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UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez looks to make his first successful title defense when he takes on Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva Saturday night at UFC 160.

Velasquez, who won back the title from Junior dos Santos last year, defeated Silva in 2012 via TKO. “Bigfoot,” though, earned himself a shot at the belt by finishing Alistair Overeem.

Weigh-ins for the card took place earlier today, and complete results can be found below:

MAIN CARD (PPV)

UFC Heavyweight Championship
Cain Velasquez (240 lbs.) vs. Antonio Silva (263 lbs.) for Velasquez’s title

Junior dos Santos (239 lbs.) vs. Mark Hunt (264 lbs.)

Glover Teixeira (205 lbs.) vs. James Te Huna (206 lbs.)

Gray Maynard (156 lbs.) vs. TJ Grant (155 lbs.)

Donald Cerrone (155 lbs.) vs. KJ Noons (156 lbs.)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

Rick Story (169 lbs.) vs. Mike Pyle (170 lbs.)

Dennis Bermudez (146 lbs.) vs. Max Holloway (145 lbs.)

Robert Whittaker (171 lbs.) vs. Colton Smith (170 lbs.)

Khabib Nurmagomedov (158.5 lbs.) vs. Abel Trujillo (155 lbs.)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FACEBOOK)

Stephen Thompson (170 lbs.) vs. Nah-Shon Burrell (172 lbs.)

Brian Bowles (135 lbs.) vs. George Roop (135 lbs.)

Jeremy Stephens (146 lbs.) vs. Estevan Payan (145 lbs.)

Cain Velasquez and Antonio Siva weigh the different possibilities of their second meeting. Both men seem pretty confident that they’ll take home the belt.

The main event of UFC 160 between Cain Velasquez and Antonio Silva is profiled in this portion of Countdown to UFC 160.

Antonio Silva is set to duke it out with Cain Velasquez for a second time. This time Silva says the fight will go quite differently, and he promises a victory.

After securing his first UFC heavyweight title, Cain Velasquez was unsuccessful in defending the belt, as Junior dos Santos finished him in the first round.

Now, after redeeming himself with a victory over dos Santos and gaining back the title, Velasquez knows how important it is that he defends it vs. Antonio Silva next week at UFC 160.

“To me, (defending the belt) is the most important thing,” said Velasquez, during a recent conference call. “To defend it, to hold on to it, this is the position I want to be in. I have to go out there and perform.”

Velasquez (11-1) stormed Silva the first time the two met, taking him down and earning a first round TKO victory. Despite that previous win, though, he knows this fight will be another animal.

“We saw what ‘Bigfoot’ can do in his past two fights. I can’t take him lightly. He is a tough competitor and has dangerous stuff in the Octagon,” he said. “I don’t see this as anything less than a grueling fight. That’s what I’m expecting.”

When Antonio Silva met Cain Velasquez a year ago, the fight was quite short and certainly one sided. Velasquez dispatched Silva in just under 4 minutes, but this time Silva plans on things being different when UFC 160 rolls around.

Cain Velasquez is set to throw down with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at UFC 160, and he’s all too aware that he’s not to be over-looked. Velasquez does not expect their second fight to be the same as their first.

Antonio Silva left the Octagon last May a bloody mess after an assault by Cain Velasquez.

Now, a year later, the two will meet again at UFC 160 – with the UFC heavyweight title on the line.

Velasquez won the belt from Junior dos Santos late in 2012, and Silva surpassed several other contenders when he finished Alistair Overeem in February.

The first loss to Velasquez remains on the mind of “Bigfoot,” but he feels things will be much different this time around.

“This is very big for me, very important for my career, for my family and I want this title. I want to win this title for me, for Brazil, for my fans and for my family,” Silva said, in a recent interview with MMA Fight Corner. “This time it will be different. The first fight I was very nervous because it was my first fight in the UFC. There was a lot of adrenaline in my body,” Silva explained. “Now I have two more fights in the UFC, I got in these two fights, two wins, good knockouts and now I’m very, very confident.”

Silva showed off his offensive skills vs. Overeem, and he will need to try and make this a stand-up game with Velasquez to have success, as the first meeting was all the former Arizona State University wrestling standout once it hit the ground.

They are teammates and Brazilians, but Junior dos Santos and Antonio Silva would have no problems stepping inside the Octagon against one another – as long as the UFC heavyweight title is on the line.

Both men will be in action this May at UFC 160, as Silva faces Cain Velasquez for the title, while dos Santos meets Mark Hunt.

Wins by the two could lead to a future meeting, and as “Cigano” told ESPN recently, that would be quite alright by him.

“We’re going to fight. For the title, we’re going to fight. We’re good friends and part of the same team, but he has to think about his family and I have to (do the same),” dos Santos said.

He went on to say that he will be “rooting for (Silva). I hope and I think he will be the champion and when we have the fight, I think we will do very well.”

Dos Santos was originally set to face Alistair Overeem, but an injury knocked the former Strikeforce champion out. He said he “doesn’t care about Alistair Overeem. He’s a joke.”

Photo credit: Esther Lin/MMA Fighting

UFC 160 is official. The main event will hold a rematch between Champion Cain Velasquez and Challenger Antonio Silva.