LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com was on scene for today’s official “UFC 116: Lesnar
vs. Carwin” fighter weigh-ins and captured images of all 22 competitors.
Today’s ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The same venue hosts Saturday’s pay-per-view and Spike TV-broadcast
event.
A crowd of a few thousand fans rose to their feet and cheered on interim
heavyweight champion Shane Carwin while heavyweight champion Brock
Lesnar was showered with boos as he hit the scale.
LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from today’s official UFC 116 fighter
weigh-ins, where all 22 event competitors successful made weight for Saturday’s show.
Today’s festivities took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and online and via Spike TV.
Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Shane Carwin both weighed 265 pounds for their headlining title-unification bout.
LAS VEGAS – Official fighter weigh-ins for UFC 116 take place today, and
you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).
Today’s festivities take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s pay-per-view event and heavyweight title-unification bout between champ Brock Lesnar and
interim title-holder Shane Carwin.
In addition to the video stream, you can get live updates in our text-only results post.
A heavyweight contest pitting Cheick Kongo against prospect Travis Browne is expected for UFC 120.
Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com that the fighters have verbally agreed to the bout and are expected to put pen to paper shortly.
UFC 120 takes place Oct. 16 at the O2 Arena in London and airs via same-day delay on Spike TV.
LAS VEGAS – On Friday, UFC president Dana White informed a small group of reporters that he expects UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to be sidelined until March 2011 while recovering from knee surgery.
While the news proved surprising to most MMA observers, at least one prominent figure assumed the Brazilian slugger would be on the shelf for quite some time: current No. 1 challenger Rashad Evans.
“I kind of figured he would be out for awhile after his last fight hearing how he went into the fight beforehand,” Evans told MMAjunkie.com.
A lightweight bout between Anthony Njokuani and promotional newcomer Maciej Jewtuszko will be part of next month’s WEC 50 event.
The Las Vegas Sun first reported the bout earlier today.
MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed that bout agreements will be signed shortly and that the fight will be part of the Aug. 18 event’s un-aired preliminary card.
Win or lose, Brock Lesnar makes $400,000 at Saturday’s UFC 116 event, and Shane Carwin makes a base pay of $40,000 that could double to $80,000 if he’s victorious and gets his win bonus.
Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer today emailed the early salary figures to MMAjunkie.com.
Additionally, co-headliner Chris Leben earns $43,000 to show with a $43,000 win bonus possible, and opponent Yoshihiro Akiyama gets $45,000 to show with a potential $25,000 as a win bonus.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released official attendance and box-office tallies for this past month’s The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale, and the UFC’s initial estimates were nearly spot-on.
The event’s official live now stands at 1,889 spectators for a $430,250 live gate.
Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer on Friday emailed the figures to MMAjunkie.com.
C.B. Dollaway and Joe Doerksen are on tap for the UFC’s first trip to Indiana.
The middleweights have agreed to face each other at UFC 119, which takes place Sept. 25 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed that verbal agreements are in place but that bout agreements have not been signed for the fight, which was first reported by topmmanews.com.
It’s not clear if the fight will be part of the night’s main card or preliminary card.
LAS VEGAS – Japanese superstar Yoshihiro Akiyama recently drew a touch
of criticism from some MMA fans after he voiced his disinterest in
fighting middleweight slugger Chris Leben at this weekend’s UFC 116
event.
Leben was offered up to Akiyama after original opponent Wanderlei Silva
was forced to bow out of the fight due to an injury, and the judoka
expressed frustration at such a “lesser-named” opponent.
While Leben admits he took the swipe a bit personally, Akiyama said he
didn’t intend any disrespect.