It's 100% Official

The UFC 63 Weigh-Ins are over and everyone made weight. Matt Hughes came in at 170 lbs on the nose, while B.J. was well below the limit at 166.5 lbs. This latter stat leads me to believe that B.J. didn't cut weight. That in turn means that after Matt rehydrates, the champ could weigh as much as 25 pounds more than the challenger. Whoa daddy!




Also made official today (though not quite 100% official) was the rumored UFC Light Heavyweight title fight on December 30 between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. At a meet-and-greet this afternoon in Anaheim, Tito Ortiz was showing off a contract for the bout to which his signature was already affixed. Apparently not even the UFC cares that Tito is fighting Ken Shamrock for a third (and completely unnecessary) time on October 10th.

So if Shamrock should call forth the power of ten tigers and manage to punch a geriatric fist through the back of Tito's head, the latter man's corpse will still get a shot at Chuck's belt.