ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – World Series of Fighting returns on Saturday for its fifth event, and official fighter weigh-ins took place today.
The festivities took place at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey, which also hosts Saturday’s event.
Among those who weighed in were heavyweight headliners Andrei Arlovski (240) and Mike Kyle (218.5), who meet in the main event and as expected each made weight with no issue, as well as middleweight tournament fighters Dave Branch (185.8), Danillo Villefort (185), Elvis Mutapcic (186) and Jesse Taylor (185), who also all made weight on their first trip to the scale.
Prelim fighters Andrew Osbourne and Jimmie Rivera each missed wieght for their respective division on their first attempt and were given an additional hour to shed the necessary weight.
The full World Series of Fighting 5 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie.com, 6 p.m. ET)
For more on WSOF 5, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
(Pictured: Andrei Arlovski)
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