Nogueira, Davis on Point for UFN 24

The world-ranked Nogueira tipped the scales at 206 pounds for his duel with Davis (206) in the UFC Fight Night 24 main event on Saturday at the KeyArena in Seattle. The six other men slated for main card duty, including co-headliners Dan Hardy (171) and Anthony Johnson (171), also met their contracted weight requirements without incident at Friday’s official weigh-in.

A 2005 Pride Fighting Championships middleweight grand prix quarterfinalist, Nogueira last appeared at UFC 119 in September, when he lost a unanimous decision to “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 8 winner Ryan Bader at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis; the defeat snapped his seven-fight winning streak. The 34-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt counts high-profile wins over reigning Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem (twice), current Strikeforce light heavyweight boss Dan Henderson, former International Fight League light heavyweight titleholder Vladimir Matyushenko and Japanese icon Kazushi Sakuraba. Nogueira has never lost back-to-back fights in his 10-year career.

Davis will enter the bout unbeaten in eight professional outings, four of them inside the Octagon. The 26-year-old Harrisburg, Pa., native won an NCAA wrestling championship at Penn State University in 2008 and has quickly established himself as one of MMA’s top prospects at 205 pounds. Davis has not fought since UFC 123 in November, when he submitted Tim Boetsch with a modified kimura at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Victories over former WEC light heavyweight champion Brian Stann and Swedish import Alexander Gustafsson anchor his unblemished resume.

UFC Fight Night 24 -- which also features a welterweight tilt pitting “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 7 winner Amir Sadollah (170) against “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 9 finalist DaMarques Johnson (171) and a featherweight rematch pairing Leonard Garcia (145) with Chan Sung Jung (146) -- will air on Spike TV at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The UFC will stream five undercard bouts on its Facebook page at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT: Sean McCorkle (266) vs. Christian Morecraft (265), Jon Madsen (261) vs. Mike Russow (256), John Hathaway (171) vs. Kris McCray (170), Michael McDonald (135) vs. Edwin Figueroa (136) and Alex Caceres (146) vs. Mackens Semerzier (146).

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (206) vs. Phil Davis (206)
Dan Hardy (171) vs. Anthony Johnson (171)
Amir Sadollah (170) vs. DaMarques Johnson (171)
Leonard Garcia (145) vs. Chan Sung Jung (146)
Alex Caceres (146) vs. Mackens Semerzier (146)
Mike Russow (256) vs. Jon Madsen (261)
John Hathaway (171) vs. Kris McCray (170)
Michael McDonald (135) vs. Edwin Figueroa (136)
Sean McCorkle (266) vs. Christian Morecraft (265)
Aaron Simpson (185) vs. Mario Miranda (185)
Johny Hendricks (170) vs. Anthony Waldburger (170)
Nik Lentz (155) vs. Waylon Lowe (156)