If UFC 187 fighters release their fists as freely as they did their mouths this afternoon, then the annual Memorial Day pay-per-view card tomorrow night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena should easily surpass its considerable expectations.
Friday’s weigh-in at the Grand Ballroom in the MGM's convention center was among the most contentious in recent history with several fighters exchanging words, including opponents in both championship fights. The verbal altercation between middleweight champion Chris Weidman, who made weight at 185 pounds, and challenger Vitor Belfort, who tipped the scales at 184 pounds, was the most direct.
Weidman went straight at Belfort before their staredown photo, forcing UFC President Dana White to restrain him as he shouted at the former light heavyweight champion.