LAS VEGAS — There may be no championship fight, but that hardly dimmed the spirits of a huge crowd that turned out to watch the UFC 137 weigh-ins at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It appeared that every available seat was filled to watch top welterweights BJ Penn and Nick Diaz step on the scale and make their main event bout official.
The two didn’t disappoint, with UFC officials having to separate them after things nearly got physical during their staredown.
Diaz weighed in first, coming in at 170 pounds, and Penn followed at 169. That’s when the show began. Penn walked up to Diaz, the crown of his head just under Diaz’s nose. Diaz then appeared to burrow his head forward, making contact with Penn. The two then shoved each other before being quickly separated.
It was the first and only sign of animosity between the two during fight week in what has been mostly been a quiet, respectful back and forth.
After the push-apart, Diaz immediately walked off the stage and to the back.
“He’s a good opponent,” Penn said. “It’s time to fight.”
Diaz is making his return to the UFC after vacating the Strikeforce championship. He’s riding a 10-fight win streak, and he has cited Penn as one of his early influences. The two have also worked together in the past, but Friday’s actions showed the two won’t have a problem putting the past behind them and getting down to fight.
In the co-main event, Matt Mitrione will take a 21-pound advantage into his heavyweight bout with Cheick Kongo. For Mitrione, it is his biggest jump in opponent level after taking out Christian Morecraft in his last bout. Mitrione weighed 255 to Kongo’s 234.
In what may be his last bout as a fighter, Mirko Cro Cop weighed in at a trim 235 pounds for his bout with Roy Nelson. In the leadup to the fight, there has been talk about Nelson’s new conditioning program and the effects it may have on his body, but he didn’t tip his hand at weigh-ins, wearing a fat suit on the scale while registering 252 pounds. By comparison, in his last fight at UFC 130, Nelson weighed 260 pounds.
The only fighter to miss weight was Tyson Griffin, who was well off the mark, checking in at 146, three pounds over the featherweight limit. He had one hour to attempt to lose the three pounds but did not make it, dropping only one pound. He’ll be fined a percentage of his purse and face Palaszewski at a catch weight of 148 pounds.
*Tyson Griffin made 149 on the scale, dropped another pound after weigh-ins were concluded and ultimately could not make weight, resulting in a fine of 25 percent of his purse. His fight with Palaszewski will be fought at a 148-pound catch weight.
LAS VEGAS — There may be no championship fight, but that hardly dimmed the spirits of a huge crowd that turned out to watch the UFC 137 weigh-ins at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It appeared that every available seat was filled to watch top welterweights BJ Penn and Nick Diaz step on the scale and make their main event bout official.
The two didn’t disappoint, with UFC officials having to separate them after things nearly got physical during their staredown.
Diaz weighed in first, coming in at 170 pounds, and Penn followed at 169. That’s when the show began. Penn walked up to Diaz, the crown of his head just under Diaz’s nose. Diaz then appeared to burrow his head forward, making contact with Penn. The two then shoved each other before being quickly separated.
It was the first and only sign of animosity between the two during fight week in what has been mostly been a quiet, respectful back and forth.
After the push-apart, Diaz immediately walked off the stage and to the back.
“He’s a good opponent,” Penn said. “It’s time to fight.”
Diaz is making his return to the UFC after vacating the Strikeforce championship. He’s riding a 10-fight win streak, and he has cited Penn as one of his early influences. The two have also worked together in the past, but Friday’s actions showed the two won’t have a problem putting the past behind them and getting down to fight.
In the co-main event, Matt Mitrione will take a 21-pound advantage into his heavyweight bout with Cheick Kongo. For Mitrione, it is his biggest jump in opponent level after taking out Christian Morecraft in his last bout. Mitrione weighed 255 to Kongo’s 234.
In what may be his last bout as a fighter, Mirko Cro Cop weighed in at a trim 235 pounds for his bout with Roy Nelson. In the leadup to the fight, there has been talk about Nelson’s new conditioning program and the effects it may have on his body, but he didn’t tip his hand at weigh-ins, wearing a fat suit on the scale while registering 252 pounds. By comparison, in his last fight at UFC 130, Nelson weighed 260 pounds.
The only fighter to miss weight was Tyson Griffin, who was well off the mark, checking in at 146, three pounds over the featherweight limit. He had one hour to attempt to lose the three pounds but did not make it, dropping only one pound. He’ll be fined a percentage of his purse and face Palaszewski at a catch weight of 148 pounds.
*Tyson Griffin made 149 on the scale, dropped another pound after weigh-ins were concluded and ultimately could not make weight, resulting in a fine of 25 percent of his purse. His fight with Palaszewski will be fought at a 148-pound catch weight.
