There was no hat tossing, no pushing or shoving, in fact Donald Cerrone tried to give a gift of sort to Nate Diaz.
Diaz missed the lightweight limit at 155 pounds and then cut to within one-quarter pound. Instead of taking 20 percent of Diaz's purse, as is normally mandated by state commissions, Cerrone agreed to re-work the contract. He also said Diaz didn't have to cut anymore weight. Cerrone's camp told its fighter to pipe down and asked Diaz to go lose the weight. After two tries Diaz got it done and the most heated fight at UFC 141 is a go.
Many people were in attendance to see massive heavyweights Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem weigh-in. Overeem came in at a career-high 263 pounds. Lesnar, who lost a significant amount during his bouts with diverticulitis, came in at 266. The big man is back.
There were some prefight rumors that the UFC wouldn't have Cerrone and Diaz square off today. Yesterday's staredown resulted in a near brawl when Diaz flipped Cerrone's cowboy hat from his head. The staredown happened today, but it was brief and UFC president Dana White was between the fighters, who were at a distance.
UFC 141 weigh-in (Courtesy MMAjunkie):
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Brock Lesnar (266) vs. Alistair Overeem (263)
Donald Cerrone (156) vs. Nate Diaz (156)
Jon Fitch (171) vs. Johny Hendricks (170)
Alexander Gustafsson (203) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (205)
Jim Hettes (145) vs. Nam Phan (146)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Junior Assuncao (145) vs. Ross Pearson (145)
Danny Castillo (156) vs. Anthony Njokuani (154)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
Dong Hyun Kim (171) vs. Sean Pierson (171)
Efrain Escudero (155) vs. Jacob Volkmann (155)
Luis Ramos (171) vs. Matt Riddle (170)
Manny Gamburyan (146) vs. Diego Nunes (145)
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