UFC 129 Weigh In Results: GSP, Couture Make Weight

The weigh in event for UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields held at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All fighters made weight except Ben Henderson at 156.5 (1 lb over the limit of 155 lbs).

Weigh In Results:

Main card:

Georges St. Pierre (169.5lbs) vs. Jake Shields (169lbs)

Jose Aldo (145lbs) vs. Mark Hominick (145.25lbs)

Lyoto Machida (204.5lbs) vs. Randy Couture (203.5lbs)

Vladimir Matyushenko (205.5lbs) vs. Jason Brilz (204.5lbs)

Ben Henderson (156.5lbs) vs. Mark Bocek (155lbs)

Preliminary card (Spike TV):

Nate Diaz (171lbs) vs. Rory MacDonald (170.5lbs)

Jake Ellenberger (170lbs) vs. Sean Pierson (170lbs)

Preliminary card (Facebook):

Claude Patrick (169.5lbs) vs. Daniel Roberts (170.5lbs)

Ivan Menjivar (136lbs) vs. Charlie Valencia (135.5lbs)

Jason MacDonald (185lbs) vs. Ryan Jensen (185lbs)

John Makdessi (155.5lbs) vs. Kyle Watson (155lbs)

Yves Jabouin (146lbs) vs. Pablo Garza (145lbs)

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Bellator 40 Fight Recap

Source: From Youtube

Official Results:



Main Card


Welterweight bout:  Ben Askren vs.  Nick Thompson
Askren defeated Thompson via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).


Welterweight Semifinal bout:  Brent Weedman vs.  Jay Hieron
Hieron defeated Weedman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).


Lightweight Semifinal bout:  Lloyd Woodard vs.  Michael Chandler
Chandler defeated Woodard via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).


Local Feature Fights


Welterweight bout:  Tyler Stinson vs.  Nate James
Stinson defeated James via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).


Lightweight bout:  Cody Carrillo vs.  Michael Osborn
Osborn defeated Carillo via TKO (strikes) at 1:27 of round one.


Heavyweight bout:  Eric Prindle vs.  Josh Burns
Prindle defeated Burns via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round two. The bout aired on the main broadcast.


Welterweight bout:  Dylan Smith vs.  David Rickles
Rickles defeated Smith via submission (triangle choke) at 3:32 of round one.

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Strikeforce: Overeem Vs. Werdum Official for June 18th

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Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum, the event which will host the two remaining remaining quarter-final fights in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament is now official for June 18, 2011 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

The winner of Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum bout will face Antonio Silva in the semi-finals and the winner of Brett Rogers vs. Josh Barnett bout will face Sergei Kharitonov.

In addition, the event will feature the return of female MMA superstar Gina Carano.

Here is the Official Fight Card:

Main card

Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal bout:  Alistair Overeem vs.  Fabricio Werdum

Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal bout:  Josh Barnett vs.  Brett Rogers

Women's Featherweight (145 lb) bout:  Gina Carano vs. TBA

Heavyweight bout:  Shane Del Rosario vs.  Daniel Cormier

Heavyweight bout:  Valentijn Overeem vs.  Chad Griggs

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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley Fight Card

This MMA event will take place at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California on April 9, 2011. 

Former UFC Light Heavyweight contender Keith Jardine has signed with Strikeforce as a replacement for the injured Mike Kyle to face Gegard Mousasi.

Official Fight Card:

Main Card

Welterweight Championship bout:  Nick Diaz (c) vs.  Paul Daley

Lightweight Championship bout:  Gilbert Melendez (c) vs.  Tatsuya Kawajiri

Light Heavyweight bout:  Gegard Mousasi vs.  Keith Jardine

Lightweight bout:  Shinya Aoki vs.  Lyle Beerbohm

Preliminary Card

Featherweight bout:  Hiroyuki Takaya vs.  Robert Peralta

Heavyweight bout:  Brett Albee vs.  Virgil Zwicker

Lightweight bout:  Joe Duarte vs.  Saad Awad

Welterweight bout:  Herman Terrado vs.  AJ Matthews

Featherweight bout:  Rolando Perez vs.  Edgar Cardenas

Middleweight bout:  Casey Ryan vs.  Paul Song

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UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields Fight Card

Main Card

Welterweight Championship bout:  Georges St-Pierre (c) vs.  Jake Shields

Featherweight Championship bout:  José Aldo (c) vs.  Mark Hominick

Light Heavyweight bout:  Vladimir Matyushenko vs.  Jason Brilz

Light Heavyweight bout:  Randy Couture vs.  Lyoto Machida

Lightweight bout:  Mark Bocek vs.  Ben Henderson

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

Welterweight bout:  Nate Diaz vs.  Rory MacDonald

Welterweight bout:  Sean Pierson vs.  Brian Foster

Preliminary Card

Featherweight bout:  Yves Jabouin vs.  Pablo Garza

Welterweight bout:  Claude Patrick vs.  Daniel Roberts

Bantamweight bout:  Ivan Menjivar vs.  Charlie Valencia

Middleweight bout:  Jason MacDonald vs.  Ryan Jensen

Lightweight bout:  John Makdessi vs.  Kyle Watson

Watch UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields on Saturday April 30, 2011 live on PPV broadcast.

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