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Matt Erickson and Ken Hathaway

Video: Curtis Blaydes, Chris Daukaus official for UFC on ESPN 33 main event

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The main event for the UFC’s long-awaited return to Ohio is set.

Heavyweights Curtis Blaydes (15-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and Chris Daukaus (12-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) stepped on the scale Friday at the official weigh-ins for UFC on ESPN 33 in Columbus to make their headliner official.

Blaydes weighed in at 259 pounds about 30 minutes into the two-hour weigh-ins window. He’s fighting in his fourth main event in five fights. Daukaus was 243 a few minutes earlier.

Check out their trips to the scale at the UFC’s host hotel in downtown Columbus in the video above.

UFC on ESPN 33 takes place Saturday at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.

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