With the Ricoh Arena packed with fans of Georges St Pierre, the official weigh-in for UFC 129 took place this Friday afternoon, an event that takes place tomorrow, in Toronto, in the United States.
After the suffocation before the weigh-in, the Brazilian José Aldo He fulfilled his goal and reached exactly 66 kg, the limit for his category. Your opponent, the Canadian Mark hominick, he didn't let it go and hit the same mark.
The other Brazilian on the card, Lyoto Machida, had no problem breaking the 93 kg limit for the light heavyweight category, just like his opponent, Randy Couture, who weighed 92 kg.
In the main fight of the night, Georges St Pierre sent the audience into a frenzy when he stepped on the scale to weigh in at 77 kg in the welterweight category. His opponent, the North American Jake Shields, hit the mark of 76 kg.
The only athlete who had difficulty with his weight was the former WEC champion, Ben henderson, who weighed 200 grams above the 70 kg lightweight limit.
Check out the complete UFC 129 weigh-in results below:
Main card:
Georges St Pierre (77kg) will face Jake Shields (76,6 kg);
José Aldo (66 kg) will face Mark hominick (66 kg);
Randy Couture (92 kg) will face Lyoto Machida (92 kg);
Vladimir Matyushenko (93,4kg) will face Jason Brilz (93kg);
Mark Bocek (70,5kg) will face Ben henderson (71,1kg) (Henderson beat the category weight);
Preliminary card:
Nate diaz (77,7kg) will face Rory McDonald (77,5kg);
Sean Pierson (77,3kg) will face Jake ellenberger (77,3kg);
Claude Patrick (77kg) will face Daniel Roberts (77,5kg);
Ivan Menjivar (61,8kg) will face Charlie Valencia (61,6kg);
Jason MacDonald (84,1kg) will face Ryan Jensen (84,1kg);
John makdessi (70,7kg) will face Kyle Watson (70,5kg);
Yves Jabouin (66,4kg) will face Pablo Garza (65,9kg).
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