UFC 110 Weigh-ins: Nogueira, Velasquez Cleared
Brian Knapp Feb 20, 2010
Some see it as a passing of the torch, others as a potential
renaissance for one of the sport’s most decorated competitors. In a
matter of hours, two of the world’s top heavyweights will meet
inside the cage to settle the debate.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira checked in at 233.2 pounds for his showdown with the unbeaten Cain Velasquez (242) in the UFC 110 main event on Saturday at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. The 16 other men booked to compete -- including co-headliners Wanderlei Silva (184.8) and Michael Bisping (184.8) -- also met their contracted weight requirements at Friday’s official weigh-in.
Nogueira has won four of his past five fights and outpointed hall
of famer Randy
Couture in a unanimous decision victory at UFC 102 in August.
The 33-year-old Brazilian remains the only man to win titles inside
Pride Fighting Championships and the UFC and has been finished only
once in 39 career bouts. Wins over 2006 Pride open weight grand
prix winner Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, two-time Olympian Dan
Henderson and former UFC champions Mark Coleman,
Ricco
Rodriguez, Josh Barnett
and Tim
Sylvia highlight his distinguished resume. A black belt in Judo
and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Nogueira has secured 20 of his 32
victories by submission.
Spawned by the American Kickboxing Academy, Velasquez has finished six of his seven opponents, four of them inside one round. The 27-year-old Salinas, Calif., native last appeared at UFC 104 in October, when he laid waste to Affliction and International Fight League veteran Ben Rothwell in a one-sided second-round technical knockout. Velasquez was a two-time All-American wrestler and two-time Pac-10 Conference champion at Arizona State University.
Silva, meanwhile, has lost five of his last six fights, including a unanimous decision loss to former middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 99 in June. One of MMA’s most beloved figures, the 33-year-old Brazilian brawler once went nearly five years between defeats. He holds notable victories against former UFC light heavyweight king Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba.
Anchored at the Wolfslair Academy, Bisping rebounded from his brutal knockout loss to Henderson at UFC 100 with an impressive second-round stoppage of Denis Kang in November. The 30-year-old Englishman has posted eight wins in 10 fights since entering the UFC in 2006 and has delivered 16 of his 18 career victories by knockout, TKO or submission.
UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez
Saturday, Feb. 20
Acer Arena
Sydney, Australia
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (233.2 lbs./106 kg) vs. Cain Velasquez (242 lbs./110 kg)
Wanderlei Silva (184.8 lbs./84kg) vs. Michael Bisping (184.8 lbs./84 kg)
Joe Stevenson (154 lbs./70 kg) vs. George Sotiropoulos (154 lbs./70 kg)
Keith Jardine (204.6 lbs./93 kg) vs. Ryan Bader (204.6 lbs./93 kg)
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (233.2 lbs./106 kg) vs. Anthony Perosh (215.6 lbs./98 kg)
Stephan Bonnar (204.6 lbs./93 kg) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (204.6 lbs./93 kg)
Chris Lytle (169.4 lbs./77 kg) vs. Brian Foster (171.7 lbs./78 kg)
C.B. Dollaway (184.8 lbs./84 kg) vs. Goran Reljic (184.8 lb.s/84 kg)
James Te Huna (205 lbs./93 kg) vs. Igor Pokrajac (205 lbs./93 kg)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira checked in at 233.2 pounds for his showdown with the unbeaten Cain Velasquez (242) in the UFC 110 main event on Saturday at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. The 16 other men booked to compete -- including co-headliners Wanderlei Silva (184.8) and Michael Bisping (184.8) -- also met their contracted weight requirements at Friday’s official weigh-in.
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Spawned by the American Kickboxing Academy, Velasquez has finished six of his seven opponents, four of them inside one round. The 27-year-old Salinas, Calif., native last appeared at UFC 104 in October, when he laid waste to Affliction and International Fight League veteran Ben Rothwell in a one-sided second-round technical knockout. Velasquez was a two-time All-American wrestler and two-time Pac-10 Conference champion at Arizona State University.
Silva, meanwhile, has lost five of his last six fights, including a unanimous decision loss to former middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 99 in June. One of MMA’s most beloved figures, the 33-year-old Brazilian brawler once went nearly five years between defeats. He holds notable victories against former UFC light heavyweight king Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba.
Anchored at the Wolfslair Academy, Bisping rebounded from his brutal knockout loss to Henderson at UFC 100 with an impressive second-round stoppage of Denis Kang in November. The 30-year-old Englishman has posted eight wins in 10 fights since entering the UFC in 2006 and has delivered 16 of his 18 career victories by knockout, TKO or submission.
UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez
Saturday, Feb. 20
Acer Arena
Sydney, Australia
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (233.2 lbs./106 kg) vs. Cain Velasquez (242 lbs./110 kg)
Wanderlei Silva (184.8 lbs./84kg) vs. Michael Bisping (184.8 lbs./84 kg)
Joe Stevenson (154 lbs./70 kg) vs. George Sotiropoulos (154 lbs./70 kg)
Keith Jardine (204.6 lbs./93 kg) vs. Ryan Bader (204.6 lbs./93 kg)
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (233.2 lbs./106 kg) vs. Anthony Perosh (215.6 lbs./98 kg)
Stephan Bonnar (204.6 lbs./93 kg) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (204.6 lbs./93 kg)
Chris Lytle (169.4 lbs./77 kg) vs. Brian Foster (171.7 lbs./78 kg)
C.B. Dollaway (184.8 lbs./84 kg) vs. Goran Reljic (184.8 lb.s/84 kg)
James Te Huna (205 lbs./93 kg) vs. Igor Pokrajac (205 lbs./93 kg)
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