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TUNICA, Miss., Feb. 9 — A week after mixed martial arts fans were reminded that making weight was not automatic, fighters competing on Saturday’s Showtime-televised card in Southaven, Miss. stepped on the scale with little fanfare today.

Located inside a Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino ballroom, Frank Shamrock (Pictures) and Renzo Gracie (Pictures) easily made weight for their EliteXC main event clash. The middleweights, who last night sat feet away from one another during a late-night meal in a Sam’s Town eatery, stepped off the scale at 185 and 180 pounds, respectively.

Other televised fights include a lightweight contest that has heated up since the fighters arrived. KJ Noons (154.5) and “Krazy Horse” Charles Bennett (Pictures) (155) exchanged words and glares Friday afternoon, however both decided to leave fisticuffs for tomorrow night.

To the dismay of many in the room, Julie Kedzie (Pictures) decided against forcing Gina Carano (Pictures) to disrobe after she stepped on the scale at 141.5 pounds. With Kedzie coming in at 139, the nationally televised-bout between female mixed martial artists is official.

Middleweights David Loiseau (Pictures) and Joey Villasenor (Pictures), and super heavyweights Antonio Silva (Pictures) and Wesley Correira (Pictures) round out the televised card, which begins 10 p.m. EST/PST. Undercard fights can be viewed live on proelite.com at 7 p.m. EST.

Official Weights
Frank Shamrock (Pictures) (185) vs. Renzo Gracie (Pictures) (180)
Antonio Silva (Pictures) (298) vs. Wesley Correira (Pictures) (275)
Joey Villasenor (Pictures) (186) vs. David Loiseau (Pictures) (184)
Karl James Noons (Pictures) (154.5) vs. Charles Bennett (Pictures) (155)
Gina Carano (Pictures) (141.5*) vs. Julie Kedzie (Pictures) (139)
Bo Cantrell (Pictures) (233) vs. Tim Persey (Pictures) (259)
Chris Gates (185) vs. Riki Fukuda (Pictures) (184)
Adriano Pereira (155) vs. Javier Vazquez (Pictures) (155)
Mike Pyle (Pictures) (169) vs. Ross Ebanez (Pictures) (171)
John Shackelford (Pictures) (155.5) vs. James Edson Berto (154)

*Kedzie allowed Carano a half-pound.

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