Headliners Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin successfully made weight at Friday’s UFC 106 weigh-ins, as did the rest of the fighters who are set to compete at tomorrow’s event, which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The returning Ortiz, who is fighting for the first time in 18-months, tipped the scale at 204-pounds, while fellow former light heavyweight champ Griffin weighed in at 205-pounds for their anticipated rematch.
Welterweight Anthony Johnson, who failed to make weight for his most-recent bout in October, successfully weighed-in at 170-pounds, while co-main event opponent Josh Koscheck came in at 171-pounds.
The card’s official weigh-in results were:
MAIN CARD (PPV)
- 205: Tito Ortiz (204) vs. Forrest Griffin (205)
- 170: Josh Koscheck (171) vs. Anthony Johnson (170)
- 170: Paulo Thiago (169) vs. Jacob Volkmann (170)
- 205: Luiz Cane (205) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)
- 170: Amir Sadollah (170) vs. Phil Baroni (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
- 170: Marcus Davis (170) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
- 185: Kendall Grove (186) vs. Jake Rosholt (185.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (non-televised)
- 170: Brock Larson (171) vs. Brian Foster (171)
- 155: Caol Uno (155.5) vs. Fabricio Camoes (155.5)
- 155: George Sotiropoulos (155) vs. Jason Dent (155)
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Pictured: Forrest Griffin
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AJ makes weight woooooooooo
why yes he did and actually he had been saying that he was going to make weight and there would be no issues….
His last fight was simply a bad cut, and when he missed v Clementi it was on super short notice, I just don’t get people making a huge deal about this… But hey whatever I guess….
Wasn’t there also some sort of injury issue there?
Good job Rumble!
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin = Tito
Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson = Anthony Johnson
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann = Jacob (upset)
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira = Nogueira
Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni = Baroni
Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders =Marcus
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt = Kendall
my picks for the fight
Dont know if any of you guys watched the weigh-ins but there was some serious tention in the main event stare downs.
@jcohl
Yah he had a bummed knee for the last fight and it cut down on his camp and thats why he said he couldn’t cut the some 40lbs before the fight. I would also like to mention that I was sincerely glad Rumble made weight. I really think he is one of the best at 170 and we’ll prove it tonight when kos forgets he’s a wrestler again.
Excuses aside,cutting 40-55 lbs is not only insane but bad for the sport.
He’s huge for 170lbs and when he’s healthy he can successfully cut to that weight. He had a knee injury and put on a ton of weight, that’s what lead to cutting so much. When he is healthy and only cuts 25-30 lbs he does it time and time again. It just shows that he shouldn’t take fights on short notice or after long lay offs.
To me I wonder how this weight cutting is going to affect his future not only as a fighter but human being. Weight cutting has shown detrtimental water loss in the brain for alot of fighters. Also I can’t imagine it is easy for the body’s main organs to be “running on empty” like alot of these fighters do. Honestly I would love to see Rumble move up to 185 lbs where I beleive his natural weight class is. I also think that competition wise 185 is a better division for him seeing as their are not alot of high level wrestlers. I also think that when Silva retires if he has built a name for himself in that division he has a great shot at the middle weight title. Like i said before too I think it would give him more longevity in the sport by not hurting his body cutting so much.