UFC on FOX 7: Ben Henderson suffers, but makes weight and defends belt against Melendez

With fright and a little suffocation for the protagonist of the main fight, the official weigh-in for UFC on FOX 19 took place on Friday night (7). In the duel against the scales, all athletes made weight, but the champion Ben henderson, who will defend the lightweight belt in the show's main attraction, had to be naked to reach the 70,3 kg limit. of the division. In turn, the challenger Gilbert Melendez passed without fairs and was up to 400 g. below the permitted weight.

In another fight highly anticipated by fans, the atmosphere heated up between the heavyweights Daniel Cormier and Frankie Mir. The Strikeforce GP winner weighed 106,7 kg. for his first appearance in Ultimate. Mir, who is a former champion of the event, weighed almost 10 kg. heavier and weighed 116,6. During the traditional photo after the weigh-in, Frank provoked Daniel, who was not intimidated and responded to the provocations. At this time, to prevent the fight from starting a day in advance, Dana White restrained the athletes.

The only Brazilian at the show, Hugo Wolverine He also went through the scale challenge. He weighed 61,3 kg, the limit for the bantamweight division. Your opponent, on the other hand, TJ Dillashaw, needed to count 500 g. of tolerance when the duel is not valid for title and weighed 61,7 kg.

Check out the complete results from the official UFC on FOX 7 weigh-ins below:

Main Card:

Up to 70,3 kg.: Ben henderson (70,3 kg.) vs. Gilbert Melendez (69,9 kg.);

Up to 120 kg.: Daniel Cormier (106,7 kg.) vs. Frank mir (116,6 kg.);

Up to 70,3 kg.: Nate diaz (70,8 kg.) vs. Josh thomson (70,3 kg.);

Up to 77,1 kg.: Matt Brown (77,6 kg.) vs. Jordan Mein (77,1 kg.);

Preliminary Card

Up to 65,8 kg.: Darren Elkins (65,8 kg.) vs. Chad Mendes (66,2 kg.);

Up to 84 kg.: Francis Carmont (84,4 kg.) vs. Lorenz Larkin (84,4 kg.);

Up to 70,3 kg.: Myles Jury (70,8 kg.) vs. Ramsey Nijem (70,8 kg.);

Up to 56,7 kg.: Joseph Benavidez (56,7 kg.) vs. Darren Uyenoyama (56,7 kg.);

Up to 70,3 kg.: Jorge masvidal (70,8 kg.) vs. Tim means (70,8 kg.);

Up to 61,3 kg.: TJ Dillashaw (61,7 kg.) vs. Hugo Wolverine (61,3 kg.);

Up to 70,3 kg.: Roger Bowling (70,8 kg.) vs. Anthony Njokuani (70,3 kg.);

Up to 84 kg.: Clifford Starks (84 kg.) vs. Yoel romero (84 kg.);