The fighters taking part in Saturday’s UFC on FOX 5 event took to the scale today at the official fighter weigh-ins.
Today’s weigh-ins took place at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington.
The main event of UFC on FOX 6 is for the lightweight title as Benson Henderson looks to defend his strap against Nate Diaz. In the co-main event, we have a possible light heavyweight number one contender match between Alexander Gustafsson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Rounding out the FOX card is B.J. Penn vs. Rory MacDonald and Mike Swick vs. Matt Brown.
MAIN CARD (FOX 5pm PT/8pm ET)
- Benson Henderson (154.6) vs. Nate Diaz (155.6)*
- Alexander Gustafsson (205.4) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (205)
- Rory MacDonald (170.2) vs. B.J. Penn (168.2)
- Matt Brown (170.2) vs. Mike Swick (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX/Sportsnet 2pm PT/5pm ET)
- Yves Edwards (155) vs. Jeremy Stephens (155.8)
- Raphael Assuncao (136.4)** vs. Mike Easton (135)
- Ramsey Nijem (155.4) vs. Joe Proctor (154.6)
- Daron Cruickshank (155) vs. Henry Martinez (158.8)***
- Marcus LeVesseur (155.4) vs. Abel Trujillo (155.4)
- Nam Phan (145.4) vs. Dennis Siver (146)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook 1:20pm PT/4:20pm ET)
- John Albert (136) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135.2)
* Diaz was given two hours to cut 0.6 pounds; on his second try he made 155.2, he still has time to get to 155 on a third attempt
** Assuncao was given two hours to cut 0.4 pounds
*** Martinez was given two hours to cut 2.8 pounds
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