UFC On FX 5 Weigh-In Results: Tavares vs. Hallman Canceled

“UFC on FX 5” weigh-in results

“UFC on FX 5” is set for tomorrow evening in Minnesota, and today the fighters competing hit the scale for the official weigh-ins.

Unfortunately, the event was not without controversy, as Bart Palaszewski came in one pound overweight. He has an hour to lose the pound.

But that was not the only downer from today.

The lightweight contest between Thiago Tavares and Dennis Hallman has been canceled after Hallman allegedly was quite a bit overweight. Tavares went to Twitter to make the announcement.

The official UFC Twitter page revealed moments later that Hallman was indeed way off the lightweight mark.

Main Card

Travis Browne (246) vs. Antonio Silva (266)
Jake Ellenberger (170) vs. Jay Hieron (170)
Jussier da Silva (126) vs. John Dodson (126)
Josh Neer (171) vs. Justin Edwards (170)

Preliminary Card
Yves Edwards (156) vs. Jeremy Stephens (156)
Michael Johnson (156) vs. Danny Castillo (156)
Dennis Hallman vs. Thiago Tavares ()*
Shane Roller (156) vs. Jacob Volkmann (155)
Bart Palaszewski (147) vs. Diego Nunes (146)
Darren Uyenoyama (125) vs. Phil Harris (125)
Marcus LeVesseur (156) vs. Carlo Prater (156)
Aaron Simpson (171) vs. Mike Pierce (171)

*Fight cancelled, Hallman allegedly well overweight

0 Comments