The UFC on FUEL TV 5 Weigh-In’s took place today at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England and the fight card is now official with eleven fights.
The main event on FUEL TV will be a five round heavyweight bout as Stefan Struve (251 lbs) meets undefeated fighter Stipe Miocic (239 lbs).
UFC President Dana White said yesterday that this heavyweight bout will decided who the number 5/6 heavyweight is in the UFC.
The only fighter on the card that was not on weight was DaMarques Johnson. He took this fight against Gunnar Nelson on one weeks notice and the bout was scheduled as a catchweight bout of 175 pounds. Johnson weighed in at 183 pounds, which is eight pounds over the limit. He is allowed one extra hour to make weight and that will not be possible.
The complete results of today’s UFC on FUEL TV 5 Weigh-In’s are below:
Main Card: (FUEL TV – 4 p.m. ET)
Stefan Struve (251) vs. Stipe Miocic (239)
Dan Hardy (169) vs. Amir Sadollah (169)
Brad Pickett (135) vs. Yves Jabouin (136)
Paul Sass (156) vs. Matt Wiman (156)
John Hathaway (169) vs. John Maguire (169)
Che Mills (170) vs. Duane Ludwig (169)
Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 1:30 p.m. ET)
Kyle Kingsbury (204) vs. Jimi Manuwa (204)
Andy Ogle (144) vs. Akira Corassani (144)
Tom Watson (186) vs. Brad Tavares (185)
DaMarques Johnson (183) vs. Gunnar Nelson (175) *
Jason Young (145) vs. Robbie Peralta (144)
* – Bout was scheduled for a catchweight of 175 lbs and Johnson missed weight by 8 lbs.