Only one fighter failed to make weight on his first attempt at the weigh-in’s for tomorrow UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold event. Lightweight fighter, John Cholish was given an hour to make the weight limit for his fight with Gleison Tibau.
The Brazilian who will feature in tomorrows co-main and main events received the loudest ovations of the with Ronaldo “Jacare: Souza looking pumped at the prospect of his UFC debut against Chris Camozzi.
In contrast the tension between No.2 ranked Victor Belfort and debuting No.5 ranked, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold was high as the two middleweights had to be separated as they faced off. The full results are as follows:
MAIN CARD (FX, 9 p.m. ET)
Vitor Belfort (186) vs. Luke Rockhold (186)
Chris Camozzi (186) vs. Ronaldo Souza (186)
Rafael dos Anjos (156) vs. Evan Dunham (156)
Rafael Natal (186) vs. Joao Zeferino (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FUEL TV, 6 p.m. ET)
Hacran Dias (146) vs. Nik Lentz (146)
Mike Rio (156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (154)
John Cholish (156.2)* vs. Gleison Tibau (156)
Michel Prazeres (171) vs. Paulo Thiago (170)
Yuri Alcantara (136) vs. Iliarde Santos (134)
Roger Hollett (204) vs. Fabio Maldonado (205)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4:30 p.m. ET)
Azamat Gashimov (126) vs. John Lineker (126)
Chris Cariaso (126) vs. Jussier Formiga (126)
Jeremy Larsen (155) vs. Lucas Martins (153)
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