Anderson Silva ( ) vs. Patrick Cote ( )
Thiago Alves ( ) vs. Josh Koscheck ( )

etc.

They were weighed in a vacuum.

“Shock the world” is quickly becoming my least favorite phrase ever.

on Direct TV. Since when has this been happening? It was pretty cool seeing the weigh ins on tv. I missed the majority of the weigh ins but caught the main event. Pretty intense staredown. I need a pic/gif of the franca/aurelio one if anyone has!

Also, why was Cote allowed to weigh in at 183? I though there was a 1.5 lb allowance? Shouldn’t he have to gain weight or something?

I’m pretty sure the weight range goes from 175(?) to 185 for middleweight. It would obviously put a lighter fighter at a disadvantage, but someone could fight at middleweight and come in at 176…this is why most people cut down to a certain weight…they want to have as much mass coming into a fight as possible.

The one pound ‘gimme’ is on the heavier end for non-title fights, but I don’t think there is a tight restriction on the lower end.

See I always thought fighters were allowed a +-1.5lb from the weight limit. I know the weight class is at 171-185 for MW but I thought that was just for show, basically. I had the idea that fighters had to come in at 185lbs, +-1.5lbs.

Cote is in awesome shape and ready to shock the world

Cote by Wandy-on-Jardineesque brutality Rd 1 minute 1

“We’re here again in Brazil which is quickly becoming home to some of world’s best mixed martial artists.”

Man, I can’t wait until guys from Brazil start getting really popular in MMA!

Cote has a better chance to “shock the monkey” a la Peter Gabriel than to “shock the world”

Kos is a decent heel – he’s not a total dick about it, but he accepts that he’s not well liked and shrugs it off. Sherk, however, seems to be rattled by it. If he tries to entertain the crowd for favor like he did vs. Penn by eschewing his wrestling, he’s officially a wimp (for letting the crowd get to him, that is. He can still kick my ass).

Sherk doesn’t look so big (he is still muscular, though) – has he gotten smaller, or is Griffin that big also?

with a good cycle you’ll generally test clean

Anyways though he looks that much bigger than Griffen because of how hes posing. His shoulders and traps are definately bigger no matter the pose though.