Search icon

Sport

18th Dec 2015

UFC featherweights go full Jedi at weigh-ins in Orlando (Video)

The force is strong with these

Darragh Murphy

UFC on Fox 17 had one of the more memorable weigh-ins in recent memory.

There were five octagon girls on stage, an unusually high total. Three fighters missed weight due to a suspicious scale. And there was a Star Wars lightsaber battle.

Yep, you read that right!

l

Cole Miller and Jim Alers broke out the Jedi weapons as they both weighed in for Saturday night’s featherweight clash, paying homage to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

It’s always fantastic to see two fighters in such good spirits just 24 hours before they take to the octagon for a fight.