UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort Weigh-in Results

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 4:48 PM EDT in MMA News

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* Vitor Belfort and Efrain Escudero missed weight on their first attempt; each has two additional hours to make weight.
** - Tyson Griffin and Hermes Franca agreed to a 159-pound catch-weight bout. (video coming soon)

Main Card Bouts:
Rich Franklin 195 vs. Vitor Belfort 196.25*
Junior Dos Santos 236 vs. Mirko Filipovic 226
Martin Kampmann 169.5 vs. Paul Daley 170
Josh Koscheck 170 vs. Frank Trigg 170
Tyson Griffin 155.5 vs. Hermes Franca 159**

On Spike:
Efrain Escudero 157* vs. Cole Miller 155
Drew Mcfedries 185.25 vs. Tomasz Drwal 185

Preliminary Bouts:
Jim Miller 154.5 vs. Steve Lopez 154.5
Rafaello Oliveira 155.25 vs. Nik Lentz 155
Rick Story 170 vs. Brian Foster 170.75
Jason Brilz 205.25 vs. Eliot Marshall 204.75
Vladimir Matyushenko 205 vs. Igor Pokrajac 203
Rafael Dos Anjos 155.5 vs. Rob Emerson 155.5

Make sure you join us at BloodyElbow.com tomorrow night for live play-by-play, commentary and discussion of UFC 103 beginning at 9PM EST.

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Josh Koscheck -500 vs. Frank Trigg +355

I often hear that Frank Trigg is fighting his twin or the younger version of himself . . . but odds are saying that he has no chance at all??

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by VeeisAnimated on Sep 18, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions

I expect koscheck to be better at everything. Wrestling, brute force, cardio, speed, stand up.

You don't look like a Tanaka.

by spectaa on Sep 18, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Kos is a “Trigg 2.0” or sorts – same skill set, but younger, faster, better shape, etc.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 18, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Cole Miller at +155 is very tasty.

This shirt is "dry clean only", which means it's dirty.

by Sam Cupitt on Sep 18, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions

…sigh +140

This shirt is "dry clean only", which means it's dirty.

by Sam Cupitt on Sep 18, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

He is the key element of my parlay.

You don't look like a Tanaka.

by spectaa on Sep 18, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions

The closer the fight gets, the more I want to bet on Vitor.

BOOSH

by Farthammer on Sep 18, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions

Just ask yourself If Vitor gets frustrated, will he fight the way we know he is capable? Is Rich the kind of guy to frustrate Vitor?

by ryanwk628 on Sep 18, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m a big fan of Kampmann and I’m rooting for him to win, but Daley at +300 is crazy.

by FRANKIE on Sep 18, 2009 11:55 AM EDT reply actions

JUMP ALL OVER DOS ANJOS RIGHT NOW!!!

Keep firing Assholes!

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by Ubernoober on Sep 18, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions

Did Affliction lend the UFC their video library for the Vitor highlights?

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

UFC boughtem

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Sep 18, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Smart if you’re going to end up with most of talent. Was it a separate purchase or part of the Affliction clothing back in the UFC deal?

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

same deal

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by Nate Wilcox on Sep 18, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Peanut butter and bacon! Bacon butter and bacon?

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by a tommy point on Sep 18, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions

We’re live..

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions

Is that a TapouT tattoo on the back of Emerson’s head?

Alla som inte dansar är våldtäktsmän.
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by Eugene Schelfaut on Sep 18, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

hm guess it is, i saw him the other day at the gym, didn’t even notice it.

by pop_gun_war on Sep 18, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Probably not a real tattoo

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Sep 18, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Alla som inte dansar är våldtäktsmän.
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by Eugene Schelfaut on Sep 18, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions

Who enjoys the weigh-in the most?

I love watching the ring girls snicker and giggle when the fighters undress. 2 of them had super bright smiles when the saint took off his jeans.

I'm looking for the chicken and the rice. Please for you give me the chicken then you come with the rice or then you give me the rice and the chicken, I don't care.

by Thulsa Doom on Sep 18, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions

Who enjoys the weigh-in the most?

Not me. Rogan’s voice is giving me a goddamn headache.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

indeed.

I remember watching an Rogan’s first fight as a commentator, the sound dudes couldn’t handle the levels he was producing all you heard was “Rar rar crackle crackle, WOW… WOW…”. I just don’t understand why he hasn’t realized there is no reason to yell when you have a microphone.

