MMA News: Welterweight

Staropoli was 3.5 pounds over the welterweight limit for his bout against Tim Means on Saturday and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Means as a result, with the fight proceeding at catchweight, MMAFighting.com reports.

Means missed weight on his first attempt but managed to cut with an extra hour and will be squaring off against a heavy opponent in Laureano Staropoli at a catchweight bout Saturday, MMAFighting.com reports.

Medic defeated Mikey Gonzalez via TKO (strikes) at 2:12 of Round 1 at Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was one of three fighters awarded a UFC contract after the show.

Gooden will make his UFC debut Aug. 22 versus Dwight Grant, Marcel Dorff of MMADNA reports.

Grant will square off against Jared Gooden on the Aug. 22 card, Marcel Dorff of MMADNA reports.

Luque defeated Randy Brown via TKO (punches) at 4:56 of Round 2 at UFC on ESPN+ 31 on Saturday.

Brown lost to Vicente Luque via TKO (punches) at 4:56 of Round 2 at UFC on ESPN+ 31 on Saturday.

Based on a NSAC ruling, Ontiveros will no longer fight Markus Perez at UFC Las Vegas on Saturday, Mike Heck of MMAFighting.com reports.

Ontiveros will step in on short notice to take on Markus Perez in a catchweight matchup (195 pounds) at UFC Vegas 5 on Saturday, Raphael Marinho of Combate reports.

Oliveira defeated Peter Sobotta via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

McKee lost to Khamzat Chiamev via TKO (punches) at 3:09 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

Ronson defeated Nicolas Dalby via submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 2:48 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

Dalby lost to Jesse Ronson via submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 2:48 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

Stolze lost to Ramazan Emeev via unanimous decision (27-30, 27-30, 28-29) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

Neal (ribs) is expected to step into the Octagon against Neil Magny in a welterweight matchup at a UFC event on Aug. 29, Mike Bohn of MMAJunkie.com reports.

Magny is set to square off against Geoff Neal in a welterweight matchup at an Aug. 29 UFC event, Mike Bohn of MMAJunkie.com reports.

Sato (16-3-0) is scheduled to face Daniel Rodriguez (12-1-0) in a welterweight fight set for Aug. 22 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Farah Hannoun and Nolan King of USA Today report.

Burns disclosed via his personal Twitter account Monday that he is no longer positive for COVID-19.

McKee has signed with the UFC and will take on Khamzat Chimaev in a welterweight matchup at UFC on ESPN 14 on Saturday at Fight Island, Simon Head of MMAJunkie.com reports.

Covington's supposed match against Tyron Woodley will happen, just not as soon as initially anticipated. The former UFC Welterweight Champion expressed via an Instagram video Saturday that he's agreed to the fight, he just needs more time to recover and prepare, Simon Samano of MMA Junkie reports.

Woodley cleared up the confusion in terms of his pending fight with Colby Covington in an Instagram video Saturday, saying that he's accepted the fight but needs some more time to heal up and prepare, Simon Samano of MMA Junkie reports.

Woodley (19-5-1 MMA, 9-4-1 UFC) is set to take on Colby Covington (15-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) at UFC on ESPN+ 30 on Aug. 22 once he decides to sign and agree to the fight, Nolan King of MMA Junkie reports.