Weigh in Results for UFC 160
by Ben Heather @benheather
Tomorrows UFC live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Nevada, is now set after the weigh ins have now made the fights official. The main event sees Cain Velasquez attempt to defend his UFC Heavyweight title against Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and both men weighed in within the 265lbs limit to make the fight official.
In the co main event, we will witness another heavyweight battle and potential number one contender fight between Junior Dos Santos and Mark Hunt. Both men also weighed in under the 265lbs limit at the weigh ins, and they both know that a big win will move them a step closer to a potential title shot. If Mark Hunt wins it will be very hard to deny him his chance to fight for the UFC title which only a year or so ago would have sounded crazy.
Also on the main event, is another number one contenders fight this time in the UFC Lightweight division as Gray Maynard and TJ Grant will fight to see who will be the next contender to face Benson Henderson. Dana White announced after the UFC on FOX 7 event that the winner of this fight will get the next title shot.
All of the other fighters made weight when they stepped on to the scales, with the exception of Nurmagomedov who failed to make the weight by 2.5lbs for his fight against Abel Trujillo. According to Ariel Helwani via twitter announced that Khabib won't try to shed the extra weight, he will forfeit 10% of his purse to the Nevada state commission and 10% to Abel. Also Nah-Shon Burrell missed weight by 1lb for his fight against Stephen Thompson. I imagine Burrell will try and lose the extra pound.
Full list of results from today's weigh in can be found below.
Main Card - Live on ESPN at 3am Sunday 26th May 2013
Cain Velasquez (c) (240lbs) vs. Antonio Silva (263lbs)
Junior Dos Santos (239lbs) vs. Mark Hunt (264lbs)
Glover Teixeira (205lbs) vs. James Te Huna (206lbs)
Gray Maynard (156lbs) vs. TJ Grant (155lbs)
Donald Cerrone (155lbs) vs. K.J. Noons (156lbs)
Prelims - Live on ESPN at 1am Sunday 26th May 2013
Mike Pyle (170lbs) vs. Rick Story (169lbs)
Dennis Bermudez (146lbs) vs. Max Holloway (145lbs)
Colton Smith (170lbs) vs. Robert Whittaker (171lbs)
Khabib Nurmagomedov (158.5lbs)** vs. Abel Trujillo (155lbs)
Facebook Prelims - Live on facebook
Stephen Thompson (170lbs) vs. Nah-Shon Burrell (172lbs)*
Brian Bowles (135lbs) vs. George Roop (135lbs)
Jeremy Stephens (146lbs) vs. Estevan Payan (145lbs)
*Burrell missed weight by 1lb
**Nurmagomedov missed weight by 2.5lbs
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