George Sotiropoulos and Hector Lombard successfully made weight for their UFC 166 fights which are scheduled to occur at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday night (Sunday morning Australian time).
Hector Lombard looked trim at 169 pounds (76.6 kgs) in what will be his welterweight debut when he takes on former King of Pancrase and title contender Nate Marquardt on the undercard. Marquardt weighed in at 171 pounds (77.5 kgs).
After losing his three bouts, Sotiropoulos will be fighting for his spot on the UFC roster when he faces off against 30 year-old K.J Noons who also has has lost his last three fights, one in the UFC and two previously in Strikeforce. Sotiropoulos came in at 155 pounds (70.3 kgs), while Noons was slightly heavier at 156 lbs (70.7 kgs).
Both George Sotiropoulos and Hector Lombard will fight on the preliminary portion of the card scheduled to be shown in Australia on Fuel TV starting at 11am AEDT on Sunday.
The event will be headlined by the heavyweight clash between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos who meet for the third time after splitting their last two contests. There was not much separating these heavyweights as champion Velasquez weighed in at 241 lbs (109.3 kgs). Dos Santos weighed in at 240 lbs (108.8 kgs). The main card will be shown live on Mainevent PPV from 1pm AEDT.
Main Card (Mainevent PPV)
- Cain Velasquez (241 lbs/109.3 kgs) vs. Junior dos Santos (240 lbs/108.8 kgs)
- Daniel Cormier (224 lbs/101.6 kgs) vs. Roy Nelson (249 lbs/112.9 kgs)
- Gilbert Melendez (156 lbs/70.7 kgs) vs. Diego Sanchez (156 lbs/70.7 kgs)
- Gabriel Gonzaga (257 lbs/116.5 kgs) vs. Shawn Jordan (255 lbs/115.6 kgs)
- John Dodson (125 lbs/56.6 kgs) vs. Darrell Montague (126 lbs/57.1 kgs)
Preliminary card (Fuel TV)
- Tim Boetsch (186 lbs/84.3 kgs) vs. C.B. Dollaway (186/84.3)
- Nate Marquardt (171 lbs/77.1 kgs) vs. Hector Lombard (169 lbs/76.6 kgs)
- Sarah Kaufman (135 lbs/61.2 kgs) vs. Jessica Eye (135 lbs/61.2 kgs)
- George Sotiropoulos (155 lbs/70.3 kgs) vs. K.J. Noons (156 lbs/70.6 kgs)
Preliminary card (Facebook/YouTube)
- T.J. Waldburger (170.5 lbs/77.3 kgs) vs. Adlan Amagov (171 lbs/77.5 kgs)
- Tony Ferguson (155 lbs/70.3 kgs) vs. Mike Rio (156 lbs/70.7 kgs)
- Jeremy Larsen (145.5 lbs/65.9 kgs) vs. Andre Fili (148.5 lbs/67.3 kgs)*
- Dustin Pague (135 lbs/61.2 kgs) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (135 lbs/61.2 kgs)
*Fili forfeited 20% of his purse
