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The weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 87 are set for Saturday at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a special start time in North America.
UFC Fight Night 87 takes place Sunday at the same venue. It airs on FOX Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
On the eve of the event, which features a heavyweight headliner between former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski (25-11 MMA, 14-5 UFC) and ex-Strikeforce and DREAM champ Alistair Overeem (40-14-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC), as well as co-main event of heavyweights Antonio Silva (19-8-1 MMA, 3-6 UFC) vs. Stefan Struve (26-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC), the fighters step on the scale at the event’s traditional weigh-in ceremony.
Doors at Ahoy Rotterdam open to UFC Fight Club members at 3:45 p.m. CEST local time in Croatia (9:45 a.m. ET) on Saturday, and to the general public at 4 p.m. CEST. The first fighter is on the scale at 5:30 p.m. CEST local time (11:30 a.m. ET).
Prior to the weigh-ins, Michael Chiesa, Alexander Gustafsson and Gegard Mousasi host a Q&A for fans at 4:30 p.m. CEST (10:30 a.m. ET).
The full UFC Fight Night 87 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 2 p.m. ET)
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Alistair Overeem
- Antonio Silva vs. Stefan Struve
- Gunnar Nelson vs. Albert Tumenov
- Anna Elmose vs. Germaine de Randamie
- Francimar Barroso vs. Nikita Krylov
- Heather Jo Clark vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 12 p.m. ET)
- Rustam Khabilov vs. Chris Wade
- Magnus Cedenblad vs. Garreth McLellan
- Jon Tuck vs. TBA
- Yan Cabral vs. Reza Madadi
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 10:30 a.m. ET)
- Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Neil Seery
- Leon Edwards vs. Dominic Waters
- Willie Gates vs. Ulka Sasaki
For more on UFC Fight Night 87, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
