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The PFL 7 weigh-in video features all 20 fighters set to compete on Friday’s card at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.

In the main event, heavyweights Denis Goltsov and Tim Johnson have to hit the 265-pound limit (plus a one-pound allowance) for a non-title fight.

In the co-main event, flyweights Dakota Ditcheva and Jena Bishop have to hit the 125-pound limit (plus a one-pound allowance) for a non-title fight.

Friday’s event determines the finalists for the 2024 heavyweight and flyweight tournaments.

The PFL 7 ceremonial weigh-ins kick off at 7 p.m. ET. Watch a live stream above.

Official PFL 7 weigh-ins took place Thursday morning.

See official results below.

Main Card (9 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+)

Denis Goltsov (247.6) vs. Tim Johnson (265.8)

Dakota Ditcheva (125.2) vs. Jena Bishop (125.2)

Oleg Popov (247.2) vs. Linton Vassell (248)

Liz Carmouche (127)* vs. Taila Santos (125.2)

Preliminary Card (6 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

Tyrell Fortune (255.6) vs. Sergey Bilostenniy (249.6)

Alexei Pergande (146) vs. Daniel Boehle (145.2)

Cody Law (145.4) vs. Zachary Hicks (145.6)

Sergio Cossio (162.8 lbs)** vs. Dedrek Sanders (155.2 lbs)

Jaleel Willis (172.6 lbs)*** vs. Anthony Ivy (172.8 lbs)***

Kevin Pease (169.2) vs. Nick Meck (170.2)

*missed weight. Carmouche forfeits 20 percent of her purse as penalty and will be deducted one point on the scorecards for her fight with Taila Santos.

**Sergio Cossio missed weight. He will be fined 20 percent of his purse to his opponent and the fight will move forward at a catchweight of 163 pounds.

***Both Jaleel Willis and Anthony Ivy missed weight. Neither will have their purse deducted. The bout will move forward at a catchweight of 173 pounds.

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It’s been more than 11 years since Ronda Rousey helped usher in a new era of women’s sport after she debuted in the UFC with a win over Liz Carmouche at UFC 157.

Until that night in Anaheim, Calif., women had never competed in the UFC, but Rousey’s magnetism and star power finally convinced Dana White to launch a division largely based around her presence. More than a decade later, women are cemented as superstars and equals on the UFC roster, but it all started with Rousey.

Sadly, her exit from the sport ended with a dramatic thud after Rousey suffered back-to-back knockout losses and effectively retired from the sport before eventually being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Despite all her accolades, Rousey has admitted that she has a difficult relationship with MMA these days, and went as far as saying she’d expect a negative reaction if she ever walked into an arena for UFC event.

While she certainly can’t tell fans how they should feel, Carmouche — the other half of that historic 2013 fight — offered nothing but praise when addressing Rousey’s MMA legacy.

“I would hope with what she’s done in the history of this sport, whether it ended on a good note or it ended on a bad note, she accomplished so much and made women’s MMA what it is today, and we should show her the respect that she earned,” Carmouche told MMA Fighting. “Let her close it that way.

“Now, if she’s back here talking, ‘I hate MMA fans, I hate MMA,’ that’s a little bit different, but I think we need to give her credit where credit is due.”

Rousey blamed a long history with concussions as the major contributing factor to her UFC exit. She dated her first concussion all the way back to childhood swimming, but the problems only multiplied after years spent competing in judo and then doing MMA.

Rousey believes without a doubt that her concussions struggles played a part in her final two knockout losses at the hands of Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes in consecutive fights.

Of course, many believe Rousey addressing her issues now sounds like an excuse for her losses, but Carmouche understands just how debilitating a concussion can be for a fighter.

“I certainly know how much concussions can truly change a person,” Carmouche said. “It changes their chemistry, everything. So if she has proof of that and that’s what’s been happening, then I wish she would have gotten the help she needed from the beginning to hopefully change how she went out from her MMA career, to be able to go to a different chapter.”

Nonetheless, Carmouche says Rousey’s contributions to the sport are undeniable. In fact, Carmouche admits that as much as she wanted to win back in 2013, she’s not sure women’s MMA would’ve ever reached the heights it did unless Rousey was the face of it all.

“Women’s MMA wouldn’t be where it is [without Rousey],” Carmouche said. “As much as I can look back and be like, ‘I wish it had been a different outcome and I won the belt,’ I don’t think it would have played out the way it did if Ronda hadn’t been the one who won the belt.”

While Rousey hasn’t competed since 2016, Carmouche hasn’t slowed down one bit.

On Friday, Carmouche competes in the semifinals of the ongoing 2024 PFL flyweight tournament, when she faces Taila Santos with a chance to move into the championship round, where the winner earns a title belt and a $ 1 million prize.

Carmouche knows she’s traveled a tough road to get here — including a pair of rematches she had to endure just to make it to the PFL playoff format — but she expects being battle-tested to help her in ways that cruising to the playoffs may hurt some other fighters.

“You can’t really argue when it comes to the results that I’m getting,” Carmouche said. “With my wins, I truly deserve to be where I’m at, whereas you can’t always say that about other people.”

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UFC fighters couldn’t help but react to the unusual boxing match and subsequent controversial ending between Angela Carini and Imane Khelif.

There was much speculation whether Khelif should be allowed to compete in women’s boxing at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. The Algerian has been rejected entry into competition in the past due to their high testosterone readings, which renders competitors ineligible in combat sports.

Despite the plea from fans, Imane Khelif did compete at the Olympics and made their opponent quit in just 46 seconds. This caused uproar among the MMA world as fighters rushed to social media to voice their discontent.

