26/11, Wembley Plaza Hotel, London.
The Cage Rage weigh in and rules meeting went smoothly for once, with few arguments and absolutely no brawls. The closest we came to aggravation was when Paul "Semtex" Daley, obviously confident from his recent adventures with the American Top Team, started blowing kisses and promising that their fight would be "so f**king painful" for his opponent, the Frenchman Jess Liaudin. Liaudin, looking much more lean and fit than in recent appearances, kept cool and silent throughout the exchange.
Matt Lindland and Mark Weir looked ready to go, and Renato "Babalu" Sobral looked in excellent shape for his bout against the lanky Cyril Diabate. Mike Bisping seemed in particularly good cheer, and confident that his opponent, Mark "The Beast" Epstein, would be in for a short night.
Finally, Extreme Brawl veteran Ridas Vaivada steps in at short notice to face Sol Gilbert, replacing countryman Antonio Tello, and Tulio Palhares steps in to replace Damien Riccio, facing Alex Reid.
The official weights are as follows:
- Stuart Grant 58 kg (128 lbs)
- Brad Pickett 64.5 kg (142 lbs)
- Mustafa Al Turk 115 kg (254 lbs)
- Fereidoun Naghizadeh 105 kg (231 lbs)
- Sami Berik 75 kg (165 lbs)
- Abdul Mohammed 77.5 kg (170 lbs)
- Tulio Palhares 82kg (181 lbs)
- Alex Reid 83.9 kg (185 lbs)
- Jess Liaudin 76 kg (167 lbs)
- Paul Daley 76.5 kg (169 lbs)
- Robbie Olivier 65.8 kg (145 lbs)
- Dave Elliot 65.8 kg (145 lbs)
- Ridas Vaivada 82 kg (181 kg)
- Sol Gilbert 82 kg (181 kg)
- Sammy Schiavo 70.3 kg (155 lbs)
- Jean Silva 70 kg (154 lbs)
- Cyrille Diabate 92.4 kg (204 lbs)
- Renato Sobral 92 kg (203 lbs)
- Mark Epstein 90 kg (198 lbs)
- Mike Bisping 91 kg (201 lbs)
- Matt Lindland 83.4 kg (184 lbs)
- Mark Weir 83 kg (183 lbs)
- Ryan Robinson 98 kg (216 lbs)
- Ian Freeman 103 kg (227 lbs)
