he tipped the scales at 242.6 pounds on Friday — 11 pounds heavier than challenger Hokit (231.4).

Hokit (10-0) earned the shot on the back of wins over Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes, as well as what the promotion has described as an outsized personality. The undefeated contender enters the fight as the lighter man by a notable margin.

In the co-main event, Harrison and Nunes both came in at exactly 135 pounds, setting up a high-profile women’s bantamweight contest that marks Nunes’s return to the octagon.

McKinney was the most significant weight miss of the day, coming in at 160.2 pounds for his lightweight bout against Jim Miller — 4.2 pounds over the 156-pound non-title limit. Diaz missed by a smaller margin, weighing 136.4 pounds against a 136-pound catchweight, 0.4 pounds heavy for his fight with Heili Alateng.

UFC 334 full weigh-in results:

Ciryl Gane (242.6) vs. Josh Hokit (231.4)

Kayla Harrison (135) vs. Amanda Nunes (135)

Caio Borralho (185.4) vs. Yousri Belgaroui (186)

Uros Medic (171) vs. Kevin Holland (170.4)

Bilal Hasan (125.4) vs. Luis Gurule (125.2)

Stephen Thompson (170.6) vs. Charles Radtke (170.8)

Drew Dober (155.4) vs. Chris Duncan (155.4)

Jim Miller (155.6) vs. Terrance McKinney (160.2)*

Donte Johnson (189) vs. Cesar Almeida (189.6)

Jared Gordon (155.6) vs. Melquizael Costa (155.4)

Macy Chiasson (134.8) vs. Beatriz Mesquita (135.8)

Juan Diaz (136.4)** vs. Heili Alateng (135.6)

Evan Elder (156) vs. Samuel Sanches (153.6)

*McKinney missed weight by 4.2 pounds and will be fined a percentage of his purse.

**Diaz missed weight by 0.4 pounds and will be fined a percentage of his purse.