Earlier today at the live weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 110: Lewis vs Hunt, fighters stepped onto the scales looking to make weight. The event takes place this Saturday, June 10 at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. In the main event, heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Mark Hunt go head-to-head in a colossal showdown.
Derrick Lewis and Mark Hunt headline UFC Fight Night Auckland
As fighters took to the stage to step onto the scales, a familiar scene unfolded when it was Derrick Lewis’ turn. The nearly 300 pound behemoth sheepishly motioned for the towel, as if to say he would have to weigh-in in his birthday suit. As soon as he stepped onto the scales, the towel was placed around him and he immediately placed two hands on it.
If fans remember well enough, another fighter recently made headlines for making use of this rather dirty weigh-in technique. UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier infamously did this during the weigh-ins for his fight against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 210. Many fans believe the two-handed towel technique alleviated some of Cormier’s weight from the scale, thus allowing him to hit the mark.
Thankfully for Lewis, it was all in good fun. “The Black Beast” did the whole towel thing in complete jest. After which, he had foregone the towel completely and proceeded to weigh-in at 265 on the dot. It was a pretty funny scene and drew laughs from the crowd. You can always count on Derrick Lewis for a good laugh. He’s a funny guy.
Frankly, the UFC can use more guys like Derrick Lewis. He adds great flavor to shows.
Did we just witness towelgate part two?
As for Mark Hunt, well “The Super Samoan” also made weight and now it appears we have an official main event on our hands.
Here are the rest of the official weigh-in results:
MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)
Derrick Lewis (265) vs. Mark Hunt (265)
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Daniel Kelly (186)
Dan Hooker (156) vs. Ross Pearson (155)
Ion Cutelaba (204) vs. Henrique da Silva (206)
Tim Elliott (126) vs. Ben Nguyen (126)
Mizuto Hirota (146) vs. Alex Volkanovski (145)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Damien Brown (155) vs. Vinc Pichel (156)
Luke Jumeau (170) vs. Dominique Steele (170.5)
Ashkan Mokhtarian (125) vs. John Moraga (126)
Kiichi Kunimoto (170) vs. Zak Ottow (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
J.J. Aldrich (116) vs. Chan-Mi Jeon (118)*
Thibault Gouti (154) vs. “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim (155)
* – Jeon was fined 20 percent of her show money, which goes to her opponent.
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Here is the weigh-in video for UFC Fight Night 110: Lewis vs Hunt
Only one fighter was unable to make weight and that was female fighter Chan-Mi Jeon who weighed-in two pounds over the limit.
The rest of the fighters had no issues making weight and everybody is ready for the action that goes down Saturday night. Check out the video of the weigh-ins here.
