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All the fighters slated to participate in Sunday’s “UFC on Versus: Jones vs. Matyushenko” tipped the scales today inside the San Diego Sports Arena in Southern California.

Please click HERE if you would like to stream Saturday’s weight contest.

A light heavyweight scrap between the up-and-coming Jon Jones and veteran Vladimir Matyushenko will headline the freebie Versus broadcast tomorrow evening.

“Bones” owns an impressive 10-1 professional record and has been pegged as a significant favorite to continue down his dominant ways. Despite Matyushenko’s decorated resume, the Gambling Gods have profess the journeyman is a 4-to-1 underdog against the stud.

A pivotal middleweight tussle between former top contender Yushin Okami and fast-rising superstar Mark Munoz will open up for the light heavyweights.

Sunday’s Versus broadcast airs live beginning at 9PM ET/6PM PT.

Here are the results for today’s weight competition:

Preliminary Bouts:

Rob Kimmons (185) vs. Steve Steinbeiss (185)
Darren Elkins (154.5) vs. Charles Oliveira (154)
Mike Massenzio (184) vs. Brian Stann (186)
James Irvin (205) vs. Igor Pokrajac (204.5)
DaMarques Johnson (172.5)* vs. Matthew Riddle (171)
Paul Kelly (155) vs. Jacob Volkmann (156)

Main Bouts:

Takanori Gomi (156) vs. Tyson Griffin (154)
Jake Ellenberger (170.5) vs. John Howard (170.5)
Mark Munoz (185) vs. Yushin Okami (185)
Jon Jones (206) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (206)

* -  Johnson was unable to cut the excess weight and will fight at 172 pounds and forfeit 20% of his purse.

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SAN DIEGO – Official fighter weigh-ins for UFC on Versus 2 take place today, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

Today’s festivities take place at the San Diego Sports Arena in
California. Prior to the weigh-ins, you can also watch a live stream of
the UFC Fight Club Q&A session with Krzysztof Soszynski at 5 p.m.
ET.

In addition to the video stream, you can get live updates of the weigh-ins in our text-only results post on the MMAjunkie.com homepage.

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Welcome to MMAjunkie.com’s live coverage of today’s UFC on Versus 2 weigh-ins.

Today’s festivities take place at the San Diego Sports Arena in California and feature all 20 competitors from Sunday’s Versus-televised card.

You can watch a live video stream of today’s proceedings (courtesy of the UFC), or stay tuned to this entry for text-only weigh-in results.

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Turning the Corner ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s July in New Mexico, a little more than three weeks before Jon Jones tries to continue his meteoric rise to UFC stardom against Vladimir Matyushenko, and the precocious light heavyweight needs to update his phone book. With great talent comes great expectations

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UFC president Dana White says fast-rising light-heavyweight contender Jon Jones is undoubtedly one of the sport’s top prospects.

However, he also says that the UFC on Versus 2 headliner has some big tests to pass before he’s considered one of the sport’s best.

In our official event preview, MMAjunkie.com’s Steven Marrocco breaks down the latest test and why veteran opponent Vladimir Matyushenko thinks his years of experience could be the deciding factor in the Vesus-televised fight.

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It’s been nearly 20 months since UFC middleweight Mike Massenzio stepped into the octagon.

After injuries and illness kept him away for so long, Massenzio surely feels the pressure going into his fight with former WEC champion Brian Stann on Sunday at UFC on Versus 2, right?

“I try not to think of it like that,” Massenzio recently told MMAjunkie.com. “I love to fight, and I love to be in the UFC.”

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The main card for September’s WEC 51 event now appears complete.

World Extreme Cagefighting officials recently moved a featherweight bout between “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung, and opponent George Roop from the preliminary card to the night’s Versus-televised main card.

The five-fight televised lineup is now set for the card, which takes place Sept. 30 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo.

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The flow of massive wrestlers into mixed martial arts continues, and
former Oklahoma State Cowboy Jared Rosholt is the next heavyweight ready
to make the plunge.

Team Takedown boss Ted Ehrhardt revealed on Thursday to MMAjunkie.com Radio that Rosholt has joined brother Jake, WEC
lightweight contender Shane Roller, and UFC welterweight Johny Hendricks
on the Team Takedown roster.

“We have signed a new fighter – Jake’s brother, Jared Rosholt,” Ehrhardt
said. “He’s a three-time All-American, and he finished second in
nationals this year.”

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The Weekly Wrap: July 24 – July 30 After an uncharacteristically quiet month of July, Zuffa came on strong this week with promotion for the three UFC cards and one WEC card it will hold in the jam-packed month of August.

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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Before he was Bones Jones, NBT (Next Big Thing), Jon Jones was a 21-year old armed with talent, desire, and the dreams of every young fighter in mixed martial arts – to be in the UFC.
And despite a spotless 6-0 record, when he set foot inside the Octagon for the first time to face Andre Gusmao at UFC 87 in August of 2008, it was more than just another fight.

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