MONTREAL – The hometown Montreal Canadiens couldn’t close out their first-round series against Ottawa in the Stanley Cup playoffs on Wednesday night – which paved the way for a location for Friday’s UFC 186 weigh-ins.
Because Game 5 moves back to Montreal on Friday from Ottawa, where the Senators beat the Canadiens 1-0 in Game 4 on Wednesday, the Bell Centre isn’t an option for the UFC 186 fighters to step on the scale. UFC 186 takes place Saturday at that venue and airs on pay-per-view, FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Today, the UFC announced the weigh-in proceedings will take place at Metropolis, 59 Rue Sainte-Catherine East in Montreal. Metropolis is an historic concert venue built more than 130 years ago. The theater has played host to the likes of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members David Bowie and Green Day, as well as Beck, the White Stripes and Coldplay.
Members of the UFC Fight Club can get in at 1:30 p.m. ET. Doors open to the public at 2 p.m. ET. And at 2:30 p.m. ET, former welterweight champion and longtime Montreal resident Georges St-Pierre will host a Q&A with teammate and upcoming welterweight title challengerRory MacDonald.
Following the Q&A, the first fighter will be on the scale at 4 p.m. ET.
UFC 186 is headlined by a flyweight title fight between champion Demetrious Johnson and challenger Kyoji Horiguchi. The co-feature is an on-off-on-again 215-pound catchweight fight between former light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Fabio Maldonado. Jackson was successful in a court appeal earlier this week, getting him back on the card after Bellator MMA got an injunction to keep him from fighting.
The full UFC 186 card includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. Kyoji Horiguchi – for flyweight title
- Quinton Jackson vs. Fabio Maldonado – 215-pound catchweight
- Michael Bisping vs. C.B. Dollaway
- Shane Campbell vs. John Makdessi
- Thomas Almeida vs. Yves Jabouin
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)
- Patrick Cote vs. Joe Riggs
- Alexis Davis vs. Sarah Kaufman
- Bryan Barberena vs. Chad Laprise
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. David Michaud
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
- Chris Clements vs. Nordine Taleb
- Valerie Letourneau vs. Jessica Rakoczy
- Aisling Daly vs. Randa Markos
Fans Invited to Friday's UFC 186 Weigh-ins in Montreal; MacDonald, St-Pierre host Q&A
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