Weigh-in Wrap Up: UFC 251

Weigh-in Wrap Up: UFC 251

Every Friday after the weigh-ins I will be doing a last minute wrap up of the card, share more interesting stats and facts, and letting you know more about the world of MMA.

Weigh-in Recaps 

Two fighters missed weight Friday morning at the weight-ins. Raulian Paiva missed weight by 3 pounds coming in at 129 lbs and Vanessa Melo weighed in 5 pounds over at 141 lbs. My other takeaway from this morning is how in-shape Masvidal looked for not having a full training camp for this fight. Tomorrow will be fireworks for sure. Follow me on Twitter as I will be live tweeting the whole event from start to finish. Official gambling picks for the main card will come out tomorrow morning. I will be picking every fight on the main card and one or two on the undercard.

Stats, Facts, and Other Tidbits 

The UFC announced on Friday that starting in April 2021 Venum will be their official apparel and clothing brand. They also said the pay compensation for fighters will be larger than what the fighters got under the Reebok deal. Fighter pay has been a hot topic in mma circles lately with big name fighters like Jon Jones saying they are not happy with their pay.

By now everyone has seen the video of Mike Perry getting into a fight with an old man at a restaurant in Texas. Mike is clearly going through a rough patch in his personal life and needs to seek help before he or someone else gets seriously hurt. 

Other MMA action going on this weekend that is notable:

LFA is putting on small card in South Dakota tonight:https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/70295-lfa-84-gonzales-vs-childers 

KSW, the best Euro MMA promotion if you ask me, is putting a really good card in Poland tomorrow afternoon with a great main event: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/69844-ksw-53-reborn 

Once again look out for my picks tomorrow morning and follow my Twitter @_biketyson. I will be live tweeting the event and mixing it up in famous peoples mentions.