Patrick Holohan and Louis Smolka probably could not have envisioned a scenario in which they landed on an Ultimate Fighting Championship marquee. Yet injuries to heavyweight Stipe Miocic and lightweight Joseph Duffy have placed them there.
Holohan tipped the scales at 126 pounds ahead of his makeshift UFC Fight Night 76 main event opposite Smolka (125) on Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin. Lightweight co-headliners Norman Parke (156) and Reza Madadi (156) also met their mandatory weight requirements without issue at Friday’s official weigh-in.