I'm looking for the chicken and the rice. Please for you give me the chicken then you come with the rice or then you give me the rice and the chicken, I don't care.

by Thulsa Doom on Sep 18, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

Story looked pretty intense.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

they arethisclose to making out.

by pop_gun_war on Sep 18, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

i'm on it.

that can be easily photoshoped.

I'm looking for the chicken and the rice. Please for you give me the chicken then you come with the rice or then you give me the rice and the chicken, I don't care.

by Thulsa Doom on Sep 18, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

got it.

by pop_gun_war on Sep 18, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

but heath herring is not gay!

youtube.com/watch?v=loVqGHxFwmE

enjoy nooooobes

by fuzzy wuzzy on Sep 19, 2009 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions

this one has a story

I'm looking for the chicken and the rice. Please for you give me the chicken then you come with the rice or then you give me the rice and the chicken, I don't care.

by Thulsa Doom on Sep 18, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

haha kudos!

by pop_gun_war on Sep 18, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

might as well throw in Kanye in there somewhere

by pop_gun_war on Sep 18, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

“I wish I knew how to quit you”

by mmalogic on Sep 18, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

Buffer Mid-360?

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 18, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Too fast for the human eye.

You don't look like a Tanaka.

by spectaa on Sep 18, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

Nice lip piece. Miller is gonna clown that dude.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

157 for Efrain

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:18 PM EDT reply actions

He was sniffling and wiping his nose a ton. Could have a cold, hence trouble cutting.

I got Cole double now.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I just sent a message to all my friends to move in on Cole. Effrain looked bad and was still over weight.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Last weigh-ins are how I made my Rosholt pick and moved off betting on Randy

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

By the way. The lines on Franklin and Miller have already moved since both Efrain and Vitor missed weight.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

uh oh!

"That feeling after you win and they raise your hand... it's like you have this energy that releases from your body, and it's like you mingle with the cosmos, and you feel omnipotent"

by woomikee on Sep 18, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

lorenzo’s face!

by woooburn on Sep 18, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

SPRAAAWL!!!!

by fuzzy wuzzy on Sep 19, 2009 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions

hah efrain is hilarious. cole miller = TUF 9 killer.

by pop_gun_war on Sep 18, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

Anyone with some talent is basically a TUF 9 killer. Not that Cole Miller isnt awesome.

by Rabbit915 on Sep 19, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

FRAGGLE ROCK!

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by a tommy point on Sep 18, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

He could probably drop a pound just by shaving the muppet hair.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Oops, nevermind, catchweight.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

what are the rules there – maybe you can only weigh in once

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late. - Mike Tyson

by lovingmma25 on Sep 18, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Trying to steal the “Clown Hair of the Night” bonus away from Koscheck.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Still looks better than Kos…

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 18, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Franca looks like an old woman.

by dancingChicken on Sep 19, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Odd catchweight…

"That feeling after you win and they raise your hand... it's like you have this energy that releases from your body, and it's like you mingle with the cosmos, and you feel omnipotent"

by woomikee on Sep 18, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

so management must have known he had issues before weigh ins

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late. - Mike Tyson

by lovingmma25 on Sep 18, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Probably brought to the table by Franca’s camp when they realized he wasn’t gonna make weight.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions

Goddamn, Kampmann is sexy at 170.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions

Not as hot as Jake Shields

by Scott Haber on Sep 18, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Who is a good family man.

"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."

by AJB on Sep 19, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

That sound you heard was half of sherdog getting a little too excited when they saw cro cop’s shirt.

by Phildo on Sep 18, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

What shirt?

by szucconi on Sep 18, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Pride.

by Phildo on Sep 18, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats what I thought. Now available on ufc.com’s store, so pipe down sherwood.

by szucconi on Sep 18, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow, nice.

You don't look like a Tanaka.

by spectaa on Sep 18, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Jesus christ, dos Santos is farking huge.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

And hes not even that big at 236. How can Cro-Cop expect to compete with some of the HW monsters at 226?

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

LHK.

I specializes in grammar fail.

by a tommy point on Sep 18, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d love to see it but the speed in his strikes has been severely lacking.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Without pictures to compare, my brain tells me he’s looking much more fit for this fight than his last.

Of course, my brain likes to fail. Sooo…

I specializes in grammar fail.

by a tommy point on Sep 18, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Jesus. Dos Santos looks like a monster.

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Sep 18, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea, he’s farking huge.

by grein on Sep 18, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

what’s their reach comparison?

by woooburn on Sep 18, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Mirko – 73"
Cigano – 77"

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Pride never die.

