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Anthony (Rumble) Johnson fails to make weight for Belfort fight at UFC 142
RIO DE JANEIRO - Anthony (Rumble) Johnson failed to make weight Friday for his co-main event bout against Vitor (The Phenom) Belfort at UFC 142.
Johnson weighed in at 197 pounds, while Belfort came in at 186.
The middleweight fight will still go on as scheduled, provided Johnson makes weight at a second weigh-in Saturday. In addition, Belfort will receive 20 per cent of Johnson's purse.
"As a fighter, you are a professional," president Dana White said on the UFC website. "You are contracted to come in at a certain weight. This is not the first time this has happened with Johnson. He moved up to 185 pounds so this wouldn't happen, and here we are in the same position again."
Johnson failed to make weight on two occasions as a welterweight.
"Vitor was bummed out and he feels the same way I do," said White. "Vitor Belfort has to cut this weight too and he's older than Rumble Johnson is.
"He came in like a professional, on weight, and Anthony Johnson comes in totally unprofessional and way overweight."
Chad (Money) Mendes faces featherweight champion Jose Aldo in the main event Saturday night at the HSBC Arena.
Canadians on the card include lightweight Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout of London, Ont., and featherweight Antonio (Pato) Carvalho of Ajax, Ont.
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