The UFC 140 weigh-ins went down this afternoon at the Air Canada Center at the end of Yonge St. in downtown Toronto. The usual events surrounding the weigh-ins were on hand with an opening Q and A with UFC announcer Mike Goldberg and UFC middleweight contender Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Munoz and the fight-club fans on hand.
The highlight for me was when Munoz spoke in length on Canadian fighter Kzryzstof Soszynski, whom he trains with in his own gym. Munoz spoke highly of K-SOS, and it seems they have a great relationship. When he was done speaking, Munoz signed autographs and took pictures with fans until he had to go.
A pretty cool surprise was on hand as there was an Undisputed 3 demonstration bout scheduled for the afternoon, much to the delight of the fans. UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was in the house and took the stage with No. 1 contender Benson Henderson. The two will fight in Japan in February.
In an entertaining slug fest where both guys were button-mashing, Edgar hurt Henderson early with a front kick to the face and then finished him shortly after with a head-kick knockout.
Tito “The People`s Champ” Ortiz once again showed that he knows how to work a crowd when he came on stage for the weigh-ins with a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey on with “11 Ortiz” on the back. Ortiz got the biggest roar out of anyone, along with Canadian Mark “The Machine” Hominick.
It was one of the toughest rooms I have ever been in as fighters were scattered all over the weigh-in crowd. Fighters on hand were Sam Stout, Vladimir Matyushenko, Matt Mitrione, Chris Horodecki, Frank Trigg Patrick Cote and Mike Van Arsdale.
Check out the video for all the stare downs!
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