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Lawler, Dos Anjos on weight for UFC Winnipeg

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Everything is in place for Saturday's welterweight bout between top contenders Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos.

The fighters made weight without incident during the official weigh-ins for UFC Winnipeg on Friday morning.

As for the co-main event, Josh Emmett weighed in 2.5 pounds over the limit ahead of his fight with Ricardo Lamas.

One prelim bout was scrapped after Pietro Menga failed to show up to hit the scales. His scheduled opponent, Tim Elliott, took to social media to rant after losing his second opponent in a matter of weeks.

Main card

Robbie Lawler (170.5) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (170)
Josh Emmett (148.5) vs. Ricardo Lamas (146)
Mike Perry (170) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (170.5)
Misha Cirkunov (205.5) vs. Glover Teixeira (205)

Preliminaries

Jan Blachowicz (205.5) vs. Jared Cannonier (204)
Julian Marquez (185) vs. Darren Stewart (185.5)
Galore Bofando (170) vs. Chad Laprise (170.5)
Tim Elliott (125.5) vs. Pietro Menga (N/A)
John Makdessi (153) vs. Abel Trujillo (155.5)
Oluwale Bamgbose (184.5) vs. Alessio Di Chirico (185)

Fight Pass Prelims

Jordan Mein (169) vs. Erick Silva (170.5)
Danny Roberts (170.5) vs. Nordine Taleb (170.5)

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