Everything is bigger in Texas! Three fighters miss weight [Update II]
by Zak Woods on Sep 18, 2009 7:19 PM EDT
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Three fighters missed weight today in Dallas, Texas including main event participant Vitor Belfort.
Belfort had requested the bout be at a catch-weight of 195lbs. as oppose to 205lbs. yet he missed the set weight on several attempts (the irony is rich). Vitor had to strip to the nude and still came in a pound and a quarter over weight. Belfort will have to make 196lbs. in the hour allotted.
Hermes Franca also missed weight by a whopping four pounds, weighing in at 159lbs. However Franca and Griffin agreed upon a catch-weight of 159lbs. prior to the weigh-in. No word if Franca sacrificed a portion of his purse to accommodate Griffin on the sudden change in weight.
Finally TUF 8 winner, Efrain Escudero, weighed in at 157lbs. and will have one hour to cut the extra pound. Escudero is set to fight Cole Miller on the Spike TV portion of UFC 103.
Belfort and Escudero will most likely be able to cut the remaining weight in the upcoming hour.
[Update: Note by Zak Woods, 09/18/09 6:47 PM EDT ]
Efrain Escudero was a half-pound overweight on his second attempt.
[Update #2: Note by Zak Woods, 09/18/09 7:17 PM EDT ]
Vitor Belfort made 196lbs. on his fourth attempt.
[Update #3: Note by Zak Woods, 09/18/09 7:44 PM EDT ]
Efrain Escudero made weight.
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Holy shitbeans! Did they get some of our awesome BBQ down here already? C’mon guys, load up on the blackberry cobbler AFTER you make weight.
by Greenbeard on Sep 18, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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