The combatants for the Feb. 18 Tachi Palace Fights 8 event in Lemoore, Calif., made weight on Thursday, though a couple of fighters needed a second chance on the scale to make things official. The fight card features several UFC and WEC veterans and top-ranked flyweights.
TPF flyweight champion Ulysses Gomez announced on facebook that he came in one pound over before getting to the 125-pound limit for his match-up with Darrell Montague.
MMAJunkie reported that Ian McCall, who will face top-ranked flyweight Jussier da Silva, also came in slightly heavy at first at 126, but dropped the last half pound to get within the one-pound allowance. Also, UFC veteran John Gunderson and his opponent Dominique Robinson both tipped the scales at 156.5 and agreed to classify the fight as a catchweight bout. All the other fights made weight without any issues, the report says.
The fight card for TPF 8, which will begin streaming on MMAJunkie at 8:30 p.m. eastern, is as follows:
- Middleweight title bout: Leopoldo Serao (champion) vs. David Loiseau
- Flyweight title bout: Ulysses Gomez (champion) vs. Darrell Montague
- Flyweight: Jussier da Silva vs. Ian McCall
- Middleweight: Edgar Garcia vs. Mike Moreno
- Lightweight/catchweight: John Gunderson vs. Dominique Robinson
- Lightweight: Fabricio Camoes vs. Steve Lopez
- Welterweight: Doug Hunt vs. Andrew Martinez
- Lightweight: Ryan Burton vs. Andy Miranda
- Middleweight: Colin Hart vs. Mike Arellano
- Featherweight: Tyler Freeland vs. Diego Melendez
- Welterweight: Kyle Griffin vs. Alan Jouban
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