Johnson Comes in Heavy at UFC on Fuel TV 5: Struve vs. Miocic Weigh-ins

All but one of the 22 fights on the UFC on FUEL TV 5 card made weight today in Nottingham, England. The lone fight was welterweight DaMarques Johnson who took the fight on short notice and was unable to make the agreed upon weight of 175 pounds.

Johnson was coming off a knockout loss to Mike Swick on August 4^th and replaced Pascal Krauss on the fight card as the German fighter was forced to withdraw due to injury. The 21 other fighters on the UFC on FUEL TV 5 card all made weight without troubles.

UFC on FUEL TV 5 takes place tomorrow with the prelims on Facebook and the main card on FUEL TV.

Main Card (Fuel TV):

265 lbs.: Stefan Struve (251 lbs.) vs. Stipe Miocic (239 lbs.)

170 lbs.: Dan Hardy (169 lbs.) vs. Amir Sadollah (169 lbs.)

135 lbs.: Brad Pickett (135 lbs.) vs. Yves Jabouin (136 lbs.)

155 lbs.: Paul Sass (156 lbs.) vs. Matt Wiman (156 lbs.)

170 lbs.: John Hathaway (169 lbs.) vs. John Maguire (169 lbs.)

170 lbs.: Che Mills (170 lbs.) vs. Duane Ludwig (169 lbs.)

Preliminary Card (Facebook):

205 lbs.: Kyle Kingbury (204 lbs.) vs. Jimi Manuwa (204 lbs)

145 lbs.: Andy Ogle (144 lbs.) vs. Akira Corassani (144 lbs.)

185 lbs.: Tom Watson (186 lbs.) vs. Brad Tavares (185 lbs.)

175 lbs.: DaMarques John son (183 lbs.) vs. Gunnar Nelson (175 lbs.)

145 lbs.: Jason Young (145 lbs.) vs. Robbie Peralta (144 lbs.)

DaMarques John son to this UFC on FUEL TV 5 fight on short notice at a catchweight of 175 pounds but was still unable to make the weight.

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