THE CANADIAN PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Welterweight Anthony (Rumble) Johnson weighed in five pounds over Friday for his UFC 104 bout against Japan’s Yoshiyuki Yoshida.
The mixed martial arts fight Saturday night at the Staples Center will go ahead with the six-foot-two Johnson forfeiting 20 per cent of his purse to his Japanese opponent.
The welterweight limit is 170 but fighters get an extra pound’s grace in non-title bouts.
Gleison Tibau (157) and Josh Neer (156.5) both missed the 155-pound limit. They agreed to fight at a catchweight.
All other fighters made weight with light-heavyweight champion Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida at 202.5 and challenger Mauricio (Shogun) Rua at 204.5.
Co-main heavyweights Cain Velasquez and (Big) Ben Rothwell were 238 and 265 pounds respectively.