The #9-ranked UFC light heavyweight Johnny Walker was furious with the Olympic Games’ decision to allow the fight to go ahead.

He shared his thoughts on X before deleting his post and later confirming he didn’t know enough about the situation to comment further.

I just think everyone that are reposting about the female olympic boxing issue, have no idea of the real history behind , is he borne woman ? Is she have genetic issues? Is have is a woman or not ? Mostly have no idea!

— Johnny Walker (@JohnnyWalker) August 1, 2024

Dillon Danis was upset with how events unfolded and insisted she was cheated out of a lifelong dream. Though, it wouldn’t be a Danis post without the BJJ phenom firing shots at someone he dislikes.

Trained her whole life to make it all the way to the OLYMPICS.. just to get cheated. Not only cheated. Abused and and embarrassed on top of it.

This is despicable and unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/Q7etylRPyS

— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) August 1, 2024

Jake Paul after hearing there's an easier path to a boxing gold medal. pic.twitter.com/4vqWu8kPt9

— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) August 1, 2024

Colby Covington joined in. The former interim UFC welterweight champion ranted about keeping men far away from women’s sports.

I tried to warn all of you. The Olympic committee, USA Boxing and the people who advocated for this madness need to take full responsibility. I feel for all the women who worked their whole lives to compete on the world’s largest stage only to have it taken away from them by a… pic.twitter.com/WNApBGi5DN

— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) August 1, 2024

Related: Jake Paul offers Angela Carini life-changing opportunity after Olympics controversy

Former UFC lightweight king Rafael Dos Anjos also spoke out against the fight. The Brazilian insisted that anybody that thinks allowing Imane Khelif to compete in women’s boxing is sick.

Angela Carini, I Stand with you!! As a fighter and athlete I know how many hours of training and sacrifice to get to that level of competition. Olympics it’s the highest level and people allow a man to fight a woman it’s unacceptable. If you think this is right you’re sick. pic.twitter.com/mI0I3iJ5Xl

— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) August 1, 2024

While the vast majority of internet users are angry with the Olympics, others were conflicted on the events.

Sodiq Yusuff and Chris Curtis didn’t fire shots at Khelif, but instead believe it’s a difficult situation to assess given the circumstances.

This… sometimes life isn't black or white, grey areas exist, and how we navigate them is difficult, but will speak volumes of our character in the future. https://t.co/RgEhogRa1x

— Chris Curtis The Action Man (@Actionman513) August 1, 2024

Derek Brunson and Kamaru Usman also sided with the African boxer. The UFC veterans stated that fans may have jumped the gun on their witch-hunt of Imane Khelif before knowing all the facts.

1000% no one does research just jump on it and run.

— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) August 1, 2024

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Dustin Poirier has no time for Colby Covington.

Since Covington turned his back on his old gym, American Top Team (ATT), he’s made enemies with seemingly every fighter he used to train with. In terms of venom spat towards those old friends, Poirier has received plenty over the years.

While Covington loves the idea of a fight at Welterweight with the one-time interim Lightweight champion, Poirier doesn’t even want to look in Covington’s direction. However, they had an impromptu encounter recently that may not have gone as “Chaos” claims it did, according to Poirier.

“I crossed paths with him about three months ago at NYY Steakhouse in Coconut Creek casino,” Covington told Submission Radio. “I looked at him eye-to-eye and I said, ‘What’s up, b*tch? It’s on-site? Say something. Do something,’ and he just walked out of the restaurant because he knows [what would happen].”

“The dude is such a liar,” Poirier told MMA Junkie. “I’m not even gonna give him the air time. It’s a lie.

“We ran into each other, yeah, that’s true,” he continued. “The way he said it went down, is completely not true. He wants you to talk about him.”

Both Poirier and Covington fought for titles in their last fights at Lightweight and Welterweight. Unfortunately for them, they lost. Poirier via fifth round brabo choke against Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 in June 2024 (watch highlights) and Covington via unanimous decision against Leon Edwards at UFC 296 in Decmeber 2023.

Covington, 36, claims he’s been recovering since the fight after he broke his foot in the first exchange of his bout with Edwards. A match up against Ian Machado Garry looked like it was going to get organized, but it never materialized.

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At the UFC Abu Dhabi official weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card step on the scale early Friday morning in Manchester, England. A live stream of the official weigh-ins will be made available to watch above as soon as possible.

In the main event, top bantamweight contenders Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov face off. Sandhagen is currently No. 4 at 135 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, while Nurmagomedov sits at No. 8.

The headliners can weigh no more than 136 pounds, the maximum limit for a non-title bantamweight bout.

In the co-main event, middleweights Shara Magomedov and Michal Oleksiejczuk can weigh no more than 186 pounds, the maximum limit for a non-title middleweight bout.

UFC Abu Dhabi official weigh-ins are set to begin at 1 a.m. ET.

Ceremonial weigh-ins take place at 10 a.m. ET.

Main Card (ABC, ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET)

Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Shara Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk

Marlon Vera vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chiesa

Mackenzie Dern vs. Loopy Godinez

Joel Alvarez vs. Elves Brener

Preliminary Card (ESPN2, ESPN+ at 12 p.m. ET)

Alonzo Menifield vs. Azamat Murzakanov

Mohammad Yahya vs. Kaue Fernandes

Shamil Gaziev vs. Don’Tale Mayes

Guram Kutateladze vs. Jordan Vucenic

Viktoriia Dudakova vs. Sam Hughes

Jai Herbert vs. Rolando Bedoya

Sedriques Dumas vs. Denis Tiuliulin

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