The official weigh-ins for tomorrow’s UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold took place this afternoon at the Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Twenty-five of twenty-six combatants made weight for their respective bouts including headliners former UFC champ Vitor Belfort (186) and the final Strikeforce middleweight title holder Luke Rockhold (186). Co-main event middleweights Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza and Chris Camozzi also stepped on the scales at 186-lbs.
The only fighter to miss weight was John Cholish who came in at 156.2-lbs, 0.2-lbs over limit, for his lightweight bout with Gleison Tibau (156). Cholish was given extra time to make weight and has successfully made the cut.
The live event is set to air tomorrow with the main card on FX starting at 9pm EST while the prelim card is split between Fuel TV (@ 6pm EST) and Facebook (@ 4:30pm EST).
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Main Card (FX @ 9pm EST)
Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort (186) vs. Luke Rockhold (186)
Middleweight bout: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (186) vs. Chris Camozzi (186)
Lightweight bout: Rafael dos Anjos (156) vs. Evan Dunham (156)
Middleweight bout: Rafael Natal (186) vs. João Zeferino (185)
Preliminary Bouts (on Fuel TV @ 6pm EST)
Featherweight bout: Hacran Dias (146) vs. Nik Lentz (146)
Lightweight bout: Francisco Trinaldo (154) vs Mike Rio (156)
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau (156) vs. John Cholish (156)*
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago (170) vs. Michel Prazeres (171)
Bantamweight bout: Yuri Alcantara (136) vs. Iliarde Santos (134)
Light heavyweight bout: Fabio Maldonado (205) vs. Roger Hollet (204)
Preliminary Card (Facebook @ 4:30pm EST)
Flyweight bout: John Lineker (126) vs. Azamat Gashimov (126)
Flyweight bout: Jussier Formiga (126) vs. Chris Cariaso (126)
Lightweight bout: Lucas Martins (153) vs. Jeremy Larsen (155)
* Cholish came in at 156.2-lbs and with extra time to cut the 0.2-lbs (MMAFighting.com)