Top UFC Fighter Almost Quit, UFC Veteran Saves Child, Fight Night Weigh-In Results

Former UFC Fighter and current WSOF roster member Matt Hamill is making headlines after saving a child after encountering a vehicle going all over the road in New York

"Everyone was going like 70 miles per hour. She was driving the wrong way, just kind of swerving around," Hamill told MMA Fighting today. "She was going slower but she was going on the wrong side of the street, and you could her face, she was kind of drooling. There was obviously something going on with her that just wasn't right. She was breathing fine, but you could just tell there was something, some issues."

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Hamill turned around and followed the vehicle, eventually catching up to it. The female driver barely responded and was very confused. Hamill then noticed a young boy crying in the backseat, and punched out the window to stop the car on his own. The police showed up and arrested the woman, Nicole Lamendola, for DWI.

- Highly ranked UFC Light Heayvweight Alexander Gustafsson told a Swedish newspaper that he almost quit MMA following his KO loss to Anthony "Rumble" Johnson this year.

"It has definitely been my most difficult period in life so far," Gustafsson told Expressen. "I was completely serious about quitting MMA. It was that it happened in front of my home crowd. My cousins were in place. It just took it too hard. I didn't have the will to continue. I was really close to quitting. But I have received so much love from fans, loved ones and my team."

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Gustafsson is scheduled to take on Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 69 in June.

- The UFC Fight Night 63 weigh ins are complete, with all 20 fighters making weight for tomorrow's event. Full weigh-in results are below:

Main Card (FOX Sports 1, 1 p.m. ET)

Ricardo Lamas (#4) (145.5) vs. Chad Mendes (#1) (145.5)

Al Iaquinta (155.5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (#14) (156)

Michael Chiesa (155.5) vs. Mitch Clarke (155)

Milana Dudieva (135.5) vs. Julianna Pena (#13) (136)

Clay Guida (#12) (146) vs. Robbie Peralta (145)

Diego Ferreira (155.5) vs. Dustin Poirier (#6) (155.5)

Prelim Card (FOX Sports 1, 11 a.m. ET)

Liz Carmouche (#9) (134.5) vs. Lauren Murphy (135)

Gray Maynard (155) vs. Alexander Yakovlev (155.75)

Shamil Abdurahimov (255) vs. Timothy Johnson (263.6)

Justin Jones (185.5) vs. Ron Stallings (185)

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