UFC 156 Weigh-In Results: Three Miss Weight | UFC NEWS
UFC 156 takes place tomorrow in Las Vegas and the fighters took to the scales today to make their bouts official.
Three fighters missed the mark, but only one conceded while the other two were given an additional time allowance to make the required weight limit.
Here are the results from today’s UFC 156 weigh-in ceremony:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Jose Aldo (145) vs. Frankie Edgar (144)
Rashad Evans (206) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (206)
Alistair Overeem (264) vs. Antonio Silva (262)
Jon Fitch (171) vs. Demian Maia (170)
Joseph Benavidez (126) vs. Ian McCall (125)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET)
Evan Dunham (155) vs. Gleison Tibau (155)
Jay Hieron (168) vs. Tyron Woodley (170)
Bobby Green (155) vs. Jacob Volkmann (156)
Yves Edwards (155) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (156)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 7 p.m. ET)
Chico Camus (134) vs. Dustin Kimura (139.5)**
Edwin Figueroa (136) vs. Francisco Rivera (135.5)*
* Figueroa and Rivera were given two hours to make the bantamweight maximum of 136 pounds after coming in heavy on their first attempts.
** Kimura missed weight and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Camus.
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how can u not make weight?…..not enuff notice? lol
I think they didnt travel early to allow there body to adjust the area
amazing card.. cant wait for jon fitch vs demian maia
Really Jon fitch is the most boring fighter in mma
On prime time it said Jon Fitch has over 2 hours of top control in his fights. What an accomplishment.