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Video: UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz Weigh-In Results

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UFC held the official weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s UFC Fight Night 81 event, which features TJ Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz for the UFC Bantamweight Championship and Anthony Pettis vs. Eddie Alvarez. Below are the offic…

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MAIN CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT):

T.J. Dillashaw (135) vs. Dominick Cruz (135) – UFC Bantamweight Championship
Anthony Pettis (155.5) vs. Eddie Alvarez (155.5)
Travis Browne (238) vs. Matt Mitrione (249)
Ross Pearson (155) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (155.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT):

Patrick Cote (171) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Ed Herman (204.5)
Chris Wade (155.5) vs. Mehdi Baghdad (156)
Maximo Blanco (146) vs. Luke Sanders (145.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 6 PM ET/3 PM PT):

Paul Felder (155.5) vs. Daron Cruickshank (155)
Ilir Latifi (205) vs. Sean O’Connell (205.5)

Videos: UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz & Pettis vs. Alvarez “Embedded” Special

UFC has released the complete “Embedded” preview special for this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 81 event, which features a loaded fight card with Anthony Pettis vs. Eddie Alvarez in the co-main event and the highly anticipated main event pitting UFC Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw defending his title against the former champion who never lost his belt in the Octagon, Dominick Cruz.

The preview special was added to the official UFC YouTube channel this week in two parts. The main feature, which focuses on the Dillashaw-Cruz main event can be viewed above in its entirety. The official description for the first-half of UFC Fight Night 81 Embedded is also available below.

UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz

“Go behind the scenes during the fight camps of UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and former title holder Dominick Cruz as the two top 135 pounders prepare do to battle for the strap at Fight Night Boston on FOX Sports 1 on Jan. 17.”

The second and final part of the special, which can be viewed below, looks at the co-main event of the evening between Pettis and Alvarez. The description for part two reads:

“Go behind the scenes during the fight camps of former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and top contender Eddie Alvarez as the two prepare do to battle in the co-main event at Fight Night Boston on FOX Sports 1 on Jan. 17.”

Update On UFC Deciding On Their Plans For CM Punk’s Octagon Debut This Year

As noted earlier, UFC President Dana White announced that Mickey Gall, the fighter who asked White, who was in the crowd at the time as the scene was filmed for his new “Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight” reality show, to let him be CM Punk’s debut oppon…

Gall will be fighting Michael Jackson, another fighter who will be making his debut in the UFC, in a preliminary bout on the UFC Fight Pass portion of the UFC 196 event. UFC 196 takes place on Saturday, February 6th in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Punk scheduled to be cageside to watch in hopes that Gall pulls off the victory, as it would give his highly-anticipated UFC debut has a nice organic build-up.

If Gall manages to get past Jackson on 2/6, the fight would go from step one — Gall calling Punk out on White’s new show — all the way to the final step before they enter their respective fight camps — Punk reacting to Gall winning from the front row, similar to the infamous shot of Conor McGregor reversing the roles in a similar situation and reacting to Jose Aldo being in the crowd after his win over Dennis Siver.

As things stand right now, Punk is scheduled to make his official fighting debut in the UFC at their landmark UFC 200 event on Saturday, July 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Yoel Romero Facing Possible Lengthy Suspension For Potential Failed UFC 194 Drug Test

As if there wasn’t enough controversy surrounding Yoel Romero in recent months, between “stool gate,” his “post-fight Jesus comments” and the fashion in which he won a close decision over top contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in his last fight at UFC 19…

As if there wasn’t enough controversy surrounding Yoel Romero in recent months, between “stool gate,” his “post-fight Jesus comments” and the fashion in which he won a close decision over top contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in his last fight at UFC 194 in December, UFC Middleweight star Yoel Romero is now facing the most serious controversial situation thus far in his UFC career.

It was announced this week that Romero is facing a possible violation of the new, strict Anti-Doping Policy, one that could result in a lengthy suspension, taking Romero from being potentially next in line for a UFC Middleweight title shot to sitting out long enough that he might not even be in the top ten discussion by the time he fights again.

UFC officials issued the following statement regarding Romero’s potential Anti-Doping Policy violation:

The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Yoel Romero of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection.

USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Romero. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

Romero’s manager, Malki Kawa, issued the following statement to MMAFighting.com:

“We are gathering information and will have no further comment at this time.”

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The main event and co-main event for UFC 161 will feature combatants with different styles. In the co-main event, bruising heavyweights Stipe Miocic and Roy “Big Country” Nelson will battle to take the next step towards a title shot. That bout will be followed by the main event: a light heavyweight clash between Rashad “Suga” Evans and […]

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