UFC 111 Weigh-in Results: Georges St. Pierre, Dan Hardy, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin
Bleacher Report is live for UFC 111: St. Pierre vs. Hardy as the sport's premier organization makes its return to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night.
170 lb. Champion Georges "Rush" St. Pierre brings a six fight win streak into the bout with British superstar Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy.
Hardy spent several weeks training with Matt Serra, who happens to be the last man to defeat St. Pierre, and it showed at the weigh-ins.
Weigh-in Results: Newark, New Jersey
Main Bouts (On Pay-Per-View): Live 10 PM ET
Georges St-Pierre 170 lbs. (19-2; No. 1 Welterweight) vs. Dan Hardy 170 lbs. (23-6)
For the Welterweight Championship of the world, Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy took to the scales looking in the best shape of his life and stated the following to Joe Rogan after an intense staredown:
"It's going to be explosive and it's going to be a war."
When divisional king, Georges St. Pierre stepped off the scales to speak with Joe Rogan he followed with:
"I'm going to give the best performance of my career. I want to take him out tomorrow."
Frank Mir 265 lbs. (13-4) vs. Shane Carwin 265 lbs. (11-0)
In the Co-Main Event of the Night, the fight for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship, Frank Mir and Shane Carwin both tipped the scales at the Heavyweight limit.
Sources close to Bleacher Report have stated that Carwin and Mir both cut weight to make the 265 lb. limit.
Kurt Pellegrino 155 lbs. (14-4) vs. Fabricio Camoes 155 lbs. (10-4-1)
Jon Fitch 171 lbs. (21-3) vs. Ben Saunders 169 lbs. (8-1-2)
Jim Miller 155 lbs. (16-2) vs. Mark Bocek 154 lbs. (8-2)
SpikeTV Televised: 9 PM ET
Nate Diaz 171 lbs. (11-5) vs. Rory Markham 177 lbs. (16-5)*
Ricardo Almeida 170 lbs. (11-3) vs. Matt Brown 170 lbs. (11-7)
Preliminary Bouts (Non-Televised):
Jared Hamman 205 lbs. (11-2) vs. Rodney Wallace 206 lbs. (9-1)
Tomasz Drwal 185 lbs. (17-2-1) vs. Rousimar Palhares 186 lbs. (10-2)
Greg Soto 170 lbs. vs. Matt Riddle 170 lbs.
* Rory Markham came in considerably heavy for his welterweight bout against Nate Diaz. They will fight at a catchweight.


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