UFC 104 official fighter weigh-ins set for Oct. 23 at L.A. Live Event Deck
For the second-straight UFC event, the organization will be forced to step outside of the fight card's venue for the event's official weigh-ins.
With Staples Center booked with an NBA game, the "UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun" weigh-ins, set for Friday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. PT local time (7 p.m. ET), will take place at the L.A. Live Event Deck.
The event is free and open to the public.
As usual you can watch a live stream of the festivities here on MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com), which will also have live results and images of the event posted throughout the evening.
The weigh-ins are just one part of the festivities that will take place at the L.A. Live Event Deck, which is located at 1005 Chick Hearn Ct., between Georgia St. and Cherry St.
Members of the UFC Fight Club, which is the organization's official fan club, can head to the entertainment complex early for a Q&A session with UFC heavyweight title challenger Shane Carwin. The session takes place from 2-3 p.m. PT.
Additionally, an official autograph session takes place at the venue from 1 to 3 p.m. PT with UFC fighters Yoshihiro Akiyama, Dan Miller and Brandon Vera. The signing event is also free and open to the public.
UFC 104, which features a main event between light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida and challenger Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and a co-headliner between heavyweights Ben Rothwell and Cain Velasquez, begins Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT). A two-fight live broadcast of the prelims begins at 9 p.m. ET on Spike TV, and the night's pay-per-view broadcast kicks off at 10 p.m. ET. Doors to Staples Center open at 4 p.m. PT local time (7 p.m. ET).
The UFC 104 line-up includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
* Champ Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (for light-heavyweight title)
* Ben Rothwell vs. Cain Velasquez
* Josh Neer vs. Gleison Tibau
* Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson
* Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
* Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
* Patrick Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk
PRELIMINARY CARD (Not televised)
* Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
* Rob Kimmons vs. Jorge Rivera
* Razak Al-Hassan vs. Kyle Kingsbury
* Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley