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UFC Fight Night 24 Weigh-In Video

Filed under: UFCAll 24 fighters stepping into the Octagon for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 will first step on the scale Friday for the Fight Night weigh-ins, and we’ll carry the live video here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, Antonio Rogerio N…

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Phil Davis will be one of the 22 fighters who step on the scales for the UFC Fight Night 24 weigh-ins.All 24 fighters stepping into the Octagon for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 will first step on the scale Friday for the Fight Night weigh-ins, and we’ll carry the live video here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Phil Davis will have to make the light heavyweight limit of 206 pounds. The co-main event features Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson, who will have to make the welterweight limit of 171 pounds. Johnson has had trouble making weight in the past, and he’ll be fighting for the first time since 2009.

The weigh-in starts at 7 PM ET and is preceded by a Fight Club Q&A featuring Carlos Condit at 5 PM ET. The video is below.

Friendship Aside, Anthony Johnson and Dan Hardy Eager to Slug It Out

Filed under: UFCSEATTLE — Here’s how you know Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson are buds: Hardy can make fun of Johnson’s weight, and Johnson can make fun of Hardy’s face, and yet at the end of the day they can still smile and agree to try and knock each …

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SEATTLE — Here’s how you know Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson are buds: Hardy can make fun of Johnson’s weight, and Johnson can make fun of Hardy’s face, and yet at the end of the day they can still smile and agree to try and knock each other unconscious like gentlemen.

“We’re cool,” Johnson said of Hardy during Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 24 workouts. “I saw him last night. I came in and got a workout in and I saw some dude, ugly with crazy hair, and I started squinting. I was like, oh sh-t, that’s Dan. I came up to him and gave him a hug, chatted for like a minute, and said our goodbyes and split. I mean, we’re friends right now, but obviously we have something to do. We’re not here to chit-chat; we’re here to handle business. But we still show each other that mutual respect.”

A Day in the Life of ‘Mr. Wonderful’

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveSEATTLE – We’re having a pleasant little breakfast when Phil Davis offers to “dislocate” his nose. No big deal, he says. Just a trick of the cartilage that leaves it looking twisted and mangled and, well, awesome.

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SEATTLE – We’re having a pleasant little breakfast when Phil Davis offers to “dislocate” his nose. No big deal, he says. Just a trick of the cartilage that leaves it looking twisted and mangled and, well, awesome.

It’s a great party trick he’s developed over the years thanks to old wrestling injuries and the peculiarities of his personal physiology and hey, as long as we’re just sitting here, would I like to see it?

Answer: of course I would.

So Davis puts both hands up to his nose, feeling around for just the right spot, then crack. The sound is like someone snapping a pencil in half.

‘Oh no,’ he says into his hands. ‘Yep, I’m bleeding. Uh-oh.’

UFC Fight Night 24 Predictions

Filed under: UFCThe UFC is wrapping up a busy March with a big Fight Night card on Saturday night in Seattle, with a light heavyweight fight featuring an aging veteran against a young prospect in the main event, and three very intriguing undercard matc…

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The UFC is wrapping up a busy March with a big Fight Night card on Saturday night in Seattle, with a light heavyweight fight featuring an aging veteran against a young prospect in the main event, and three very intriguing undercard matchups. We’ve got the preview and predictions right here.

What: UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis

When: Saturday, the Spike televised card begins at 10 PM ET

Where: Key Arena, Seattle

Predictions on the four televised fights below.

Sean McCorkle: UFC Pays Me More Than They Have To

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsConsidering how much Sean McCorkle talked prior to his UFC 124 fight against Stefan Struve last year, it was a little surprising to see “Big Sexy” remain relatively quiet in the weeks leading up to his UFC Figh…

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Considering how much Sean McCorkle talked prior to his UFC 124 fight against Stefan Struve last year, it was a little surprising to see “Big Sexy” remain relatively quiet in the weeks leading up to his UFC Fight Night 24 fight against Christian Morecraft.

Sure, there were a few tweets and videos posted, but nothing close to the verbal assault he unleashed on Struve.

“I really just didn’t want to go into reruns,” McCorkle (10-1) said on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour. “I didn’t want to do the same thing I did last time. I think you and I talked about that, how it might wear thin.”

Phil Davis in No Rush to Make Jon Jones Fight a Reality

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsAt the UFC 126 post-fight press conference, Urijah Faber said he was looking forward to one day seeing Jon Jones fight Phil Davis for the light heavyweight title.

He’s not the only one.

Since Jones won the b…

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At the UFC 126 post-fight press conference, Urijah Faber said he was looking forward to one day seeing Jon Jones fight Phil Davis for the light heavyweight title.

He’s not the only one.

Since Jones won the belt on Saturday, and to a degree even before UFC 128, media, fans, and even fighters have pegged Davis as the man who could give the unstoppable Jones trouble inside the Octagon.

That’s a huge compliment for a 26-year-old who only made his MMA debut in October 2008.

But Davis (8-0), who faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 24 this Saturday, says he isn’t concerning himself with anything other than what’s next.