EliteXC weigh-in results for Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson CBS event; Gina Carano fails to make weight (UPDATE)

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Gina Carano is Officially a Featherweight
Published 5/30/2008 by ben at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... . As MMAMania reports : Normally, she would have one hour to lose 3.5 pounds; however, MMAmania.com learned from Nick Lembo, the New Jersey Athletic Control Board (NJACB) Deputy Attorney, that the regulatory body didn’t want her to cut any more weight at that time. Therefore, prior to the official weigh-ins, a deal was struck between the Carano and Young camps that the fight would go on and “Conviction” would surrender a 12.5 percent purse penalty. An embarrassing moment for Carano, to be sure. But on the bright side, Kaitlin Young will probably be able to afford that ...

Breaking: Gina Carano fails to make weight; still hot as f--k
Published 5/30/2008 by DCScrap (noreply@blogger.com) at on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture For Men]
... is fighting too, if you care.... pffft. Anyway, today was the big weigh-in and Gina juuussst missed her target weight of 140 by a mere 4.5 pounds. Ooof... not even close. [image] Normally, she would have one hour to lose 3.5 pounds (she weighed in at 144.5); however, MMAMania.com learned from Nick Lembo, the New Jersey Athletic Control Board (NJACB) Deputy Attorney, that the regulatory body didn't want her to cut weight anymore weight at that time. Therefore, prior to the official weigh-ins, a deal was struck between the Carano and Young camps that the fight would go on and ...

EliteXC: Gina Carano Fails to Make Weight, Kaitlin Young Fight Will Go On
Published 5/30/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... though. Carano will have to surrender 12.5% of her purse to Young. I've been a supporter of Carano's, but this is totally unacceptable. If she can't make weight for the biggest fight in the history of women's mixed martial arts, she's not dedicated enough to her sport. All of the other fighters on the EliteXC card made weight. In the main event, Kimbo Slice weighed in at 235.5 and his opponent, James Thompson, weighed 257. EliteXC weigh-in results: MMA Mania, MMA Frenzy.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Carano Can’t Weight For EliteXC Premiere on CBS
Published 5/30/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... However, viewers could have been gypped out of a Gina appearance. MMA MANIA kicks up the news that Carano is coming into her bout with a little extra baggage . During the weigh-ins, Gina’s first try tipped the scales at 144.5 pounds - about 3.5 pounds over the limit. Normally, Carano would have been given an hour to lose the excess weight before a second weigh-in attempt. However, the New Jersey commission regulating the fight wouldn’t allow her to do it. It would have seemed that CBS was now out one sure ratings-grabber. Fortunately, Carano and her opponent, Kaitlin Young , ...

EliteXC: Primetime weigh-ins, prelims and post fight show
Published 5/31/2008 by Jared Barnes (jaredfbarnes@gmail.com) at Brawl Sports
... Normally, she would have one hour to lose 3.5 pounds. However, MMAmania.com learned from Nick Lembo, the New Jersey Athletic Control Board (NJACB) Deputy Attorney, that the regulatory body didn't want her to cut any more weight at that time. ...