UFC 104: Machida vs. Rua (Predictions)

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UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun is to be held on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. As with UFC 103, the UFC announced a portion of the preliminary card will air live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike. Currently, the Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer and Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry fights will be shown on Spike in the U.S and ESPN in the UK.

UFC President Dana White originally confirmed that the winner of the Shane Carwin vs. Cain Velasquez fight will become the #1 Contender for Brock Lesnar’s UFC Heavyweight Championship, however, on August 20 it was reported the bout was off and that Carwin would fight Lesnar at UFC 106 instead and Velasquez will fight against Ben Rothwell.

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Chase Gormley who was slated to face Ben Rothwell will instead face Stefan Struve. An injured Sean Sherk will be replaced by Josh Neer.

UFC 104 Weigh-ins:
Lyoto Machida (202.5) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (204.5)
Cain Velasquez (238) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
Gleison Tibau (157) vs. Josh Neer (156.5) *
Joe Stevenson (155.5) vs. Spencer Fisher (155)
Anthony Johnson (176) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (170) **
Ryan Bader (205.5) vs. Eric Schafer (205.5)
Antoni Hardonk (249.5) vs. Patrick Barry (237)
Yushin Okami (185) vs. Chael Sonnen (185)
Jorge Rivera (185) vs. Rob Kimmons (185)
Kyle Kingsbury (205.5) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (204.5)
Stefan Struve (243.5) vs. Chase Gormley (262)

* The Tibau-Neer fight will be held at a catch-weight of 157 pounds. Both fighters failed to make their original contracted weight of 155 pounds.
** Johnson vs. Yoshida will be held at 176 pounds after Johnson missed weight.