All fighters set to compete on this weekend's Impact FC "Uprising 2" card in Australia made their respective weights, and far as shenanigans go, Paulo Filho did not disappoint.
As Jordan Breen reports from Sydney, the maligned middleweight enigma, looking "gaunt and sucked out," missed weight on his first attempt -- which didn't come until 20 minutes after the last fighter weighed in.
After an hour long trip back to the sauna, a depleted "Ely" returned to the scale in his birthday suit. He clocked in at 186, but there's no telling what his condition may be for tomorrow's contest against Denis Kang.
265 lbs.: Ken Shamrock (212) vs. Pedro Rizzo (244)
170 lbs.: Paul Daley (171) vs. Daniel Acacio (171)
265 lbs.: Brad Morris (253) vs. Soa Palelei (289)
185 lbs.: Paulo Filho (186) vs. Denis Kang (185)
185 lbs.: Murilo Rua (186) vs. Jeremy May (186)
185 lbs.: Murilo Bustamante (185) vs. Jesse Taylor (185)
265 lbs.: Peter Graham (252) vs. Jim York (256)
205 lbs.: Glover Teixeira (206) vs. Marko Peselj (205)
145 lbs.: Richie Vaculik (144) vs. Glenn Taylor Smith (143)
170 lbs.: Shane Nix (169) vs. Manuel Rodriguez (170)
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