By AL STOVER
Staff Reporter 

New morning weigh-ins will be benefit for UFC competitors

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Last updated 6/23/2016 at 12:28pm



Mixed martial arts fans who have been watching the sport for many years may have noticed new methods some state athletic commissions have adopted for the weigh-in procedures at UFC events.

At the promotion’s last two events, UFC 199 (June 5) and UFC Fight Night Ottawa (June 18), fighters weighed in the morning before their bouts, between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at their hotel. The UFC still had its weigh-ins show, but the weights announced for each fighter were from the morning.

This is different from previous weigh-ins where fighters would hit the scales at 4 p.m. the day before their figh...



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