The Russians, like their rivals, successfully coped with the procedure, having no problems getting into the championship limit of the lightweight category.
All weighing results:
Main fights
(W) Usman Nurmagomedov (154.8) – Benson Henderson (154.6) – lightweight title fight; quarterfinal grand prix
Tofik Musaev (155) – Alexander Shabliy (154.4) – lightweight grand prix quarterfinal
Valentin Moldavsky (237.4) — Linton Wassel (239.4)
Michael Page (170.8) – Goichi Yamauchi (170.6)
Preliminaries
Enrique Barzola (145.2) – Eric Perez (145.4)
Cass Bell (145.2)* – Josh Hill (136.6)
Tony Johnson (184.8) — Khalid Murtazaliev (186)
Julius Englikas (205.8) — Dovletjan Yagshimuradov (205.8)
Laird Anderson (146) – Rogelio Luna (144.8)
Theo Haig (184.2) – Adam Womsley (185)
*Bell is 9.2 pounds over the bantamweight limit and will give the opponent 50% of the fee for the fight