The weigh ins saw the return of 2 UFC veterans, Tito Ortiz and Phil Baroni. Both looked in great shape and extremely confident. Tito cut over a stone in weight according to his latest twitter after the weigh ins. He is now walking around at around 225 lbs.
http://twitter.com/titoortiz – “Good night to all. Im up to 225. God it felt good to eat and drink. I will be going to war tomorrow night so I ate hearty. Go to Punishment”
Anthony Johnsone apparently struggled to cut weight but he made the 170 lbs. If he indeed struggled, it will put into question his general fitness for this fight compared to Josh Koscheck. Josh Koscheck is known for his great cardio fitness, and I’m starting to veer away from my original prediction of Anthony Johnsone winning the fight. If Josh’s gameplan is to wrestle his opponent and wear him down, I think Josh will have another win under his belt. I think the key to this fight is how well Anthony can recovery from the cut.
Here are the official results and a link to the video of the weigh-ins.
Forrest Griffin (205) VS Tito Ortiz (204)
Anthony Johnson (170) VS Josh Koscheck (171)
Paulo Thiago (169) VS Jacob Volkmann (170)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205) VS Luiz Cane (205)
Phil Baroni (170) VS Amir Sadollah (170)
Ben Saunders (170) VS Marcus Davis (170)
Jake Rosholt (185.5) VS Kendall Grove (186)
Brian Foster (171) VS Brock Larson (171)
Fabricio Camoes (155.5) VS Caol Uno (155.5)
Jason Dent (155) VS George Sotiropoulos (155)
Watch the weigh-ins here: http://bit.ly/4u6D48
