UFC 94 Weigh-In Results and Final Thoughts

• Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. BJ Penn (168)
• Lyoto Machida (206) vs. Thiago Silva (206)
• Karo Parisyan (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (171)
• Nate Diaz (156) vs. Clay Guida (156)
• Stephan Bonnar (206) vs. Jon Jones (206)
• Jon Fitch (171) vs. Akihiro Gono (171)
• Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Thiago Tavares (155)
• John Howard (171) vs. Chris Wilson (170)
• Jake O’Brien (205) vs. Christian Wellisch (206)
• Matt Arroyo (171) vs. Dan Cramer (171)

Overall it was a pretty typical weigh-in, lots of cheers for GSP, some mixed signals for BJ, which can be expected.  Georges is a huge fan-favorite and I think he’ll have the crowd behind him tomorrow night.  Some other thoughts can be seen below:

• Thiago Tavares and Manvil are going to have an awesome fight, and for the first time ever I’m actually hoping Thiago pulls off the win.
• It was nice to see Karo actually reach the scales this time.  I think he and “Stun Gun” will put on one helluva fight…and I might honestly change my pick to the “Stun Gun”.  He looked awesome and ready for war.
• Jon Fitch didn’t shake Dana White’s hand after he made weight…could it be due to getting put on the prelim card or something else?
• Akihiro Gono sported a huge black fro during the weigh-ins, and he handed it to Fitch (who put it on) during the stare down.  Gono should have given it to the bald Dana White.
• Stephan Bonnar looked, how should I say it….”frightened” by the intensity of Jon Jones.
• Diaz and Guida had an awkward stare down, but this fight is still gonna kick some ass.
• Machida and Thiago didn’t really do anything special…but Thiago gave Machida the “I’m not scared of shit” look.  That fight should be decent.
• Both Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn looked to be in very good shape, physically and mentally.  I expect this fight to be the defining moment for one of these guys.  I don’t think the fans will be let down either way.
• Dana White might be giving out three “Fight of the Night” bonuses….Tavares/Manvil, Guida/Diaz, and GSP/BJ all have “EXPLOSIVE” written on them.