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On Friday morning, Luis Pena weighed in for his bout at UFC Fight Night 148, his first foray at 145 pounds after building his young career at lightweight. It was not an auspicious start: Pena came in at 148.5 pounds, forfeiting 20 percent of his purse. He also appeared on the verge of collapse and physically resembled not a violent landscape painter, but a cross between Christian Bale in The Machinist and Sideshow Bob.