The official weigh-ins for tomorrow’s UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen went down this afternoon at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey with twenty-three of twenty-four fighters making weight.
Headliners, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones (205) and challenger Chael Sonnen (205), were both on weight for their title match. While co-main event middleweights Michael Bisping (186) and Alan Belcher (185) were also on weight.
The only fighter not to make weight was Facebook prelim fighter Nick Catone who stepped onto the scale at 173-lbs for his welterweight match with James Head (170.25). Catone will be fined 20% of his purse.
UFC 159 is set to take place on April 27 at the same venue in Newark with the main card airing on pay-per-view, while the prelim card will be split between FX and streaming video on the web.
Check out the full UFC 159 weigh-in results below:
Main Card (PPV @ 10pm EST)
Light heavyweight bout (c) Jon Jones (205) vs. Chael Sonnen (205)
Middleweight bout: Alan Belcher (185) vs. Michael Bisping (186)
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo (237) vs. Roy Nelson (258)
Light heavyweight bout: Phil Davis (205) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (205.5)
Lightweight bout: Pat Healy (155.5) vs. Jim Miller (155)
Preliminary Card (FX @ 8pm EST)
Lightweight bout: Rustam Khabilov (156) vs. Yancy Medeiros (155.5)
Light heavyweight bout: Ovince St. Preux (206) vs. Gian Villante (206)
Bantamweight bout: Sheila Gaff (133) vs. Sara McMann (134)
Bantamweight bout: Johnny Bedford (136) vs. Bryan Caraway (136)
Preliminary Card (Facebook @ 6:30pm EST)
Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia (145) vs. Cody McKenzie (145)
Welterweight bout: Nick Catone (173)* vs. James Head (170.25)
Featherweight bout: Kurt Holobaugh (145) vs. Steven Siler (145.25)
* Catone overweight, will be fined 20% of his purse and the match will go on as scheduled