by MMAWeekly.com
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LAS VEGAS, NV – The Ultimate Fighting Championship 64 weigh-ins were held today at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. All the fighters made weight and all nine bouts are now official.
Both Anderson Silva and champion Rich Franklin looked calm and relaxed as they took the stage and were highly respectful.
One of the bigger question marks that people had was how Sean Sherk would handle moving down in weight to 155 pounds to challenge Kenny Florian for the vacant lightweight title. If the weigh-ins are any indication, he has handled the move quite well. Sherk looked his typical, etched self, if a bit smaller than usual, and seemed very relaxed. Florian also made weight, even though he had to take off his fight shorts to do so.
PRELIMS
Lightweight
Kurt Pellegrino (14-2) 154.5 vs. “Junior” Assuncao (5-1) 155
Lightweight
Justin James (22-5) 155 vs. Clay Guida (20-3) 154.5
Middleweight
Yushin Okami (18-3) 185 vs. Kalib Starnes (9-1-1) 185
Light Heavyweight
Mike Nickels (4-1) 205 vs. Keith Jardine (11-3-1) 205
MAIN CARD
Lightweight
Dan Lauzon (4-0) 155 vs. Spencer Fisher (19-2) 155
Heavyweight
Carmelo Marrero (5-0) 222 vs. Cheick Kongo (19-2-1) 226
Lightweight
Kenny Florian (7-2) 155 vs. Sean Sherk (34-2-1) 154.5
Welterweight
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (10-2) 170 vs. Jon Fitch (16-2, 1 NC) 170
Middleweight
Anderson Silva (16-4) 185 vs. Rich Franklin (22-1) 185