UFC 104 Weigh-In Results: Machida and Shogun Set for Headliner; Johnson, Neer, and Tibau Miss Weight
All twenty-two fighters who will be in action at Saturday’s UFC 104 event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles hit the scales today to weigh in for their bouts.
Light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida (202.5) and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (204.5) successfully made weight for the UFC 104 main event, as did co-headliners Cain Velasquez (238) and Ben Rothwell (265).
Welterweight knockout artist Anthony Johnson will likely be moving to middleweight for his next bout after weighing in 6 pounds over the division’s 170 pound limit. Johnson will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to opponent Yoshiyuki Yoshida, who weighed in at 170 pounds, but the fight will go on as scheduled.
Lightweights Josh Neer and Gleison Tibau both narrowly missed the division’s 155 pound limit for their matchup, but have agreed that neither will need to shed extra weight, instead meeting at a 157 pound catchweight.
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The official weigh-in results were:
MAIN CARD
- 205: Lyoto Machida (c) (202.5) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (204.5)
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship - 265: Cain Velasquez (238) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
- 155: Joe Stevenson (155.5) vs. Spencer Fisher (155)
- 170: Anthony Johnson (176) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (170)*
- 155: Josh Neer (156.5) vs. Gleison Tibau (157)**
PRELIMINARY CARD
- 205: Ryan Bader (205) vs. Eric Schafer (205.5)
- 265: Antoni Hardonk (249.5) vs. Patrick Barry (237)
- 185: Yushin Okami (185) vs. Chael Sonnen (185)
- 185: Jorge Rivera (185) vs. Rob Kimmons (185)
- 205: Kyle Kingsbury (205.5) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (204.5)
- 265: Stefan Struve (243.5) vs. Chase Gormley (262)
* Johnson, who weighed in 6 pounds over the welterweight limit, will forfeit 20% of his purse to Yoshida for failing to make weight, but the fight will go on as scheduled.
** Neer and Tibau have agreed to fight at a catchweight of 157-pounds after both weighed in over the lightweight limit.
Pictured: Lyoto Machida
Tags: Anthony Johnson, Antoni Hardonk, Ben Rothwell, Cain Velasquez, Chael Sonnen, Chase Gormley, Eric Schafer, Gleison Tibau, Joe Stevenson, Jorge Rivera, Josh Neer, Kyle Kingsbury, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Patrick Barry, Razak Al-Hassan, Rob Kimmons, Ryan Bader, Spencer Fisher, Stefan Struve, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Yushin Okami
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Anthony Johnson what going on dude?
he’s cutting from 220 now
very unacceptable. thats a lot of fighters missing weight..
That is a lot of fighters missing weight…
think that Cain Velasquez and Ben Rothwell might be the Darkhorse to steal fight of the night. They are both eager to beat up one another and both are looking for not just a win but an impressive win so look for that fight t be a contender for fight of the night. Although Ben Rothwell has waayy more experience than Cain Velasquez, Cain just beat up Cheick Kongo which i know some people might consider to be overrated but he was the potential #1 Contender and he’s also no slouch. Ben Rothwell feels that he’s paid his dues and deserves to be in the mix at Heavyweight but Cain Velasquez is i think ahead of his own game, he’s growing very fast and already has a lot of knowledge and i think that he’s more confident now that he beat someone like Kong and will come into this fight a lot better than he did against Kongo. Ben Rothwell also has fought great opponents but i think that he’s kinda under-estimating Velasquez because of his lack of experience and that might not be a smart thing to do. Cain’s ground game is super sick but i do think that Cain’s stand-up is lacking a bit and that’s where Rothwell needs to take advantage, i know Rothwell has a wrestling backround but to be honest i havn’t seen it that much because the dude likes to strike but either way Velasquez’s wrestling is first class so Rothwell had better not take him lightly there either. If Rothwell cannot avoid the takedown he’ll get done like Kongo did but if he keeps the fight stanfing he’ll have a good shot at scoring a tko because Cain has shown he can get rocked but don’t be surpirsed if Rothwell can also inflict damage on the ground as well, tough one to call:
Velasquez via tko or decision
I’ve already exausted my stance for Shogun winning the title so i’ll just keep it short,
Machida is a killer on the stand-up but like his boy Anderson Silva, although they have BJJ Black belts they still IMO havn’t shown that they are invincible there especially A.Silva. Shogun is not stupid and he problably knows that he also has a chance to win on the ground because whetehr people like it or not Tito Ortiz was able to lock in a Triangle then a arm-bar so Machida is capable of getting caught in subs if he gets careless. I think that Shogun has enough patience and overall skill to defeat Machida standing but he’ll have to really be focued which Machida always is. To repeat what i said before i think Shogun will be victorious.
