It was an eventful day in London ahead of the UFC’s return to England.
A featherweight fight between Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy will headline on the O2 Arena on Saturday night.
24 hours before the event, UFC London undercard fighters stole the headlines on the weigh-ins.
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Watch Shem Rock trick his UFC London opponent
Luana Carolina missed weight by 8lbs before her fight with Melissa Mullins was called off on Friday morning.
Later within the day, the celebrities of UFC London attended a ceremonial weigh-in and faced off with one another for the ultimate time before fight night.
Every part went in accordance with plan, but Shem Rock tried to create a viral moment ahead of his second UFC fight.
Paddy Pimblett‘s teammate faked a handshake before pushing his opponent, Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady.
UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard immediately stepped in to forestall all hell from breaking loose.
Two members of security grabbed Rock and Al-Selwady to be sure that their fiery face-off ended there.
Rock laughed as he celebrated pulling a quick one on his opponent, who looked confused by the incident.
Al-Selwady tried to confront the hometown favorite backstage, but security was once more readily available to stop the UFC London fight from starting early.
Who else is fighting at UFC London?
Essential card
- Featherweight: Movsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy
- Featherweight: Luke Riley vs Michael Aswell
- Welterweight: Michael Page vs Sam Patterson
- Light heavyweight: Iwo Baraniewski vs Austen Lane
- Middleweight: Roman Dolidze vs Christian Leroy Duncan
- Featherweight: Kurtis Campbell vs Danny Silva
Prelims
- Lightweight: Mason Jones vs Axel Sola
- Featherweight: Nathaniel Wood vs Losene Keita
- Heavyweight: Mario Pinto vs Felipe Franco
- Middleweight: Mantas Kondratavicius vs Antonio Trocoli
- Heavyweight: Louie Sutherland vs Brando Pericic
- Lightweight: Shem Rock vs Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
- Women’s strawweight: Shanelle Dyer vs Ravena Oliveira
Women’s bantamweight: Melissa Mullins vs Luana Carolina