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 Official fighter weigh-ins for this week's "UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann" event are slated for Friday (Saturday local time in Japan with the time difference) at Saitama Super Arena just north of Tokyo.
The same venue hosts the following night's show, which features a main event middleweight bout between Wanderlei Silva (34-12-1 MMA, 4-7 UFC) and Brian Stann (12-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC), plus a co-feature heavyweight tilt between Mark Hunt (8-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Stefan Struve (25-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC).
UFC on FUEL TV 8 has a six-fight main card on FUEL TV at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday (Sunday in Japan) following a five-fight preliminary card that streams online at Facebook and YouTube at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The first fighter steps on the scale at 11 p.m. ET on Friday, (1 p.m. Saturday local time in Japan). Doors open to the public at 10:30 a.m. JST.
Prior to the weigh-ins, fans are invited to a Q&A session with UFC featherweight Hatsu Hioki. The fighter will answer fan questions at 11 a.m. JST, and doors open to the public 30 minutes earlier.
In addition to the Q&A session and weigh-ins, both of which are free and open to the public, fans can attend an autograph signing featuring UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell and UFC light heavyweight Glover Teixeira prior to the official weigh-in event. The two will be on hand for the signing from 10 a.m.-noon JST on Saturday.
The full UFC on FUEL TV 8 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (FUEL TV, 10 p.m. ET)
Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann
Mark Hunt vs. Stefan Struve
Takanori Gomi vs. Diego Sanchez
Hector Lombard vs. Yushin Okami
Mizuto Hirota vs. Rani Yahya
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Dong Hyun Kim
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 7:30 p.m. ET)
Riki Fukuda vs. Brad Tavares
Bryan Caraway vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Cristiano Marcello vs. Kazuki Tokudome
Alex Caceres vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Marcelo Guimaraes vs. Hyun Gyu LimSource: MMAJunkie.com
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