By MATT BOONE
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer
The following are results from the official UFC 142: “Aldo vs. Mendes” weigh-ins for Saturday night's event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Pay-Per-View Fights:
-Jose Aldo (145 lbs.) vs. Chad Mendes (144 lbs.)
-Vitor Belfort (186 lbs.) vs. Anthony Johnson (197 lbs.)*
-Mike Massenzio (184 lbs.) vs. Rousimar Palhares (186 lbs.)
-Carlo Prater (170 lbs.) vs. Erick Silva (169 lbs.)
-Edson Barboza (154 lbs.) vs. Terry Etim (155 lbs.)
FX Preliminary Fights:
-Sam Stout (155 lbs.) vs. Thiago Tavares (155 lbs.)
-Gabriel Gonzaga (250 lbs.) vs. Ednaldo Oliveira (229 lbs.)
-Yuri Alcantara (145 lbs.) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (146 lbs.)
-Ricardo Funch (170 lbs.) vs. Mike Pyle (171 lbs.)
Facebook.com Preliminary Fight:
-Felipe Arantes (145 lbs.) vs. Antonio “Pato” Carvalho (144 lbs.)
* Johnson missed weight huge. He'll have to weigh 205 pounds by 2:00PM on Saturday for what will now be an agreed upon light heavyweight match with Belfort at UFC 142.
UPDATE: Johnson weighed 204.2 pounds during Saturday's weigh in. The fight with Belfort for Saturday night is on.
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