UFC 279

A fight broke out between rival camps backstage, which White later confirmed began between Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland - the “catalysts” - and spiralled ...

“If they wanna fight before (Saturday), fuck the money, brother, I’m gonna fight with them. “Tiki took a couple for the team and he’s not even on a team. This has never happened in the history of this company. I apologise.” “That was why I stopped it.” Indeed, it wasn’t even a fighter on the UFC279 fight that was the spark for the wildfire, but Paulo Costa, who has shared a brutal war of words on social media and in interviews with Chimaev in recent weeks. “I hear ya, I’m with ya. I don’t know anywhere in the US that would offer that service free! White appeared to tell him “F**k it. But that wasn’t the start of the fracas. He told the expectant crowd: “Yeah, this ain’t going to happen. It wasn’t just one thing that erupted,” he said.

The press conference started with only two fighters as Kevin Holland and Daniel Rodriguez answered a few questions from the media rather than the six athletes ...

[Company boss Dana White](https://wwos.nine.com.au/news/dana-white) pulled the plug on the event, labelling it an "absolute shit show back there," as soon as he hit the stage. "Once it all started erupting, it was a complete shit show." For everybody's safety, this is the right decision. "This ain't going to happen," White said as the crowd booed. This has never happened in the history of this company. [UFC](https://wwos.nine.com.au/ufc) 279 was cancelled as soon as it began for safety reasons after an altercation between fighters backstage.

A press conference for UFC 279 had to be called off after two pugilists who weren't even meant to fight each other got into a scuffle backstage.

Let me tell you this is the right decision not to do this press conference right now. This has never happened in the history of this company. I apologise."

The Sporting News will be providing updates from the last weigh-in in the UFC for Nate Diaz.

- Main event: 12:15 a.m. The Sporting News may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up for a streaming service through our links. New subscribers can pay a bundle price of $99.98 for the UFC 279 pay-per-view and an ESPN+ annual subscription, which offers savings of more than 30 percent. - Main card: 10 p.m. and Mexico on the ESPN+ subscription streaming service for a pay-per-view cost. 12 p.m. 10 a.m. The Sporting News will be providing weigh-in results for UFC 279. Chimaev finally returned in October 2021 and beat Li Jingliang via submission. He made his pro debut in 2018 and joined the UFC in 2020, winning three fights for the promotion that year. Diaz is 14-11 with the UFC and has competed against Clay Guida, Donald Cerrone, Jim Miller, Gray Maynard and Conor McGregor. In the last fight of his UFC contract, he will face Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

They've Stepped On The Scales In Las Vegas To Make It Official For Saturday's Pay Per View Event.

[Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor](https://www.ufc.com/video/free-fight-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-ufc-279-chimaev-diaz-vegas) [Nate Diaz vs Cowboy Cerrone](https://www.ufc.com/video/free-fight-nate-diaz-vs-donald-cowboy-cerrone-ufc-279-chimaev-diaz-vegas) [Khamzat Chimaev vs Li Jingliang](https://www.ufc.com/video/free-fight-khamzat-chimaev-vs-li-jingliang-ufc-279-chimaev-diaz-vegas) [Khamzat Chimaev vs Gilbert Burns](https://www.ufc.com/video/free-fight-khamzat-chimaev-vs-gilbert-burns-ufc-279-chimaev-diaz-vegas) [UFC 279: Chimaev vs Diaz](/event/ufc-279), Live From T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas, Nevada. [ESPN+](https://plus.espn.com/ufc/ppv?ex_cid=DSS-OFF-UFC-INARTICLE-EN) PPV.

Swedish fighter Khamzat Chimaev missed the weight for Saturday's main event showdown with American Nate Diaz at UFC 279, throwing the card into further ...

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Khamzat Chimaev missed weight by more than seven pounds on Friday, putting his welterweight bout with Nate Diaz in serious jeopardy ahead of UFC 279 on ...

Holland was 179.5 pounds and Rodriguez was 179 for their 180-pound catchweight bout. The news conference was ultimately canceled. Chimaev kicked Holland during the fight. Chimaev, 28, is one of the UFC's biggest rising stars and was a -1000 favorite, per Caesars Sportsbook. It's unclear what would happen contractually if Diaz, 37, does not fight Saturday. Diaz was 171 pounds.

A press conference for UFC 279 in Las Vegas had to be called off after fighters Kevin Holland...

Let me tell you this is the right decision not to do this press conference right now. I apologise." This has never happened in the history of this company.

Khamzat Chimaev missed weight by more than seven pounds on Friday, putting his welterweight bout with Nate Diaz in serious jeopardy ahead of UFC 279 on ...

Holland was 179.5 pounds and Rodriguez was 179 for their 180-pound catchweight bout. The news conference was ultimately canceled. Chimaev kicked Holland during the fight. Chimaev, 28, is one of the UFC's biggest rising stars and was a -1000 favorite, per Caesars Sportsbook. It's unclear what would happen contractually if Diaz, 37, does not fight Saturday. Diaz was 171 pounds.