Shogun via tko or ko
Mauricio Rua vs. Lyoto Machida- Shogun via tko
Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell- Velasquez vua decision or tko
Josh Neer vs. Geison Tibau- Tibau via sub or decision
Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson-Fisher via tko or decision
Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiuki Yoshida- Rumble via tko or ko
Patrick Barry vs Antoni Hardonk-Hardonk via tko or ko
Kimmons vs. Rivera- Rivera via tko
Bader vs Scahfer- Schahfer via sub
Fioght of the night: Machida-Shogun
Ko of thr night- Rumble Johnson
Sub of the night- Schahfer
Forget Greg Jackson, these fatties need Jenny Craig.
did you guys see Anderson Silva next to Machida? The dude looks like he had too manu BigMacs(his food of choice), maybe he is trying to move to Heavyweight after all…..
in defense of johnson, hes coming off of a knee injury, so that could have something to do with it…still should make weight tho, but something to think about
damn, i just watched the weigh ins on dvr, anthony johnson looked so embarassed walking up there
Thinking somethings off with the scale for so many guys to miss. Johnson on the other hand, maybe it’s time to move up a weight class, but I also know he’s facing some legal stuff back home, so maybe that was contributory.
true.
I really felt bad for Rumble, he looked almost humiliated by tipping the scales 6 pounds over, not to mention I’m sure he needs every dollar he can earn to help deal with his legal issues.
The last thing the guy needs is to be dropping 20% of his earnings for sh!t like missing weight.
And yeah, I noticed that it looks like Anderson Silva has switched camps from Black House to Nestle’s Toll House, but he’s entitled to his downtime, and to the best of my knowledge hasn’t ever missed weight in the UFC, so, y’know.
As for Neer and Tibau, unless the scale is off as Justin H suggests, WTF is up with those 2?
Probably not, but I’m wondering if life in the sport’s top org is making some of these guys a little soft, both figuratively and literally?
I know this has been discussed a few times, but how is it acceptable to miss weight? That’s their only job besides fighting, to make weight before hand. Rumble should be humiliated, 6 pounds is alot. I hope he and the other fighters learn from that! Either way, im glad that no one is kicked off the card because of weight issues, cause I like this card.
Silva is also either coming off or about to have surgery.
As far as Cain vs. Rothwell, it still sticks in my mind that Kongo almost finished Cain at the beginning of each round…hopefully he’s worked on his standup.
With Neer and Tibeau to me it almost seems as though they both agreed to miss weight slightly and fight catch weight. I’m suprised this isn’t done more often for non-title fights. I agree that the catch weight should be close to the division they fight in, but i also think that weight cutting even done properly can have lasting effects on the human body. I don’t care how good you are and how many times you’ve done it losing 10-15 lbs of water in a short period of time is really hard on your brain and CNS.
Therefore I think it’s fine for fighters to come in 5-8 lbs heavy in non-title bouts if it’s agreed to on both sides a decent amount of time before the bout. I just think it would be better for the long term health of the fighter, they have enough issues with damaged brain tissue as it is.
Machida TKO