Weigh in Results for UFC 162
by Ben Heather @benheather
Tomorrow nights 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 Anderson Silva attempt to defend his UFC Middleweight title for a record 11th time against Chris Weidman. Silva already holds the UFC record for most title defenses which currently stands at 10, however a lot of people have been saying that Weidman is different to all the other challengers and could me the man to beat the greatest MMA fighter of all time. Both men weighed in within the 185lbs limit to make the fight official. Now its just a matter of time before we see if Anderson stays undefeated in the UFC or will Weidman shock the world and defeat the GOAT. All we know is somebody will be losing their undefeated record in the UFC tomorrow night.
In the co main event, we will see a featherweight fight as Frankie Edgar is set to battle Charles Oliveira in a bout which has could have title implications. Both men weighed in under the 146lbs limit at the weigh ins, and they both know that a big win will move them a step closer to a potential title shot. Frankie comes in to this fight needing to get a win, he has no worries for his job but having lost his last three fights (all of which were title fights in which many people thought he did enough to win each time but the judges gave it against him) he is desperate to get back to winning ways and work his way back in to contention.
That is not the only featherweight fight on the card as Cub Swanson will face Dennis Siver in a fight that was originally scheduled to be the co main event on the UFC on Fuel TV 7 event in London back in February. That time Siver had to pull out due to injury but now they will meet in the octagon. Again like the Edgar vs Oliviera fight a big win could put them at the front of the queue for a title shot. Cub certainly has done enough to get one in my opinion.
Also on the main card we have two middleweight contests in Roger Gracie vs Tim Kennedy we see two men making their debuts in the UFC and after Kennedy's comments before this fight he may need a good performance and more importantly a win if he intends on having more than just the one fight in the UFC. The other middleweight contest sees two former contenders try to get back to winning ways as Tim Boetsch and Mark Munoz meet in the octagon.
All of the fighters made weight when they stepped on to the scales making all of the fights official.
A full list of results from today's weigh in can be found below.
Main Card - Live on ESPN at 3am Sunday 7th July 2013
Anderson Silva (c) (184lbs) vs. Chris Weidman (185lbs)Frankie Edgar (146lbs) vs. Charles Oliveira (144lbs)
Tim Kennedy (186lbs) vs. Roger Gracie (186lbs)
Mark Munoz (185lbs) vs. Tim Boetsch (186lbs)
Cub Swanson (144lbs) vs. Dennis Siver (145lbs)
Prelims - Live on ESPN at 1am Sunday 7th July 2013
Chris Leben (186lbs) vs. Andrew Craig (186lbs)Norman Parke (156lbs) vs. Kazuki Tokudome (155lbs)
Gabriel Gonzaga (262lbs) vs. Dave Herman (242lbs)
Edson Barboza (155lbs) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (155lbs)
Facebook Prelims - Live on facebook
Seth Baczynski (170lbs) vs. Brian Melancon (170lbs) Mike Pierce (171lbs) vs. David Mitchell (171lbs)
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