Middleweight UFC challenger
Travis Lutter (Pictures) failed to make weight in his final attempt Friday evening, managing to shed just one half pound in the two hours afforded to him by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
As a result Lutter, whose final weight was 186.5 pounds, is docked 10 percent of his purse, NSAC executive director Keith Kizer told Sherdog.com, and will face UFC champion
Anderson Silva in a non-title affair Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay.
This is the second time a challenger for a UFC belt has failed to make weight.
Joe Riggs (Pictures) was unable to make 170 pounds when he faced champion
Matt Hughes (Pictures) in Nov. 2005, thus rendering that bout a three-round non-title contest.
Terry Martin (Pictures), who also overshot the middleweight constraint, managed to drop the one pound necessary to make his fight versus
Jorge Rivera (Pictures) official.
UFC newcomer
Mirko Filipovic (Pictures) (223) showed little emotion as he stepped off the scales and looked into the eyes of his opponent,
Eddie Sanchez (229).
Quinton Jackson (Pictures) looked a lean 205, two pounds heavier than
Marvin Eastman (Pictures), who handed the tough Memphis native his first professional loss back in June 2000.
Travis Lutter (Pictures) (186.5) vs.
Anderson Silva (185)
Eddie Sanchez (229) vs.
Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic (Pictures) (223)
Marvin Eastman (Pictures) (203) vs.
Quinton Jackson (Pictures) (205)
John Halverson (155) vs.
Roger Huerta (Pictures) (156)
Patrick Cote (Pictures) (185) vs.
Scott Smith (185)
Terry Martin (Pictures) (186) vs.
Jorge Rivera (Pictures) (185)
Frank Edgar (154) vs.
Tyson Griffin (Pictures) (156)
Sam Hoger (Pictures) (206) vs.
Ryoto Machida (Pictures) (203)
Diego Saraiva (Pictures) (155) vs.
Dustin Hazelett (Pictures) (156)