UFC Fight Night 44 weigh-in results: Headliners on weight, but Gastelum heavy
SAN ANTONIO – MMAjunkie was on scene and reporting live from today’s UFC Fight Night 44 fighter weigh-ins, where the headliners made weight, but one co-headliner came in heavy.
The festivities took place at AT&T Center in San Antonio, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s FOX Sports 1-televised card.
Among those weighing in were featherweight headliners Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens, who each weighed 145 pounds.
However, co-headliner Kelvin Gastelum came in two pounds heavy and weighed 173 pounds on his first attempt. He had two hours to make the 171-pound limit. However, he got no lighter than 172.75 pounds. He’s been forced to surrender 20 percent of his purse to opponent Nicholas Musoke, who weighed 171 pounds.
On Thursday, Gastelum told MMAjunkie he wasn’t working with weight-cutting consultant Mike Dolce, who helped him with his previous fight, because he’s too expensive.
The full UFC Fight Night 44 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET)
Cub Swanson (145) vs. Jeremy Stephens (145)
Kelvin Gastelum (172.75)* vs. Nicholas Musoke (171)
Andrew Craig (186) vs. Cezar Ferreira (186)
Hacran Dias (146) vs. Ricardo Lamas (146)
Clint Hester (186) vs. Antonio Braga Neto (185)
Joe Ellenberger (155.5) vs. James Moontasri (156)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)
Carlos Diego Ferreira (155) vs. Colton Smith (156)
Johnny Bedford (136) vs. Cody Gibson (135)
Andy Enz (186) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (186)
Ray Borg (126) vs. Shane Howell (125.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7:30 p.m. ET)
Anthony Hamilton (253) vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk (240)
* – Missed weight, surrenders 20 percent of purse to opponent
