UFC on FUEL TV 9 live and official weigh-in results

today’s – MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC on FUEL TV 9 fighter weigh-ins, where all 26 fighters made weight for Saturday’s card.

The festivities took place at Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe Arena, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card airing on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.

Light-heavyweight headliners Gegard Mousasi (33-3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Ilir Latifi (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) each were on target for the main event. Latifi takes the fight on extreme short notice after teammate and fellow Swede Alexander Gustafsson was ruled out due to a training cut suffered this past week. Latifi came in at 206 pounds for the fight, which will be his UFC debut. Mousasi, a former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ also making his UFC debut, was 204. He’ll fight as a favorite of as much as 15-to-1.

In the co-main event, another former Strikeforce standout makes his UFC debut. Ryan Couture (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) weighed in at 154 pounds for his fight against “TUF 9? winner Ross Pearson (14-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC), who was 155. And in the lone heavyweight fight on Saturday’s card, Matt Mitrione (5-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) came in at 259 for his fight against Philip De Fries (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), who was 248.

The prelim weigh-ins featured a pair of intense staredowns that resulted in shoves with the fighters needing to be separated by UFC officials. Former Cage Warriors two-division champ Conor McGregor (12-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), making his UFC debut, inched continually closer to Marcus Brimage (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), talking the whole time. Just as the two were about to be broken apart, they touched foreheads and Brimage threw a shove. And after Sweden’s own Reza Madadi (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) got off the scale, he walked quickly to Michael Johnson (12-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC) while yelling. He got chest-to-chest with the American, who then pushed him away. They were quickly separated, and moments later got back together for a proper faceoff – talking to each other throughout.

The full UFC on FUEL TV 9 weigh-in results included:

MAIN CARD (FUEL TV, 2 p.m. ET)

• Ilir Latifi (206) vs. Gegard Mousasi (204)
• Ryan Couture (154) vs. Ross Pearson (155)
• Philip De Fries (248) vs. Matt Mitrione (259)
• Mike Easton (135) vs. Brad Pickett (135)
• Diego Brandao (145) vs. Pablo Garza (146)
• Akira Corassani (145) vs. Robert Peralta (146)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 10:30 a.m. ET)

• Michael Johnson (155) vs. Reza Madadi (155)
• Adam Cella (184) vs. Tor Troeng (185)
• Adlan Amagov (170) vs. Chris Spang (170)
• Marcus Brimage (145) vs. Conor McGregor (145)
• Ben Alloway (170) vs. Ryan LaFlare (171)
• Michael Kuiper (186) vs. Tom Lawlor (185)
• Papy Abedi (170) vs. Besam Yousef (168)

For more on UFC on FUEL TV 9, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Ross Pearson)