Noah Gugnon Makes Weight for UFC 333 Sleeper Bout Against Kody Steele

Noah Gugnon hitting the scale at exactly 156 pounds for UFC 333 is the kind of routine Friday business that usually gets ignored, but it officially locks in one of the most violent lightweight sleeper fights on the card.

He is set to face Kody Steele, and making the non-title limit means the green light is on for a guy who clearly hates working overtime in the cage.

"MMA Fighting reported the official weigh-in result of 156 pounds for Gugnon."

For context, Gugnon is coming off a brutal first-round submission over Miloš Janičić at UFC Belgrade back in August. When you can fold another professional fighter like a cheap lawn chair before the broadcast team even finishes reading the promo reads, you get on the radar fast.

Hitting the scale is just the appetizer. The real test is whether Gugnon can replicate that Belgrade magic against Steele, who gives up two inches in height but brings plenty of his own chaos to the octagon. Betting markets always overreact to a guy with early finishing upside, though blindly backing a prospect to repeat a first-round highlight is usually a highly efficient way to fund a sportsbook executive's next boat.

This lightweight tilt is flying under the radar mostly because the top of the UFC 333 marquee is completely monopolized by the Alexander Volkanovski and Movsar Evloev featherweight clash. But the undercard is where the real sickos live, and this matchup has all the ingredients of a fight that ends with someone staring at the ceiling lights.

With the weight cut out of the way, Gugnon just has to show up and throw hands. If he pulls off another quick finish against Steele, he will not be fighting in the shadows much longer.