LAS VEGAS - Below are the official weigh-in results for Saturday night's UFC 116 event. UFC 116, which is headlined by the heavyweight championship bout between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin and the middleweight bout between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Chris Leben, airs live on Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. Fans can also tune in to Spike TV at 9pm ET / 6pm PT to see live UFC 115 preliminary bouts.

UFC middleweight fighter Chris Leben (20-6) said it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up after being offered the fight against Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116, after an injury forced Wanderlei Silva from the bout with the Japanese fighter.

“It’s a great fight and an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” said Leben, who wasn’t exactly feeling that way when he initially got the call from the UFC on the Monday after his fight to replace the injured Wanderlei Silva against Akiyama.

“I woke up and I was all sore, and Joe (Silva) was already calling me,” said Leben. “He asked me to fight and I said no way. But the more I thought about it, I’m a fighter, that’s what I do. I’d be mad at myself if I passed this opportunity up. This is what I do. I’ll have plenty of opportunity to take a vacation after July 3rd.”

Leben and Akiyama meet in the co-main event of “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” in Las Vegas, Nev. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena this Saturday.

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UFC middleweight fighter Chris Leben (20-6) said it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up after being offered the fight against Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116, after an injury forced Wanderlei Silva from the bout with the Japanese fighter.

“It’s a great fight and an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” said Leben, who wasn’t exactly feeling that way when he initially got the call from the UFC on the Monday after his fight to replace the injured Wanderlei Silva against Akiyama.

“I woke up and I was all sore, and Joe (Silva) was already calling me,” said Leben. “He asked me to fight and I said no way. But the more I thought about it, I’m a fighter, that’s what I do. I’d be mad at myself if I passed this opportunity up. This is what I do. I’ll have plenty of opportunity to take a vacation after July 3rd.”

Leben and Akiyama meet in the co-main event of “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” in Las Vegas, Nev. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena this Saturday.

HT: UFC.com

Here is a video of Michelle Watts as she prepares for the 2010 AAU National BP,DL,PP and North American Powerlifting meet. Which happens on July 9-11 at the fabulous Casablanca Resort in Mesquite, Nevada.

LAS VEGAS - After a few on-site reporters posted Twitter messages stating that the judges stations at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale had been equipped with video monitors, many in the industry rejoiced.

Due to a string of confusing and controversial scores in recent events, MMA judging has come under fire, and some - including UFC broadcaster Joe Rogan - think the solution rests in the use of monitors.

But following Saturday's event in Las Vegas, Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer told MMAjunkie.com the monitors mistakenly were installed and were turned off before the show started.

An undisclosed injury to Julio Paulino (17-3) has forced the welterweight fighter out of his UFC 116 bout with Daniel Roberts (9-1). Making his return to the UFC will be Forrest Petz (18-7), who has won four straight to make his way back to the octagon.

Petz last appearance at a UFC event was back in October of 2007 where he lost a split decision to Josh Burkman at UFC 77, which was his fifth straight bout with the promotion going 2-3. Since that time he’s gone 5-2, including the four straight victories having fought for various promotions. His last pro fight was at the recent “Moosin: God of Martial Arts” event in May, where he earned a unanimous decision over Ralph Johnson.

Roberts is coming off the first professional loss of his career to John Howard after making his UFC debut at the UFC on Versus 1 event this past March. He was KO’d in the first round of that fight. Roberts has won seven of his nine victories by submission, and has only fought past the first round three times.

Their fight will take place on the preliminary card of the event.

“UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” will take place on July 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. and is headlined by a heavyweight title unification bout between current champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin.

“WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” is scheduled to take place on August 18, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Event Card:

Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz vs. Joseph Benavidez
Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Lightweight bout: Bart Palaszewski vs. Zach Micklewright*
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Shane Roller*

*-Not officially announced

LAS VEGAS - This past week, the Nevada State Athletic Commission invited
a panel of experts to speak at the commission's monthly meeting in an
effort to gain a better understanding of what can and should be done to
prevent athletes from gaining an unfair advantage through the use of
performance-enhancing drugs.

While the range of opinions varied widely in some aspects, almost
everyone agreed on one thing.

The NSAC (and consequently, commissions around the nation) needs to do a
better job.

Wednesday was a busy day for the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion with several bouts announced, including a title bout, for WEC 50.

WEC 50 will take place on Aug. 18 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.

WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (15-1) announced his first title defense via his Twitter page. He’ll be rematching Joseph Benavidez (12-1) in what should be, the events headliner.

Cruz was the only fighter so far to defeat Benavidez and did it at WEC 42 last August. The champ won the bantamweight title last March after defeating Brian Bowles for the belt. He’s won his last six straight fights.

Benavidez is coming off a sensational win over Miguel Torres at WEC 47 in March, submitting the former champ via guillotine. The submission also earned him the “Submission of the Night” award. That was his second straight victory having defeated Rani Yahya at WEC 45 before his only loss to Cruz.

Other bouts that have come to light, as we noted on Wednesday, will see Urijah Faber (23-4) drop to bantamweight and face Takeya Mizugaki (13-4-2). Shane Roller (8-2) is on tap to face Anthony Pettis (10-1) in a lightweight bout. And another lightweight matchup features undefeated Zach Micklewright (7-0) vs. Polish veteran fighter Bart Palaszewski (34-13).

Normally fans can watch WEC events on the Versus network, but with the recent success of it’s first ever pay-per-view with WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber, fans could expect a card like this one to carry the promotions second ppv.

WEC 50 updates originally posted by MMAjunkie.com and MMAWeekly.com.

With the conclusion of last night’s final episode of “The Ultimate Fighter” season 11 between Team Ortiz and Team Liddell, the fight card is now set for the upcoming “TUF 11″ Finale next week.

Making it into the Finale and fighting for the six figure contract will see one fighter from each of the teams, despite Team Liddell’s domination throughout the season. Meeting in the octagon will be Team Ortiz fighter Kris McCray (5-0) and Team Liddell fighter Court McGee (8-1).

The “TUF 11″ Finale is set for a week Saturday on June 19 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. The live telecast portion of the card will be carried live by Spike TV.

The full “TUF 11″ Finale card is as follows:

Main Card

- Light-heavyweight: Matt Hamil vs. Keith Jardine
- Middleweight: Kris McCray vs. Court McGee
- Middleweight: Chris Leben vs. Aaron Simpson
- Lightweight: Spencer Fisher vs. Dennis Siver

Preliminary Card

- Heavyweight: James McSweeney vs. Travis Browne
- Middleweight: Josh Bryant vs. Kyle Noke
- Lightweight: John Gunderson vs. Paul Taylor
- Middleweight: Jamie Yager vs. Rich Attonito
- Middleweight: Brad Tavares vs. Seth Baczynski
- Middleweight: Chris Camozzi vs. James Hammortree

HT: MMAjunkie.com