Tonight’s weigh-ins for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch will begin at 10 PM EST (2 PM Saturday in Australia, AEST local). Fighters will hit the scales at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia for Sundays (Saturday night in North America) live pay per view event.
Fans can watch the fighters hit the scales over the web beginning at 10 PM EST (7PM PST) by catching the live streaming video at UFCLive.com. Former UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian will host a Q&A session at the Acer Arena, which fans can watch at the same web address beginning at 8PM EST.
The live event is headlined by a UFC welterweight bout between former champ BJ Penn and former #1 welterweight Jon Fitch. Co headlining the show is a middleweight match between Michael “The Count” Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera.
A total of five preliminary bouts will be aired live for free to fans all over the world both on Facebook and Television.
Fans can watch Anthony Perosh vs. Tom Blackledge and Zhang Tie Quan vs. Jason Reinhardt on Facebook.com/UFC beginning at 8PM EST (5PM PST).
And then at 9PM EST (6PM PST) fans can watch Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda, James Te-Huna vs. Alexander Gustafsson, and Ross Pearson vs. Spencer Fisher on Television.
ION television will carry the broadcast in the US, Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, and ESPN UK in Britain. Unconfirmed for this event, but networks that have been used by the promotion in the past include: Australia – Fuel TV, New Zealand – SKY TV, Germany – SPOX.com, and Middle East – OSN.
The full UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch weigh-in results are as follows:
Main Card
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch (77.2kg/169.8lbd) vs. B.J. Penn (76kg/167.2lbs)
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping (84.2kg/185.2lbs) vs. Jorge Rivera (84kg/184.8lbs)
Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver (70.9kg/156lbs)* vs. George Sotiropoulos (70.8kg/155.8lbs)
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle (77.2kg/169.8lbs) vs. Brian Ebersole (77.2kg/169.8lbs)
Middleweight bout: Chris Camozzi (84.2kg/185.2lbs) vs. Kyle Noke (83.6kg/183.9lbs)
Preliminary Card (Television)
Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher (70.2kg/154.4lbs) vs. Ross Pearson (70.6kg/155.3lbs)
Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson (93.2kg/205lbs) vs. James Te-Huna (93kg/204.6lbs)
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda (84kg/184.8lbs) vs. Nick Ring (84kg/184.8lbs)
Preliminary Card (Facebook.com/UFC)
Light Heavyweight bout: Tom Blackledge (93.2kg/205.2lbs) vs. Anthony Perosh (93kg/204.6lbs)
Featherweight bout: Jason Reinhardt (66kg/145.2lbs) vs. Tiequan Zhang (66.2kg/145.6lbs)
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt (119.2kg/262.2lbs) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (118.6kg/260.9lbs)
Lightweight bout: Maciej Jewtuszko (70.2kg/154.5lbs) vs. Curt Warburton (70.8kg/155.8lbs)
* Siver missed weight on first weigh-in, hitting the scale at 71.2kg/156.6lbs and was given extra time to make weight. Was successful on second attempt.