UFC 137 is taking place this Saturday at the Mandalay Bay events centre. The card, despite still being high quality, has been ravaged with injuries and fights being pulled out. Some of these include:Sam Stout was scheduled to face Dennis Siver however …
UFC 137 is taking place this Saturday at the Mandalay Bay events centre. The card, despite still being high quality, has been ravaged with injuries and fights being pulled out. Some of these include:
Sam Stout was scheduled to face Dennis Siver however he was replaced by Donald Cerrone due to injury.
Nick Diaz was originally set to face Georges St Pierre but after failing to attend several media appearances he was replaced by Carlos Condit. Nick Diaz took Carlos Condit’s place in the co-main event against B.J Penn.
Georges St Pierre pulled out of main event with a knee injury.
Just a friendly reminder that we will have the live stream of today’s UFC 137 pre-fight presser for you right here starting at 4:00 pm ET.
If you’re at home today or somewhere your boss won’t catch you getting shit-faced, we’ve created a little drinking game for you to enjoy it a bit more.
Check it out after the jump.
(Stream courtesy of YouTube/UFC)
Just a friendly reminder that we will have the live stream of today’s UFC 137 pre-fight presser for you right here starting at 4:00 pm ET.
If you’re at home today or somewhere your boss won’t catch you getting shit-faced, we’ve created a little drinking game for you to enjoy it a bit more.
Check it out below.
Every time someone asks Roy Nelson about his weight, take a drink.
Whenever anyone asks Cro Cop about retirement, take a drink.
If Nick Diaz makes eye contact with someone while answering his or her question, take a drink.
If Nick says something Emo about how anything like he should have boxed or that he got screwed out of a title shot for no reason, take a drink.
When BJ says “um,” take a drink.
If Cheick Kongo mentions that he is going to be a UFC champ one day, finish your drink.
When a reporter inevitably asks any fighter to give up his game plan for Saturday night, take a drink.
If anyone has the balls to ask Dana what he thinks about the Bellator-Viacom deal, finish your drink.
We can be pretty critical sometimes, but it’s that snarky candour that prompts most of the Potato Nation to navigate over to our site several dozen times a day. As harsh as our observations may be at times, they are nothing compared to the frank and biting results returned from Google search’s autofill.
Check out our gallery of 14 UFC 137-related searches after the jump, and if you’re Cheick Kongo remember: it wasn’t us this time; it was the Internet. Tell JayT to call off the hit.
(The Interweb never lies)
We can be pretty critical sometimes, but it’s that snarky candour that prompts most of the Potato Nation to navigate over to our site several dozen times a day. As harsh as our observations may be at times, they are nothing compared to the frank and biting results returned from Google search’s autofill.
Check out our gallery of 14 UFC 137-related searches, and if you’re Cheick Kongo remember: it wasn’t us this time; it was the Internet. Tell JayT to call off the hit.
Now that Georges St-Pierre is hurt, the Matt Mitrione vs. Cheick Kongo fight has moved up to a co-main event at UFC 137 and rightfully so, as this should be a great fight.The heavyweight division is set to be shaken up and the winner of this one may ve…
Now that Georges St-Pierre is hurt, the Matt Mitrione vs. Cheick Kongo fight has moved up to a co-main event at UFC 137 and rightfully so, as this should be a great fight.
The heavyweight division is set to be shaken up and the winner of this one may very well find himself just a few wins away from a title match.
Heavyweight fights are difficult to predict as either fighter is just one good punch away from Loopy Street. This is especially true of two fighters who hit about as hard as Ivan Drago from the Rocky films.
Without further ado, here is a (meat) head to toe breakdown of Mitrione vs. Kongo.
The wait is nearly over: UFC 137 is less than three days away and the anticipation has reached fever-pitch. Who wins and who loses—Nick Diaz or B.J. Penn? UFC 137 is set to bring the house down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on October 29 in L…
The wait is nearly over: UFC 137 is less than three days away and the anticipation has reached fever-pitch. Who wins and who loses—Nick Diaz or B.J. Penn?
UFC 137 is set to bring the house down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on October 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
And this is without the original main attraction of Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit.
The event is already stacked, from the preliminaries on Facebook and Spike TV, to the main card, where all eyes will be on the Diaz/Penn main event and its outcome.
However, there are four other fights that will be featured on the main card and are more than worthy of a mention, with the upshots probably signalling the end of a career or even a swift exit from the UFC altogether.
LAS VEGAS — There may be no championship fight, but that hardly dimmed the spirits of a huge crowd that turned out to watch the UFC 137 weigh-ins at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It appeared that every available seat was filled to watch top welterweights BJ Penn and Nick Diaz step on the scale and make their main event bout official.
