Weights courtesy of Sherdog’s Tony Loiseleur:
Shinya Aoki (70 kg / 154.3 lbs) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (70 kg / 154.3 lbs)
Katsunori Kikuno (70 kg / 154.3 lbs) vs. Gesias Cavalcante (70 kg / 154.3 lbs)
Gegard Mousasi (93 kg / 205 lbs) vs. Jake O’Brien (did not weigh in; reportedly still cutting)
Tatsuya Mizuno (92.5 kg / 203.9 lbs) vs. Melvin Manhoef (90 kg / 198.4 lbs)
Michihiro Omigawa (64.8 kg / 142.9 lbs) vs. Young Sam Jung (64.8 kg / 142.9 lbs)
Mitsuhiro Ishida (65 kg / 143.3 lbs) vs. Daiki Hata (65 kg / 143.3 lbs)
Kazuhiro Nakamura (83.8 kg / 184.7 lbs) vs. Karl Amoussou (83.5 kg / 184 lbs)
Loiseleur also reports on this special moment between lightweight champ Shinya Aoki and challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri:
“I don’t really like to take a look at men’s bodies, so I didn’t really look at him. He said he’ll surprise the fans. I’ll make sure ours will be a shocking fight,” said the challenger.
“I like both men and women,” retorted Aoki, running with the gag Kawajiri gave him. “His body is a nice body, and if we both fight with men’s spirit, we can have a fight that everyone wants to see.”
I’ll be live-blogging the show as it airs live on HDNet at 3 a.m. ET this Saturday, so be sure to join myself and the BE Night Crew for another sleep-deprived MMA marathon.