The HP Pavilion on San Jose, Calif. hosted the weigh-ins for UFC 139 which takes place Nov. 19. The event will feature 12 bouts and is headlined by a light heavyweight fight between former UFC and Pride champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former Pride…
The HP Pavilion on San Jose, Calif. hosted the weigh-ins for UFC 139 which takes place Nov. 19.
The event will feature 12 bouts and is headlined by a light heavyweight fight between former UFC and Pride champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson.
Twenty-two of 24 fighters made weight for their fights. Those that missed weight were forced to give up a portion of their show purse. Check out the slideshow to view results and photos of each matchup.
All photos courtesy of Scott Peterson of MMAWeekly.com.
UFC 139 will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The main event will feature a light heavyweight collision between former UFC and Pride champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former Pride and Strikeforce champio…
UFC 139 will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The main event will feature a light heavyweight collision between former UFC and Pride champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson.
The two legends of the sport are looking to use one another as a stepping stone toward the division’s championship, currently held by Jon Jones. Jones gained the belt by defeating Rua at UFC 128 in March. Henderson, meanwhile, makes his return to the Octagon following a stint with Strikeforce in which he captured their 205-pound title.
In the night’s co-main event, another dominant figure of the Pride organization, Wanderlei Silva, will take on former Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le. Silva is looking to bounce back from a knockout loss at UFC 132 in July, while Le makes his promotional debut.
Also on the card is a battle of former WEC champions who are both seeking revenge against current bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz. Former featherweight champ Urijah Faber locks horns with the man who Cruz defeated to gain the belt, Brian Bowles. The winner is slated for the next shot at the title.
The UFC goes to San Jose, California, for this weekend’s show, and former light heavyweight champions Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua are set to do battle for five rounds in the main event.Henderson is coming off three consecutive knockout vict…
The UFC goes to San Jose, California, for this weekend’s show, and former light heavyweight champions Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua are set to do battle for five rounds in the main event.
Henderson is coming off three consecutive knockout victories over Renato Sobral, Fedor Emelianenko and Rafael Cavalcante. Rua is coming off his knockout win of Forrest Griffin in his first fight since losing the title earlier this year.
Other main card bouts include Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le, Brian Bowles vs. Urijah Faber, Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury and Rick Story vs. Martin Kampmann.
Weigh-In Results
MAIN CARD
Dan Henderson (203) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (205)
Cung Le (185) vs. Wanderlei Silva (185)
Brian Bowles (136) vs. Urijah Faber (136)
Martin Kampmann (170.5) vs. Rick Story (170.5)
Stephan Bonnar (205) vs. Kyle Kingsbury (205)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Ryan Bader (205) vs. Jason Brilz (204)
Michael McDonald (136) vs. Alex Soto (135)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Tom Lawlor (185) vs. Chris Weidman (185.5)
Rafael dos Anjos (155.5) vs. Gleison Tibau (155)
Nick Pace (141)* vs. Miguel Torres (136)
Seth Baczynski (171) vs. Matt Brown (171)
Shamar Bailey (158)* vs. Danny Castillo (155)
* Pace and Bailey give up 20 percent of purse for missing weight.
Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua…think about this fight for a moment, but take the time to think about this one.Transport yourself back to December 23th, 2002, picture yourself conducting a pre-fight interview with Henderson as he was heading …
Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua…think about this fight for a moment, but take the time to think about this one.
Transport yourself back to December 23th, 2002, picture yourself conducting a pre-fight interview with Henderson as he was heading up to the ring in Fukuoka, Japan, preparing for one Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and ask that past version of Henderson about if he could imagine facing Rua one day for the UFC.
If you’d asked Hendo about a fight with Shogun on that date, you might be lucky just for Henderson to know that Shogun debuted in the sport one month prior, but what if you’d asked him on October 21, 2006 when he fought Vitor Belfort on the same night that Rua would defeat Mark Coleman?
The truth is that the headliner between Hendo and Shogun, topping off a stacked night of fights in the UFC’s debut in San Jose, is one of those bouts that we all wished for at one time, but never thought would surface in the era where both men were arguably at their best.
Rest assured, though, that that time has finally come, and both men will do battle in what should be a modern MMA classic.
In addition to this main event, it’s a battle of two Middleweights—the newly-signed former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Cung Le, and the legendary former PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva—in what might be best described as a “do or die” fight for the PRIDE legend.
Also, Urijah Faber feels he got shafted at UFC 132 in the decision that cost him a UFC Bantamweight title, but before he can focus on Cruz, he has to get past the man Cruz beat for the belt in Brian Bowles.
Finally, Martin Kampmann and Rick Story have been on notable tears in the past, but recently, Story suffered his second Octagon defeat by unanimous decision to late-replacement Charlie Brenneman, while Kampmann lost another ridiculously terrible decision—this time to Diego Sanchez, who many felt lost the fight against Kampmann.
All this, plus Stephan Bonnar’s battle of the abs with Kyle Kingsbury, the very first televised fight of Michael McDonald’s UFC career against Alex Soto, and a whole lot more, as this is UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson live (blog coverage) and direct from your home for the pound-for-pound best Mixed Martial Arts news coverage anywhere online, Bleacher Report MMA!
At UFC 139, several former champions of major MMA organizations will step into the Octagon, each looking to return to the top of their respective divisions. In the night main event, former Pride greats Mauricio Rua and Dan Henderson will make their cas…
At UFC 139, several former champions of major MMA organizations will step into the Octagon, each looking to return to the top of their respective divisions. In the night main event, former Pride greats Mauricio Rua and Dan Henderson will make their case for a light heavyweight title shot.
Bleacher Report will provide live coverage of every fight on Saturday night. As soon as UFC 139 gets underway from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., quick results will be updated below, while fight recaps and analysis will be available on the following pages of this slideshow.
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (20-5) vs. Dan Henderson (28-8)
Middleweight bout Cung Le (185 lbs) vs. Wanderlei Silva (185 lbs) First out on the scale was karate movie star, Cung Le who will be making his first appearance in the UFC in his adopted hometown of San Jose.Cung then weighed in at 185 pounds …
Middleweight bout
Cung Le (185 lbs) vs. Wanderlei Silva (185 lbs)
First out on the scale was karate movie star, Cung Le who will be making his first appearance in the UFC in his adopted hometown of San Jose.
Cung then weighed in at 185 pounds and looked a little chubby weighing in. Maybe it is just me who thinks that.
Wanderlei Silva then walked out in what could be his final UFC bout if he loses to a little cheer from the crowd.
Silva then proceeded to weigh in at 185 pounds after what seemed like forever for him to even get on the scale.
