UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida weighed-in Friday at 202.5 pounds and challenger Mauricio "Shogun" Rua registered at 204.5 for their UFC 104 main event fight happening Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.Full results of the weigh-ins for all 22 fighters are below, and video of the weigh-ins is available here.
Immediately after weighing-in, the two Brazilians stepped away from their usual comfort of a translator to address the audience in English.
"I'm fighting here in Los Angeles, my home," Machida told the crowd. "Tomorrow i put on a great performance. I have done my homework. Thank you my friends!"
"This my belt is my dream," Rua said. "Tomorrow I'm going to put a show for everybody."
For Saturday's co-headliner, Ben Rothwell will have nearly 30 pounds over Cain Velasquez for their heavyweight bout. Rothwell made weight on the dot at 265 pounds, while Velasquez checked-in at 238 pounds.
Anthony Johnson may have to look into moving up a weight class as he weighed-in at 176 pounds -- five pounds above the limit with allowance. His opponent, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, who stepped off at 170, agreed prior to the weigh-ins to fight at Johnson's official weight.
Gleison Tibau, 157 pounds, and Josh Neer, 156.5, both failed to make weight for their lightweight bout and both agreed on stage to fight at a catchweight of 157 pounds.
Weigh-In Results:
PPV
Lyoto Machida (202.5) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (204.5)
Cain Velasquez (238) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
Joe Stevenson (155.5) vs. Spencer Fisher (155)
Anthony Johnson (176) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (170)
Josh Neer (156.5) vs. Gleison Tibau (157)
Spike TV
Ryan Bader (205) vs. Eric "Red" Schafer (205.5)
Antoni Hardonk (249.5) vs. Pat Barry (237)
Prelims
Yushin Okami (185) vs. Chael Sonnen (185)
Jorge Rivera (185) vs. Rob Kimmons (185)
Kyle Kingsbury (205.5) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (204.5)
Stefan Struve (243.5) vs. Chase Gormley (262)
















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10-23-2009 @ 9:03PM
jjhubb1 said...
I hope Johnson can learn to make weight in the future he could be big enough to actually challenge GSP.Although it would not surprise me if GSP ran right through him as well.Three dudes not making weight seems like a lot.As long as the main event lives up to my expectations I will be pleased with this fight.I'm finding it funny how people don't give Shogun a chance he is a bad ass I think this is a possible upset.
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10-23-2009 @ 9:46PM
Kurt said...
These fights seem like pretty good match ups...ide like to see Shogun win,Valasguez,Fisher,Yoshida,and Neer...though i think all could go either way...should be good...
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