Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami On Weight for UFC 134 Title Fight
By FCF Staff
A boisterous and partisan crowd greeted fighters at the official UFC 134 weigh-ins this afternoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which saw all of tomorrow night’s competitors make weight. As one would expect, Brazilian stars like Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mauricio Rua and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva received warm and loud welcomes from fans in attendance at the HSBC Arena, while their opponents were largely greeted by jeers and boos.
The aforementioned Silva tipped the scales at 184 pounds for tomorrow’s championship fight, while challenger Yushin Okami came in at 183.
UFC 134 will be hosted by the HSBC Arena and the main card will be broadcast via pay-per-view. Preliminary bouts will be aired on Spike (Sportsnet in Canada) and Facebook.
Here are the official weigh-in results for UFC 134.
UFC Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva (184) vs. Yushin Okami (183)
Main Card
Mauricio Rua (205) vs. Forrest Griffin (205)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (243) vs. Brendan Schaub (247)
Luiz Cane (204) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (203)
Ross Pearson (155) vs. Edson Barboza (155)
Spike
Thiago Tavares (156) vs. Spencer Fisher (156)
Dan Miller (184) vs. Rousimar Palhares (185)
Paulo Thiago (169) vs. David Mitchell (171)
Raphael Assuncao (134) vs. Johnny Eduardo (135)
Erick Silva (169) vs. Luis Ramos (171)
Yuri Alcanterra (144) vs. Felipe Arantes (145)
Ian Loveland (135) vs. Yves Jabouin (135)