UFC on Versus 2 Weigh-In Results
by Matt Bishop on Jul 31, 2010 7:20 PM EDT
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All eight main card fighters made weight for Sunday's "UFC on Versus 2: Jones vs. Matyushenko" on Saturday at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif.
Main event competitors Jon Jones and Vladimir Matyushenko each tipped the scales at 206 pounds while co-main event fighters Mark Munoz and Yushin Okami both hit the middleweight limit of 185 pounds.
The only fighter to miss weight was DaMarques Johnson, who came in at 172.5 pounds for his welterweight bout with Matthew Riddle. MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani reports Johnson isn't going to cut further than 172 pounds and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse as a result.
Sunday's main card starts at 9 p.m. ET on Versus.
You can watch the weigh-ins live here.
Main Card:
Jon Jones (206) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (206)
Mark Munoz (185) vs. Yushin Okami (185)
Jake Ellenberger (170.5) vs. John Howard (170.5)
Takanori Gomi (156) vs. Tyson Griffin (154)Preliminary Bouts:
Paul Kelly (155) vs. Jacob Volkmann (156)
DaMarques Johnson (172) vs. Matthew Riddle (171)
James Irvin (205) vs. Igor Pokrajac (204.5)
Brian Stann (186) vs. Mike Massenzio (184)
Darren Elkins (154.5) vs. Charles Oliveira (154)
Rob Kimmons (185) vs. Steve Steinbeiss (185)
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Jones didn’t even appear to be in the same weight class as Vladdy. How he’s going to be able to stick around at 205 is beyond me.
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It has to be. I seem to recall Jones saying that he spent most of this camp at 230 pounds or so. He’s only going to get bigger at he gets older. He’s most likely going to mature into a 250+ pound heavyweight.
Also, heavyweight is better for his career long term. Within a few fights, he’s going to be running into guys at light heavyweight who pose him real stylistic problems. Heavyweight? Not so much.
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I just finished re-watching Mark Munoz’s fight with Nick Catone at UFC 102.
I wouldn’t be suprised at all if Okami got frequent take downs on Munoz. Before Catone gassed out, he had zero problems putting Munoz on his ass. And even when he was pretty much exhausted in the third round, he managed to take Munoz down.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Okami KO'd him either
Munoz doesn’t have the bestest of chins.
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That’s the most likely result. Dude not only doesn’t have a great chin, but he’s probably the most hittable UFC fighter on the roster. Hamill, Catone and Grove landed almost at will on him. It’s scary how bad his defense is.
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