UFC 188 Weigh-In Video & Results: Tumenov vs. Todhunter Scrapped
It’s just one more day until the UFC heavyweight championship is contested in Mexico City, Mexico, as Cain Velasquez will return to a home crowd to face the interim champ Fabricio Werdum in a unification bout. The undisputed 265-pound strap is the coveted prize, but will it be the Brazilian grappler or the Mexican brawler that takes home the marbles? As usual, we’ll be providing the live stream of the UFC 188 weigh-in here on LowKickMMA from 5 PM EST.
As we as the Mexican fight boss and his Brazilian interim counterpart, there’s a lightweight battle for the ages as feisty sluggers Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez go head-to-head in the co-main event. Nate Marquardt will take on the rebounding Kelvin Gastelum also on the main card, as ‘Mini-Cain’ makes his middleweight debut, featherweight prospects Yair Rodriguez and Charles Rosa will collide, and there’s an awesome women’s strawweight duel between Tecia Torres and Angela Hill to open the PPV (pay-per-view) main card.
Chico Camus takes on former Olympian Henry Cejude in an exciting flyweight feature prelim fight, and there’s appearances from Efrain Escudero, Johnny Case and many other exciting match-ups to look forward to on the UFC Fight Pass card.
Update
A welterweight battle between Andrew Todhunter and Albert Tumenov has been scrapped from the card, as Todhunter was deemed not medically fit to fight, following ‘issues’ during weight cutting.
So join us here at LowKickMMA at 5 PM EST for the live streaming UFC 188 weigh-in video, or check in right after the fact for the results!
Event: UFC 188: “Velasquez vs. Werdum”
Date: Sat., June 13, 2015 on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
UFC 188 PPV Main Event:
265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez (242) vs. Interim Champion Fabricio Werdum (236)
UFC 188 PPV Co-Main Event:
155 lbs.: Gilbert Melendez (156) vs. Eddie Alvarez (156)
UFC 188 PPV Main Card (10 p.m. ET):
185 lbs.: Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs. Nate Marquardt (184)
145 lbs.: Yair Rodriguez (145) vs. Charles Rosa (145)
115 lbs.: Angela Hill (115) vs. Tecia Torres (114)
UFC 188 FX Prelims (8 p.m. ET):
125 lbs.: Chico Camus (126) vs. Henry Cejudo (125)
155 lbs.: Drew Dober (155) vs. Efrain Escudero (156)
135 lbs.: Alejandro Perez (136) vs. Patrick Williams (136)
155 lbs.: Johnny Case (155) vs. Francisco Trevino (154)
UFC 188 Fight Pass Prelims (6:30 p.m. ET):
170 lbs.: Augusto Montano (170) vs. Cathal Pendred (170)
145 lbs.: Gabriel Benitez (145) vs. Clay Collard (146)
170 lbs.: Albert Tumenov vs. Andrew Todhunter
