UFC 199 weigh-in: Tensions run high despite new fighter-friendly rules

Batamweight Urijah Faber flexes for the fans during the UFC 175 weigh ins at the Mandalay Bay Resort on Friday, July 4, 2014.Inglewood, Calif. —

Skirmishes at weigh-ins typically occur because of a combination of two factors — hostility between opponents and the anguishing dehydration and starvation fighters go through to make weight.

The latter wasn’t available as an excuse for the first time on Friday at the Forum when fighters weighed in ahead of tomorrow’s UFC 199, which airs on pay-per-view at 7 p.m. following a preliminary card. The California State Athletic Commission enacted new weigh-in rules that allowed competitors to weigh-in up to six hours earlier than the UFC’s public event,…