MONTREAL - MMAjunkie.com is on scene for today's "UFC 97: Redemption" official fighter weigh-ins.
The weigh-ins take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal and feature, among others, UFC middleweight champion and headliner Anderson Silva and his opponent, Thales Leites.
The first fighter is scheduled to hit the scale at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). Follow along as we post live results.
UFC 97 is just the UFC's second-ever event in Canada. Last year's show, UFC 83 with Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra II, set a UFC and North American MMA attendance record with 21,390 spectators. This year's event proved another quick sellout, and today's weigh-ins are expected to draw countless thousands of those ticket-buyers.
The full results include:
MAIN CARD
* Anderson Silva (182) vs. Thales Leites (185)
* Chuck Liddell (206) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (206)
* Cheick Kongo (232) vs. Antoni Hardonk (249)
* Luis Cane (206) vs. Steve Cantwell (205)
* Krzysztof Soszynski (204) vs. Brian Stann (206)
PRELIMINARY CARD
* Vinicius Magalhaes (204) vs. Eliot Marshall (205)
* Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185) vs. Denis Kang (185)
* Jason MacDonald (186) vs. Nate Quarry (186)
* Ed Herman (186) vs. David Loiseau (185)
* David Bielkheden (157) vs. Mark Bocek (154)
* Ryo Chonan (171) vs. T.J. Grant (169)
* Sam Stout (155) vs. Matt Wiman (155)
The weigh-ins take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal and feature, among others, UFC middleweight champion and headliner Anderson Silva and his opponent, Thales Leites.
The first fighter is scheduled to hit the scale at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). Follow along as we post live results.
UFC 97 is just the UFC's second-ever event in Canada. Last year's show, UFC 83 with Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra II, set a UFC and North American MMA attendance record with 21,390 spectators. This year's event proved another quick sellout, and today's weigh-ins are expected to draw countless thousands of those ticket-buyers.
The full results include:
MAIN CARD
* Anderson Silva (182) vs. Thales Leites (185)
* Chuck Liddell (206) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (206)
* Cheick Kongo (232) vs. Antoni Hardonk (249)
* Luis Cane (206) vs. Steve Cantwell (205)
* Krzysztof Soszynski (204) vs. Brian Stann (206)
PRELIMINARY CARD
* Vinicius Magalhaes (204) vs. Eliot Marshall (205)
* Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185) vs. Denis Kang (185)
* Jason MacDonald (186) vs. Nate Quarry (186)
* Ed Herman (186) vs. David Loiseau (185)
* David Bielkheden (157) vs. Mark Bocek (154)
* Ryo Chonan (171) vs. T.J. Grant (169)
* Sam Stout (155) vs. Matt Wiman (155)
