All fighters made weight Friday afternoon in Newark, N.J., making official nine bouts for Saturday's UFC 78 "Validation" pay-per-view card.

"The Ultimate Fighter" series winners Michael Bisping (Pictures) and Rashad Evans (Pictures) exited the scales at 205 and 206-pounds respectively.




Official UFC 78 weights:
Michael Bisping (Pictures) (205) vs. Rashad Evans (Pictures) (206)
Houston Alexander (Pictures) (203) vs. Thiago Silva (Pictures) (204)
Ryo Chonan (Pictures) (169.5) vs. Karo Parisyan (Pictures) (170)
Joe Doerksen (Pictures) (185.5) vs. Ed Herman (Pictures) (186)
Frank Edgar (Pictures) (154) vs. Spencer Fisher (Pictures) (154.5)
Chris Lytle (Pictures) (170.5) vs. Thiago Alves (Pictures) (171)
Jason Reinhardt (Pictures) (155) vs. Joe Lauzon (Pictures) (155)
Luke Caudillo (155.5) vs. Marcus Aurelio (156)
Akihiro Gono (Pictures) (169) vs. Tamden McCrory (170)