Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Get Heated In Lobby, Big UFC Title Fight Official, UFC 182 Weigh Ins
- Just this week we noted that top 205-pound challenger Daniel Cormier said that he and Jon Jones may end up fighting before the scheduled bout this Saturday, pointing to Friday's weigh-ins. The two barely made it that far as earlier this week, a heated confrontation occurred in a hotel lobby.
Jones and Cormier had just squared off for a photo op and had to be separated by UFC President Dana White, when the two met in a the lobby in passing and ended up continuing their red-hot feud. You can watch the ordeal above at the 10:35 mark.
Wrestling Inc will have full live coverage of UFC 182 this Saturday.
- Despite promising the next UFC Welterweight title shot to Canadian star Rory MacDonald, the UFC instead has opted to go with a third Robbie Lawler-Johny Hendricks fight.
"Robbie and Rory just fought," White said at a media event this week. "We just feel like the trilogy makes sense ? to do the third fight with these two."
MacDonald and Lawler fought to a split decision in 2013, with Hendricks and Lawler fighting twice since.
- Weigh ins for UFC 182 just concluded, and the fights are official. Women's Bantamweight fighter Alexis Dufresne missed weight badly for the second consecutive time, and her fight with Marion Reneau will be a catchweight bout.
Full weigh-in results are below:
Main Card (PPV, 10 p.m. EST)
Jon Jones (c) (205) vs. Daniel Cormier (#2) (205)
Myles Jury (#8) (155.5) vs. Donald Cerrone (#4) (155.5)
Nate Marquardt (185.5) vs. Brad Tavares (#15) (185)
Kyoji Horiguchi (#11) (125) vs. Louis Gaudinot (125)
Hector Lombard (#6) (170.5) vs. Josh Burkman (171)
Preliminary Bouts (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. EST)
Paul Felder (156) vs. Danny Castillo (156)
Marcus Brimage (136) vs. Cody Garbrandt (135.5)
Jared Cannonier (235) vs. Shawn Jordan(261)
Evan Dunham (155.5) vs. Rodrigo Damm (156)
Preliminary Bouts (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. EST)
Omari Akhmedov (170.5) vs. Mats Nilsson (171)
Marion Reneau (135.5) vs. Alexis Dufresne (138)