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MMA Fighting brings you complete coverage - including live video and official numbers - of the UFC on FUEL: Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez weigh-ins today from Omaha, Nebraska. All fighters made weight for tomorrow's fights including both headliners as well as both co-main event competitors, Dave Herman and Stefan Struve. Stay tuned to MMA Fighting for continuing coverage of UFC on FUEL.
All 20 fighters stepping into the Octagon for Wednesday night's UFC on FUEL event will first step on the scale on Tuesday afternoon at the UFC on FUEL weigh-in, and we'll carry the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.
In the main event, welterweights Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger will have to make the 171-pound weight limit. The co-main event features two heavyweights, Stefan Struve and Dave Herman, who should be comfortably below the 265-pound limit.
UFC on Fuel begins on Facebook Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, and the FUEL card begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Tuesday's weigh-in starts at 5 p.m. Eastern. The video is below.
UFC on FUEL TV Weigh-In Results
Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger both successfully made weight for their UFC on FUEL main event, along with 18 other fighters, making the Wednesday night show official.
The winner could earn a chance to fight interim champion Carlos Condit, though that possibility has so far gone unconfirmed by UFC officials.
Ellenberger, who grew up just a few miles from the Omaha (Nebraska) Civic Auditorium and attended both high school and college locally, checked in first at 170, and Sanchez followed at the same weight.
"It's definitely exciting to come back here and be near friends and family," Ellenberger said. "I'm extremely excited to get back in there. I'm focused and looking to finish him."
Sanchez didn't seem phased by the hometown reaction.
"You know what? When they lock the doors, it's just me and him in there, and that's all that matters," he said.
In the co-main event matchup, Stefan Struve will have a major size advantage on opponent Dave Herman. The 6-foot-11 Struve weighed in at 256, while the eccentric Herman -- wearing a pink scarf and a black ski hat to go with a dark, bushy beard, came in at 234.
Main Card
Jake Ellenberger (170) vs. Diego Sanchez (170)
Dave Herman (234) vs. Stefan Struve (256)
Ronny Markes (185) vs. Aaron Simpson (186)
Philip De Fries (241) vs. Stipe Miocic (240)
T.J. Dillashaw (136) vs. Walel Watson (135)
John Albert (135) vs. Ivan Menjivar (135)
Preliminary Card
Jonathan Brookins (145) vs. Vagner Rocha (145)
Sean Loeffler (185) vs. Buddy Roberts (184)
Anton Kuivanen (156) vs. Justin Salas (155)
Bernardo Magalhaes (155) vs. Tim Means (155)
Feb 14 5:29p by Mike Chiappetta - 2 comments