UFC 334 weigh-ins: McKinney and Diaz miss weight; both title fights official

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Two fighters missed weight at the UFC 334 official weigh-ins. Terrance McKinney weighed 72.66 kg for his lightweight bout with Jim Miller (70.57 kg) and will be fined 30% of his purse, payable to Miller. Juan Diaz also failed to make the bantamweight limit, coming in at 61.86 kg against Alatengheili (61.5 kg). In the headline bouts, heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane weighed 110.04 kg against Josh Hokit at 104.96 kg, and Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes both weighed 61.23 kg for the women's bantamweight title fight.

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Two fighters missed weight at the official UFC 334 weigh-ins on Friday, but both title fights on the card are set to go ahead on Saturday.

Terrance McKinney weighed 72.66 kilograms for his lightweight bout with Jim Miller, who came in at 70.57 kg. McKinney will be fined 30 percent of his purse, payable to Miller. Juan Diaz also missed the bantamweight limit, tipping the scales at 61.86 kg against Alatengheili, who weighed 61.5 kg.

McKinney missed by a wide margin. He was 2.09 kg heavier than Miller, a gap of roughly 4.6 pounds. The 32-year-old American is 18-9 and brings a high-volume style, landing 6.83 significant strikes per minute at 55 percent accuracy, with 3.27 takedowns per 15 minutes. He is coming off a first-round knockout loss to King Green on July 11, his most recent recorded fight. Before that, he stopped Kyle Nelson in the first round on March 28.

Both title fights made weight. Heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane weighed 110.04 kg, while challenger Josh Hokit came in at 104.96 kg, a 5.08 kg difference in the champion's favor. Gane, 36, is 14-2 and stands six-foot-four with an 81-inch reach. He lands 5.29 significant strikes per minute at 61 percent accuracy. His most recent recorded fight was a second-round knockout of Alex Pereira in a title bout on June 14.

In the women's bantamweight title fight, Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes both weighed 61.23 kg. Nunes, 38, is 23-5 and fights out of Brazil. She averages 2.73 takedowns per 15 minutes and lands 4.55 significant strikes per minute at 51 percent accuracy. Her most recent recorded fight was a unanimous decision win over Irene Aldana in a title bout on June 10, 2023.

Why it matters

Both title fights are official after clean weigh-ins, so the main card stays intact.
McKinney's fine goes directly to Miller, softening the cost of facing a larger opponent.
Gane carries a 5.08 kg weight edge into his heavyweight title defense.
Harrison and Nunes hit the identical mark of 61.23 kg, leaving no scale advantage in the women's bantamweight title fight.

UFC 334 takes place on November 14.