UFC 278 is set to be the biggest night in the MMA career of Leon Edwards when he challenges Kamaru Usman for the UFC Welterweight Championship, but how can fight fans watch the weigh-ins ahead of this epic event?

Many fighters have said in the past that getting on weight for a fight is the ‘hard part’ and entering the octagon itself is actually the ‘fun part’ of competition.

With Edwards having to make sure that he hits 170 to 170.5 pounds for his Championship bout, there is even more pressure on the Englishman to ensure that he can enter the cage on Saturday, August 20th for the fight of his life!

Here is everything you need to know about the UFC 278 weigh-ins, including how you can watch the event itself in full on the night.

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UFC 278 Weigh-in Event

UFC 278 Poster Usman vs Edwards 2

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The weigh-in event for UFC 278 will be taking place on Friday, August 19th 2022 at 3:50 PM BST as confirmed by the UFC FIGHT PASS site.

Speaking of UFC FIGHT PASS, this is how fight fans will be able to watch all of the event itself on the night.

UFC FIGHT PASS is an OTT streaming service from the biggest MMA promotion on the planet, and it gives fans access to every Early Prelims and Prelims fight on every UFC PPV throughout the year.

As well as UFC content, the FIGHT PASS app and site also has content from a number of different promotions, including Cage Warriors, Titan FC, LFA, Jorge Masvidal’s iKON FC and Cage Fury FC.

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UFC 278 Scheduled Card

Kamaru Usman is the current UFC welterweight champion

Kamaru Usman is the current UFC welterweight champion

For reference, here are all of the fights that are currently scheduled to be taking place on the UFC 278 fight card and the weight divisions they’re being competed in:

  • Daniel Da Silva vs Victor Altamirano – Flyweight Bout
  • Aoriqileng vs Jay Perrin – Bantamweight Bout
  • Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo – Flyweight Bout
  • AJ Fletcher vs Ange Loosa – Welterweight Bout
  • Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldana – Featherweight Bout
  • Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova – Women’s Bantamweight Bout
  • Leonardo Santos vs Jared Gordon – Lightweight Bout
  • Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker – Light Heavyweight Bout
  • Marcin Tybura vs Alexandr Romanov – Heavyweight Bout
  • Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili – Bantamweight Bout
  • Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold – Middleweight bout
  • Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards – Main Event UFC Welterweight Title Bout

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