Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final poster
The official weigh-ins for the Strikeforce Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final event went down this evening at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
The HP Pavilion also hosts tomorrow’s live event, which will air on Showtime (main card) and Showtime Extreme (prelim card).
Headliners, Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament finalists Josh ‘The Warmaster’ Barnett (248) and Daniel Cormier (238) were both well under the 265-lbs limit for their bout. A lightweight title bout was made official as champ Gilbert Melendez and opponent Josh Thomson weighed in at 153-lbs each for their match.
There was some problems with the scale early on as James Terry stepped on the scale at 135-lbs for his lightweight fight. The scale was re-calibrated and he officially weighed in at 156.25-lbs. No mention was made by officials whether Terry would have to drop the extra 0.25-lbs or not.
The full weigh-in results for Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier is as follows:
Main Card (Showtime)
Heavyweight Grand Prix final bout: Josh Barnett (248) vs. Daniel Cormier (238)
Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (153) vs. Josh Thomson (153)
Light heavyweight bout: Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (206) vs. Mike Kyle (203)
Welterweight bout: Nah-Shon Burrell (170) vs. Chris Spang (169)
Preliminary Card (Showtime Extreme)
Lightweight bout: Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante (156) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (156)
Light heavyweight bout: Virgil Zwicker (204) vs. Guto Inocente (205)
Light heavyweight bout: Derrick Mehmen (205) vs. Gian Villante (205)
Welterweight bout: Quinn Mulhern (170) vs. Yuri Villefort (170)
Lightweight bout: Bobby Green (155) vs. James Terry (156.25)*
*Terry stepped on the scale at 135-lbs on his first attempt. The scale was re-calibrated and he weighed in at 156.25-lbs. No mention made about whether he’d have to drop the extra weight.