Heavyweights set for England bout

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Heavyweights Stefan Struve and Stipe Miocic will meet Saturday night in Nottingham, England, after each fighter made weight Friday.

Struve, who takes a three-fight win streak into the UFC on Fuel TV main event, weighed 251 pounds. The undefeated Miocic tipped the scale at 239 pounds.

Miocic has a professional record of 9-0; he's 3-0 in UFC. Struve, who stands 6-foot-11½ and is 24-5 professionally, represents the most-skilled mixed martial artist Miocic has ever faced.

In the co-main event, welterweights Dan Hardy and Amir Sadollah made their bout official after each weighed in at 169 pounds.

Hardy (24-10, with one no-contest) ended a four-bout skid with a first-round knockout of Duane Ludwig in May.

In his most recent outing, on May 15, Sadollah (6-3) defeated Jorge Lopez by split decision.

Every other fighter on the card made weight.

Welterweight DaMarques Johnson came in at 183, eight pounds over the limit, but will not be penalized, as he accepted the fight on one week's notice.

Johnson faces Gunnar Nelson (175 pounds) in an agreed-upon catch-weight bout.

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Franklin McNeil

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