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by a tommy point on Sep 18, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions

He looked small, like he lost a lot of muscles.

by dancingChicken on Sep 19, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Is the UFC ever going to pony up to play some real fucking music during these things?

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions

No, its just filler.

by szucconi on Sep 18, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

No, its just ~~filler~~ leftovers from Zuffa’s failed record label.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 18, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

And here goes more cash on Rich

Vitor looked puffy and still didn’t make weight

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions

MOVE THE TOWEL, FOR FUCK’S SAKE.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions

Jesus Vitor. Come on. How do expect people to take you seriously at 185 if you can’t even make 195?

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

he looks drained

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late. - Mike Tyson

by lovingmma25 on Sep 18, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions

Oh yeah, Joe. He’s matured alright. Matured to not make weight.

I love Vitor but this is not acceptable.

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions

He’ll make it easy on his second try?

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

You mean fourth?

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess if you count each successive removal of clothing a “try”, sure. Not that that matters. Completely nude he weighed in a quarter pound over the limit. Big f’n deal.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

But the weight class he intends on fighting in is ten pounds away. eleven if he wants a title shot. Am I right? Thats the purpose of this catch weight bout, so Vitor could make weight?

by szucconi on Sep 18, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah but, this doesn’t prove he can’t make 185. You get yourself to a certain weight to cut down to the weight the day of weigh-ins. It only proves he’ll need to get himself closer to that weight for middleweight.

by Michael Rome on Sep 18, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

While I agree, it’s still a bad showing on his part. He needs to take his return seriously. He can’t just settle for getting back into the UFC. He needs to actually want to show something.

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t mind getting on fighters when they miss weight, but unless he doesn’t make it within the next hour, there’s no reason to rag on him. The rules are clearly set out and unless he fails again, he fell within them.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh I agree. I just don’t like a guy missing a catchweight. It just looks bad to me. He made 185 in his last fight. He used to make 205 before. How does he not make 195?

Then again, maybe the scale he used said 195 but the official one didn’t.

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

We’re talking about a a quarter pound…

He was probably in an elevator with some important people and held in a fart….

by mmalogic on Sep 18, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Probably should go take an Anderson Silva dump.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Thought he said a week or so ago that he was already 203/

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Sep 18, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Its to account for a bad scale and other variables. And I agree. But the combination of the fact that 195 was so Vitor could make weight easily and the fact that he looks soft? You telling me that doesn’t worry you? This is Vitor, not Fedor. Fedor always looks the same. When Vitor looks soft, I worry.

by szucconi on Sep 18, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

That is no easy task. Sure it means he needs to get closer before the cut, but thats still a lot.

by szucconi on Sep 18, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

by Nick Thomas on Sep 18, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions

Vitor looks soft. Should I change my pick!?

by Michael Rome on Sep 18, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions

Only if you hate tiny baby orphans.

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by a tommy point on Sep 18, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Too late. You made your bed. Now lay in it with Rich Franklin sheets.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Fedor also looks soft…

by mmalogic on Sep 18, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Fedor is made of magic. Lets not bring him into this.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

The pick has always been Franklin by smothering.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 18, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

quit acting like he hasnt made 185 before. he made it against both martin and lindland. of course not making weight when you’re supposedly coming up in weight 10 pounds is pretty crappy.

by stearnum on Sep 18, 2009 5:41 PM EDT reply actions

Serious wtf? 196.25? Vitor, c’mon man!

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Sep 18, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions

By the way, I loved the guy doing the weigh-in scale and how he tried to cheat the scale when Belfort weighed in. Anyone else see him trying to hold it down so Belfort could make weight?

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

r u kidding me?

by TyTy on Sep 18, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Sounds like he hates Vitor for whatever reason.

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by Mike Fagan on Sep 18, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually I love Vitor. I cheered my brains out when I saw him in person twice with Affliction.

I just call a spade a spade. And that part was funny to me.

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by FlyByKnight on Sep 18, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, we'll need pictures for proof...

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 18, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Sep 18, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, call me Richard Dawkins.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 18, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

dude, he was just starting it from the bottom each time he moved the weight to see where it settled. It’s legit way to do it.

by midwestbred on Sep 18, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

it looked a lot to me like the guys running the scale were not the sharpest tools in the shed, or the scale was shit.
170.75.. really? REALLY?

by pr0cs on Sep 18, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions

had the same thought

when they zoomed in… it made the scale crew seem even more inept.

I'm looking for the chicken and the rice. Please for you give me the chicken then you come with the rice or then you give me the rice and the chicken, I don't care.

by Thulsa Doom on Sep 18, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions