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Brock Lesnar welcomed back to UFC weigh-in with boos

All 22 fighters make weight for Saturday’s card at MGM Grand Garden Arena

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Brock Lesnar stands on the scale during the weigh-in for UFC 116 Friday, July 2, 2010.

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UFC 116 Weigh In

Brock Lesnar (L) and Shane Carwin face off during the weigh in for UFC 116 Friday, July 2, 2010. The two face each other Saturday for the UFC heavyweight title. Launch slideshow »

UFC 116: Prefight Presser

UFC 116: Prefight Presser

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Heavyweights Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin meet with the press on last time for Saturday night's championship fight.

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The weight limit for a heavyweight fighter competing in the UFC is 265 pounds.

Both fighters competing in Saturday's main event title fight would probably come in even heavier if they could.

Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (4-1) and interim champion Shane Carwin (12-0) both weighed in at the 265-pound maximum during Friday's official weigh-in for UFC 116.

In addition to unifying the two heavyweight belts, Carwin said, there is an additional title on the line when the two meet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena this weekend.

"Tomorrow night, we find out who the baddest man on the planet is," Carwin said.

It's been almost a year since the last time Lesnar stepped into the octagon. A serious bout with diverticulitis forced Lesnar to withdraw from a title defense in November.

Lesnar reported losing more than 40 pounds while suffering from the stomach ailment.

He's spent the last six months putting that weight back on while making significant changes to his diet.

Despite the hardships he's dealt with, he was welcomed to the stage Friday by a wave of boos from the crowd. Showing little reaction to the crowd, Lesnar said he felt fortunate to be back.

"I'm just excited to get back in the octagon," Lesnar said. "It's been a long road back."

All 22 fighters ended up making weight for the UFC 116 card. In attendance at Friday's weigh-in was recent No. 1 NFL Draft pick and former Oklahoma University quarterback Sam Bradford.

Full Results:

Brock Lesnar (265) vs. Shane Carwin (265)

Yoshihiro Akiyama (185) vs. Chris Leben (186)

Krzystof Soszynski (205) vs. Stephan Bonnar (205)

George Sotiropoulos (156) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (155)

Chris Lytle (170) vs. Matt Brown (171)

Brendan Schaub (238) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (255)

Seth Petruzelli (205) vs. Ricardo Romero (206)

Kendall Grove (184) vs. Goran Reljic (186)

Dave Branch (185) vs. Gerald Harris (185)

Forrest Petz (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (169)

Karlos Vemola (222) vs. Jon Madsen (254)

Brett Okamoto can be reached at 948-7817 or brett.okamoto@lasvegassun.com.

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Nick Diaz fails to back up years worth of talk

UFC 158 A welterweight title fight that felt incredibly different wound up remarkably the same. Georges St. Pierre manhandled nemesis Nick Diaz with his wrestling. St. Pierre won every round on every judges' scorecard in Montreal for his sixth straight unanimous-decision victory. Diaz had preached his superiority over St. Pierre for years, but when he finally got his chance, he looked as helpless as all the other challengers to the 170-pound division's throne in the last six years. St. Pierre's consistency continued to amaze. Now it's on to Johny Hendricks, who defeated Carlos Condit in the evening's co-main event. Could he be the one to finally threaten St. Pierre?

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WinnerLoserMethod
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Johny HendricksCarlos ConditUnanimous Decision
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Chris CamozziNick RingSplit Decision
Mike RicciColin FletcherUnanimous Decision

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May 3 NABF Super Featherweight Title Francisco Vargas vs. Jose Aguiniga Las Vegas: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
May 4 WBC Welterweight Title Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 18 UFC on FX 8 Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold Jaragua, Brazil
May 25 UFC 160 Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 8 UFC on FUEL TV 10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Fortaleza, Brazil
June 15 UFC 161 Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 22 WBA Welterweight Title Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner Brooklyn, N.Y.

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