Fight Night New Orleans: ‘Hendo vs. Boetsch’ Weigh-in Results–– 2 Fighters Miss Weight

By BJPENN.COM News - June 5, 2015

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The results are in and things are official for tomorrow nights UFC Fight Night: New Orleans. All fighters have weighed in for their respective weight classes and two of them missed the mark. Lightweight Yancy Medeiros was off by 4.5 pounds and instead of cutting the rest of the weight he has chosen just to give up 20% of his purse. Bantamweight Leonardo Morales also missed weight, by 5 pounds.

The main event tomorrow night will be between two tough middleweights when MMA legend Dan Henderson takes on Tim Boetsch. In the co-main event the big guys will go at to see who drops first between Matt Mitrione and Ben Rothwell.

Tune in tomorrow night on FOX Sports 1!

RESULTS:

Main Card: (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET)
Tim Boetsch (185.5) vs. Dan Henderson (186)
Matt Mitrione (255) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
Yancy Medeiros (159.5) vs. Dustin Poirier (156)
Brian Ortega (146) vs. Thiago Tavares (146)
Anthony Birchak (136) vs. Joe Soto (136)
Alex Caceres (136) vs. Francisco Rivera (136)

Prelim Card: (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)
Derrick Lewis (264.5) vs. Shawn Jordan (263.5)
Omari Akhmedov (171) vs. Brian Ebersole (170.5)
Christos Giagos (155.5) vs. Chris Wade (155.5)
Justin Edwards (156) vs. Joe Proctor (156)

Prelim Card: (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
Ricardo Abreu (183) vs. Jake Collier (185.5)
Leonardo Morales (140) vs. Jose Quinonez (135)

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