All fighters successfully made weight for UFC Winnipeg. The main event features welterweights Gilbert Burns and Mike Malott, both weighing in at 77.56 kg (171 lbs). In the co-main event, Kyler Phillips (61.23 kg) faces Charles Jourdain (61.68 kg) at bantamweight. The main card also includes Mandel Nallo vs Jai Herbert at lightweight, Jasmine Jasudavicius vs Karine Silva in women's strawweight, and Thiago Moises vs Gage Young at lightweight. Dennis Buzukja will make his promotional debut against Marcio Barbosa in a featured prelim. The card features several Canadian fighters competing in front of their home crowd.
Every fighter on the UFC Winnipeg card successfully made weight on Friday, clearing the way for a welterweight main event between Gilbert Burns and Mike Malott, both of whom stepped on the scale at 77.56 kilograms (171 lbs).
Burns, nicknamed "Durinho," enters the bout ranked thirteenth in the welterweight division with a professional record of 22-10. The 39-year-old Brazilian trains out of Kill Cliff FC and has long been one of the division's most dangerous competitors, landing 3.15 significant strikes per minute at 48 percent accuracy while also threatening with 2.12 takedowns per 15 minutes. Malott, a Canadian fighter, will be competing in front of a home crowd in Winnipeg.
The co-main event is a bantamweight clash between Kyler Phillips and Charles Jourdain. Phillips, a 31-year-old American from MMA Lab known as "The Matrix," carries a 12-5 record and is one of the more active strikers on the roster, averaging 5.04 significant strikes per minute. He weighed in at 61.23 kilograms, while Jourdain came in at 61.68 kilograms. Jourdain is another Canadian fighting at home.
Jai Herbert, the 38-year-old Englishman nicknamed "Black Country Banger" who holds a 14-6-1 record, meets Mandel Nallo in a lightweight main card bout. Herbert stands six-foot-one with a 77-inch reach and lands 3.07 significant strikes per minute.
Why it matters
- Burns needs a win to climb back up a welterweight ranking after sitting thirteenth, giving the main event genuine divisional weight
- Jourdain and Malott as Canadian fighters add significant crowd energy to both the main and co-main events
- Phillips's high striking output against the technically sharp Jourdain sets up a compelling stylistic test at bantamweight
- Several additional bouts, including Dennis Buzukja's promotional debut against Marcio Barbosa, make this a card with meaningful career stakes throughout the lineup
