Rumble can't make 185

killerofchicken wrote:

I love that you went back to your old AV/SIG combo mate

Nothing beats Butters and Katy Perry's tatas.

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I said what what in the butt

Ludo wrote:

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I said what what in the butt

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you wanna do it my butt in my butt

197...what a peice. Not even close to almost close to making 185...what the fuck has this guy been doing?

Mark Hardy was right about this fuckin guy.

What did Hardy say?

Seems Meltzer is reporting that AJ won't be weighed hours before the event, instead he'll be weighed immediately prior to his fight and if he's over 205lbs the fight is going to be waived from the card.

so...we won't find out if Belfort-Johnson will happen until about 90-100 minutes into the main card? That'll bring in the buys...unless of course the weigh in happens in the middle of the cage and there is a Vince McMahon-esque public firing if he does not make weight. I'd almost rather see that than the fight.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

so...we won't find out if Belfort-Johnson will happen until about 90-100 minutes into the main card? That'll bring in the buys...unless of course the weigh in happens in the middle of the cage and there is a Vince McMahon-esque public firing if he does not make weight. I'd almost rather see that than the fight.

That'd be fucking awesome.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

so...we won't find out if Belfort-Johnson will happen until about 90-100 minutes into the main card? That'll bring in the buys...unless of course the weigh in happens in the middle of the cage and there is a Vince McMahon-esque public firing if he does not make weight. I'd almost rather see that than the fight.

This needs to happen !

Medical Reasons Prevent Anthony Johnson From Making Weight
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Damon Martin




Needless to say, Friday was a tough day for UFC middleweight Anthony Johnson.

On the eve of his debut fight at 185lbs against Vitor Belfort in the co-main event of UFC 142 in Brazil, Johnson woke up on Friday morning feeling good and ready to go for his bout on Saturday.

Johnson has fought most of his career at 170lbs, but had struggled in the past to make the welterweight division limit so most believed a shift to 185lbs would be the perfect move.

It all backfired for Johnson on Friday as he cut weight for the fight.

According to Johnson’s manager Glenn Robinson of Authentic Sports Management, who spoke to MMAWeekly.com on Friday, ‘Rumble’ woke up on Friday morning weighing 191.5lbs, only 5.5lbs away from the 186lb weight limit for middleweight.

With three hours to go until weigh-ins, Johnson was only a pound and a half away from making weight when his body started feeling off.

Robinson says that Johnson started feeling sick and unstable, and so a local doctor came in to check him out to see what exactly was going on.

The doctor gave Johnson fluids to see if it would improve his condition, and within a couple of hours, the Blackzilian fighter started to come back to life. Unfortunately, at this point it was too late to cut the weight back down to 186lbs.

“It was medical reasons, it wasn’t for lack of effort,” Robinson said. “The UFC was extremely supportive and said health comes first.”

Johnson was extremely apologetic to both the UFC and to his opponent Vitor Belfort prior to the weigh-ins, but after getting sick just hours before and the doctors giving him fluids to rehydrate, there just wasn’t much else left to do.

Robinson did say however that there will be no risk of the fight not happening at UFC 142 on Saturday. He states that Johnson will make weight for the second weigh-in on Saturday at 205lbs, and he expects fireworks when Johnson and Belfort finally meet.

“AJ will be at 205, it will be a great fight tomorrow in Brazil and the fans will get to see a tremendous, tremendous battle between two amazing athletes,” Robinson said.

Johnson faces Belfort in the co-main event on the card that kicks off at 10pm ET/7pm PT on pay-per-view.

Rumble made 204.5lb today so the fight is a go.

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"His job is on the line," White said. "His job is absolutely on the line, win or lose."

Ali wrote:

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"His job is on the line," White said. "His job is absolutely on the line, win or lose."

Now is that a stance that Dana is showing on the surface or does he really feel that way, since we are hearing it was medical that caused it, whether that is the whole truth I'm sure we will find out, in my mind he should've been right at weight before he went down, and only because of his past weight issues and the fact that he is fighting 15 pounds up

Ali wrote:

Looks huge, maybe 205 is your new home AJ, well that is if you keep your job. But if he was 215 two weeks ago that is crazy.

http://cagejunkies.com/2012/01/sources-say-anthony-rumble-johnson-was-30-pounds-over-two-weeks-ago/

cascade_run wrote:

Ali wrote:

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"His job is on the line," White said. "His job is absolutely on the line, win or lose."

Now is that a stance that Dana is showing on the surface or does he really feel that way, since we are hearing it was medical that caused it, whether that is the whole truth I'm sure we will find out, in my mind he should've been right at weight before he went down, and only because of his past weight issues and the fact that he is fighting 15 pounds up

Well clearly he didn't even start cutting until the night before, I don't buy this story, at least to the extent they are trying to tell it to us at all. Motherfucker gets to 187lbs and then needs 10lbs of saline? Thats almost five 1000mg bags of saline, over a gallon of fluid. If that is really the case then it's clear he didn't start really cutting weight until the day/night before weigh ins.

He had a medical condition, dehydration, lol.