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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Weigh-ins for tomorrow's UFC 144 event went according to plan for the most part tonight (Saturday afternoon local time), with one notable exception. Co-main eventer and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson came in six pounds heavy for his fight with Ryan Bader on the card. He has been fined 20% of his purse, but the fight will go on as planned. The full weigh-in results for the card are below:
Main Pay-Per-View Card
* Frankie Edgar (154) vs. Ben Henderson (154)
* Ryan Bader (205) vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (211)
* Cheick Kongo (229) vs. Mark Hunt (264)
* Yoshihiro Akiyama (169) vs. Jake Shields (170)
* Tim Boetsch (186) vs. Yushin Okami (185)
* Hatsu Hioki (145) and Bart Palaszewski (146)
* Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)
FX Prelims
* Takanori Gomi (155) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (154)
* Vaughan Lee (135) vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (136)
* Steve Cantwell (185) vs. Riki Fukuda (185)
* Chris Cariaso (136) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (135)
Facebook Prelims
* Issei Tamura (145) vs. Tiequan Zhang (146)
[Rampage Jackson art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch]
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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