MFC 35: ‘Explosive Encounter’ weigh-in results

The Maximum Fighting Championship’s world middleweight title fight is set to go at MFC 35: Explosive Encounter this Friday night in Edmonton, Alberta.

Contenders Elvis Mutapcic and Joseph Henle both made weight at Thursday’s official weigh-in and they will vie for the vacant crown live on AXS TV Fights beginning at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT.

Mutapcic (11-2), who is originally from Bosnia and now fights out of Des Moines, Iowa, weighed in at 184.4, while Henle (8-0-1), who trains in Thousand Oaks, California, stepped off at 184.6. The winner will be the first MFC world middleweight title-holder since Patrick Cote was crowned champion at MFC 9.

The MFC’s first major bout in the featherweight division between Graham Spencer and opponent Shane Nelson is set to go as well with both fighters making weight.

Be sure to join ProMMAnow (www.prommanow.com) for live play by play coverage on Friday night. The MFC 35 weigh-in results are below:

• MFC World Middleweight Title Elvis Mutapcic (184.4) vs. Joseph Henle (184.6)
• Featherweight Graham Spencer (144.8) vs. Shane Nelson (146.0)
• Heavyweight Smealinho Rama (260.0) vs. Ryan Fortin (261.2)
• Middleweight Derek Parker (185.4) vs. Jared McComb (187.0*)
• Welterweight Sabah Fadai (170.6) vs. Cody Krahn (172.8*)
• Light-Heavyweight Paul Grandbois (199.6) vs. Jason Kuchera (204.2)
• Lightweight Daniel Swain (155.6) vs. Matt Jelly (155.6)
• Lightweight Jesse Veltri (154.4) vs. Garrett Nybakken (155.8)
• Middleweight Chad Sherman (185.0) vs. Chase Degenhardt (185.0)

*Jared McComb (1 pound over) and Cody Krahn (1.8 pounds over) both missed weight and will forfeit 20% of their purse to their opponent.