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Updated at 4:04 p.m., Friday, January 30, 2009

5,000 attend BJ Penn-Georges St-Pierre weigh-in

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By Dayton Morinaga
Advertiser Staff Writer

LAS VEGAS—Hilo's BJ Penn and Canada's Georges St-Pierre both made the 170-pound weight limit for tomorrow's UFC 94 mixed martial arts main event.

The official weigh-ins were conducted today at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Penn actually came in under weight at 168; St-Pierre weighed 170.

They will meet for St-Pierre's UFC welterweight world championship tomorrow in one of the most hyped bouts in MMA history.

"I'm ready. I got nothing else to say," Penn said. "Let's go."

Penn is the UFC lightweight (155 pounds) world champion, and is moving up a weight class for tomorrow's bout.

Around 5,000 fans attended the weigh-ins, and the cheering seemed to be split between Penn and St-Pierre.

A sellout crowd of more than 17,000 is expected to attend tomorrow's card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Reach Dayton Morinaga at dmorinaga@honoluluadvertiser.com.