‘MMA Live’ 2/25/11 – UFC 127 Preview

MMA Live previews this weekend’s UFC 127 card from Australia. UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar checks in with his thoughts on the main event between Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn.
HT: ESPN.com

MMA Live previews this weekend’s UFC 127 card from Australia. UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar checks in with his thoughts on the main event between Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn.

HT: ESPN.com

UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Weigh In Results

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 […]

UFC 127 PosterTonight’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.

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Ashley Salazar and Corissa Furr

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Watch the UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Live Weigh-Ins from Sydney, Australia at 7pm PST (10pm EST): here.

Paul Daley misses weight for BAMMA 5 Welterweight title-bout against Yuya Shirai and Ricco Rodriguez misses weight for his 215 lb catchweight fight against James McSweeney: here.

Manny Gamburyan out of UFC 128 against Rafael Assuncao due to a back injury: here.

Showtime Sports teams with M-1 Global for M-1 Challenge in March: here.

Arianny, Brittney, and Chandella having bikini fun in the Australia sun: here.

UFC on Versus 3 will be broadcast in 3D: here.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s coach talks taking Jon Jones to the ground: here.

Don’t forget to place your bets for UFC 127 by clicking the icons in our Odds Side Bar on our Home Page. For your best bets from our MMA expert analysts click: here.

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BAMMA 5 Weigh In Results, Paul Daley Misses Weight

Competitors fighting on tomorrow nights BAMMA 5 card, the latest event for the UK based British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, took to the scales today.
According to MMAWeekly.com, fighters ran into a bit of a problem before the scheduled weigh-in time as the hotel hosting the fighters accidentally switched off the sauna, forcing fighters to […]

scale1Competitors fighting on tomorrow nights BAMMA 5 card, the latest event for the UK based British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, took to the scales today.

According to MMAWeekly.com, fighters ran into a bit of a problem before the scheduled weigh-in time as the hotel hosting the fighters accidentally switched off the sauna, forcing fighters to find a new venue to continue cutting weight.

This could have certainly been part of the reason for three main card fighters missing weight.

Headliner Paul Daley weighed in at 172 lbs on his first attempt, and was unable to hit the 170 lb limit for the BAMMA welterweight title, finally weighing in at 170.4 lbs. He will now meet DEEP champion Yuya Shirai (169.6) in a non-title match.

Co-event headliner former UFC heavyweight champ, Ricco Rodriguez was also unable to meet his catchweight limit of 215 lbs by hitting the scales at 217 lb for his fight against James McSweeney (214.6).

Daley has had a history of missing weight for matches, failing five times out of his last eleven fights to make the proper cut. He’ll have to suffer a cut to his fight purse for failing to make weight as well as losing a shot at the BAMMA title.

The full weigh-in results, courtesy of MMAWeekly, is as follows:

Main Card

Welterweight bout: Paul Daley (170.4) vs Yuya Shirai (169.6)
Catchweight (215 lbs) bout: Ricco Rodriguez (217) vs James McSweeney (214.6)
Middleweight bout: Alex Makhonin (182.6) vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185.4)
Middleweight bout: Claudio Henrique Da Silva (186.5) vs Jean-Francois Lenogue (185)

Preliminary Card

Welterweight bout: Leeroy Barnes (170.6) vs Mohsen Bahari (169.6)
Welterweight bout: Rob Mills (170.2) vs Leigh Cohoon (169)
Lightweight bout: Jason Ball (155.8) vs Peter Duncan (152.4)
Welterweight bout: Paul Cook (170) vs Michael Johnson (170.6)
Lightweight bout: Tim Newman (155.2) vs Diego Vital (155)
Lightweight bout: Costas Doru (155.2) vs Liam James (155.4)
Lightweight bout: Franky Slater (154.4) vs Jeremy Petley (155.8)

MFC 28: Supremacy Weigh-In Results

Weigh-ins for the latest Maximum Fighting Championship event took place today near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
All sixteen participants for MFC 28: Supremacy appeared to make weight for their respective bouts.
Headlining the event is a MFC light heavyweight title bout featuring Ryan “The Real Deal” Jimmo and Dwayne “D-Bomb” Lewis. The co-main event has lightweights Drew […]

MFC 28 posterWeigh-ins for the latest Maximum Fighting Championship event took place today near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

All sixteen participants for MFC 28: Supremacy appeared to make weight for their respective bouts.

Headlining the event is a MFC light heavyweight title bout featuring Ryan “The Real Deal” Jimmo and Dwayne “D-Bomb” Lewis. The co-main event has lightweights Drew “Night Rider” Fickett meeting Matt Veach.

The live fight card will take place on Friday, February 25 at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta. The main card will air live throughout North American on HDNet Fights, MFC’s broadcasting partner.

The official MFC 28: Supremacy weigh-ins are as follows:

MFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Ryan Jimmo (203.4) vs. Dwayne Lewis (203.6)
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Drew Fickett (160) vs. Matt Veach (159.4)
Lightweight bout: Richie Whitson (155) vs. Curtis Demarce (153.8)
Welterweight bout: Thomas Denny (169.4) vs. Sheldon Westcott (169.4)
Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace (204) vs. Emanual Newton (204.2)
Lightweight bout: Robert Washington (155.6) vs. Tyrone Glover (154)
Lightweight bout: Dan Ring (155) Garret Nybakken (155)
Catchweight (179 lbs) bout: Brendan Kornberger (178) vs. Paapa Inkumsah (176.8)

Update: Weights confirmed by MFC staff

Hump Day Headlines with Stephanie Ann Cook from Behind

Brandon Vera returns to the UFC as if nothing ever happened after Thiago Silva’s UFC 125 drug tests come back positive. More UFC returns include Middleweight, Jorge Santiago and Light Heavyweight, Elliot Marshall.
Michael Bisping warns Jorge Rivera to “back all that shit up now” here as they stare down at the UFC 127 […]

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Brandon Vera returns to the UFC as if nothing ever happened after Thiago Silva’s UFC 125 drug tests come back positive. More UFC returns include Middleweight, Jorge Santiago and Light Heavyweight, Elliot Marshall.

Michael Bisping warns Jorge Rivera to “back all that shit up now” here as they stare down at the UFC 127 press-conference. Rivera has been busy making a mockery of Bisping for months with catchy little tunes like this: here.

Tito Ortiz pulls out of UFN 24 against Lil’ Nog due to a concussion incurred in training and is replaced by Phil Davis.

Forrest Griffin suffered a broken foot in his victory bout over Rich Franklin and is taking indefinite time off to heal.

Diego Sanchez says he will no longer fight at Lightweight division and is no longer using “Nightmare” nickname.

Strikeforce Challengers 14 averages 200,000 viewers on its Showtime broadcast.

Catch Episode 1 of Wanderlei Silva’s new reality show, “Fighter Life“: here.

King of Pancrase and former Sengoku Champion, Marlon Sandro signs on as Bellator Featherweight.

Rumors circulate that Strikeforce may be delaying indefinitely its second round of Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinals that are currently scheduled for April 9th and feature: Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers and Fabricio Werdum vs. Alistair Overeem.