PFL Chicago weigh-in results: 2 fighters miss weight

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A world class bantamweight clash headlines PFL Chicago: Tune in LIVE, Saturday, April 11 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

The Professional Fighters League returns to Illinois on Saturday with 11 fights, which are now all official following the PFL Chicago weigh-ins.

The PFL Chicago main event will see Sergio Pettis look to go 3-0 inside the promotion at the expense of the undefeated Mitchell McKee. Both men had no issue making bantamweight. Two fighters missed their marks as Shanna Young came in 2.2 pounds over for her fight against Viviane Araujo, and Dashiande Harris-Moore was 3 pounds over for his fight against Biaggio Ali Walsh. Both fights will continue, with the overweight fighters being fined 20 percent of their purse.

Pettis (25-7) made his PFL debut last year by taking a unanimous decision over Raufeon Stots and followed it up with a spectacular spinning back elbow and punch knockout of Magomed Magomedov. Just 32, "The Phenom" has successfully bounced back after losses to Patrick Mix and Kyoji Horiguchi. The Wisconsin native will look to make Roufusport proud by extending his win streak and officially weighed in at 134.4 pounds.

This marks the biggest fight in the career of McKee (10-0). This is the 28-year-old fighter's promotional debut as eight of his 10 wins came in the Legacy Fighting Alliance. "Merciless" most recently knocked out Pedro Nobre with a punch last year. The Kill Cliff FC product weighed 135.6 pounds.

PFL Chicago will air live on ESPN+ on Saturday. The main card starts at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while the prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

PFL Chicago weigh-in results:

Sergio Pettis (134.4) vs. Mitchell McKee (135.6)
Jordan Newman (185) vs. Joshua Silveira (186)
Raufeon Stots (136) vs. Renat Khavalov (136)
Gabriel Braga (145) vs. Cheyden Leialoha (146)
Viviane Araujo (125.8) vs. Shanna Young (128.2)*
Jena Bishop (125.2) vs. Borena Tsertsvadze (125.8)
Omar El Dafrawy (170.2) vs. James Vake (169.8)
Kana Watanabe (125) vs. Paulina Wisniewska (126)
Rodrigo Nascimento (254.4) vs. Alexander Romanov (259.4)
Biaggio Ali Walsh (156) vs. Dashiande Harris-Moore (159)**
Valanti Atsas (170.8) vs. Nate Jennerman (170.4)

*Young missed weight by 2.2 pounds and will be fined 20 percent of her purse.
**Harris-Moore missed weight by 3 pounds and will be fined 20 percent of his purse.

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