Henderson vs. Edgar 2 Weigh-In Results, Guillard misses weight

[Kickass32]

Henderson vs. Edgar 2 Weigh-In Results




By Luke Thomas - Senior Editor

Aug 10, 2012 -

If UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson and Frankie Edgar have any deserved reputation in mixed martial arts, it's one for skill and high offensive output. Another should be meeting the rest of the professional trimmings that come with fight sport as both easily made the precise lightweight limit of 155 pounds in Denver, Colorado today for the UFC 150 weigh-ins.
Henderson checked in at 154.6 pounds, slightly heavier than Edgar's 154.4 pounds.
"I feel great," Edgar told UFC commentator Joe Rogan after making things official on the scale. "Denver, I'm ready to fight my balls off for you. I did everything I could to make sure I go home with the belt tomorrow."
For his part, the champion was less descriptive but in equally good spirits and with focused intensity. "Denver's awesome," Henderson said. "Edgar's awesome. We all know he's awesome in rematches."

Edgar enters this rematch as an underdog after having lost his title to Henderson at UFC 144 in February. Both fighters appeared to be crowd favorites despite neither being a Colorado native.
There was a hiccup at the weigh-ins as co-main event lightweight Melvin Guillard missed weight, tipping the scales at 157.5 pounds. He did not take off any additional clothing on the scales. According to UFC President Dana White on the FUEL weigh-in show, Guillard will not attempt to lose the additional weight and will surrender 10% of his purse. Half of that fine will go to Cerrone while the commission will take the other half.

Main card
Ben Henderson (154.4) vs. Frankie Edgar (154.6)
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Melvin Guillard (157.5)*
Jake Shields (185) vs. Ed Herman (185)
Yushin Okami (185) vs. Buddy Roberts (184)
Justin Lawrence (145) vs. Max Holloway (145)

Preliminary card
Dennis Bermudez (145) vs. Tommy Hayden (144)
Jared Hamman (184) vs. Michael Kuiper (185)
Ken Stone (135) vs. Erik Perez (135)
Dustin Pague (136) vs. Chico Camus (135)
Nik Lentz (145) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (145)

UPDATE: According to Guillard, he was fined 20% of his purse for not making weight. He gave 10% to the commission and the other 10% to Cerrone.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/8/10...sults-mma-news

[BluenoseGreig]

Pretty poor from Melvin to not even attempt to get down to the correct weight, clearly screwed up the weight cut and felt he could lose no more.

[Kickass32]

Always thought missing weight was disrespectful to your opponent, and your bosses.

[BluenoseGreig]

Always thought missing weight was disrespectful to your opponent, and your bosses.

Yeah, me too. It should hold them back as they move forward too, ie if Guillard was fighting for a shot at the belt he should need another win too because he did not make weight for this one. Failing to make weight needs more punishment than a cut of his purse going to the other fighter.

[Kickass32]

What about an automatic 1 point deduction in the first round???? Too harsh? Does it even make any sense???

[BluenoseGreig]

What about an automatic 1 point deduction in the first round???? Too harsh? Does it even make any sense???

It's a tough one, that only works if the fight goes to decision, imagine say Jon Jones was dropping to fight Anderson and came in over weight, he would have a big advantage and losing a point would not really count. But I know I hate these guys coming in over weight, Paul Daley does it religiously, and never really suffers for it.