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Video of the UFC 103 post-fight press conference can be seen on UFC.com. Here’s a rundown of news and notes. More newsworthy items in bold.

UFC 103 took place earlier this evening at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.

In the night’s main event, Vitor Belfort returned to the Octagon for the first time in over four years to take on Rich Franklin.

In the co-main event, Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ looked to prove his doubters wrong by taking out young up-and-comer Junior dos Santos.

Frank Trigg returned to the UFC to face off against Josh Koscheck.

Paul Daley looked to make a statement in his UFC debut against Martin Kampmann.

Tyson Griffin faced off against Hermes Franca.

Results, thoughts, bonuses and live gate (when available) after the jump.

The UFC 103 weigh-ins took place earlier today at the Dallas Convention Center Arena in Dallas, Texas.

Most fighters made weight. The two exceptions were Vitor Belfort and Efrain Escudero. Vitor weighed 197.5 when he first hit the scale. After he took off his shorts, his wedding ring and eventually his underwear, Vitor got down to 196.25, a quarter pound over. Efrain Escudero came in at 157, a pound over the 156 lbs. weight limit. Both will be given time to drop the weight. Also, the Griffin-Franca has apparently been agreed to at a catchweight of 159 lbs. Franca came in at 159 while Griffin weighed 155.5, so it looks like Franca may have had a little trouble cutting weight.

Update: According to Sherdog, Vitor Belfort made 196 on his fourth attempt and Efrain Escudero hit 156 on his second try. Both fights are good to go. MMA Weekly says Hermes Franca will forfeit a portion of his purse to Griffin in exchange for the 159 lbs. catchweight.

The weigh-in results:

• Rich Franklin (195) vs. Vitor Belfort (196)
• Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (226) vs. Junior dos Santos (236)
• Martin Kampmann (169.5) vs. Paul Daley (170)
• Josh Koscheck (170) vs. Frank Trigg (170.25)
• Hermes Franca (159) vs. Tyson Griffin (155.5)
• Efrain Escudero (156) vs. Cole Miller (155)
• Tomasz Drwal (185) vs. Drew McFedries (185.25)
• Steve Lopez (154.5) vs. Jim Miller (154.5)
• Nik Lentz (155) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (155.25)
• Brian Foster (170.75) vs. Rick Story (170)
• Jason Brilz (205.25) vs. Eliot Marshall (204.75)
• Vladimir Matyushenko (205) vs. Igor Pokrajac (203)
• Rafael dos Anjos (155.5) vs. Rob Emerson (155.5)

Fighters in non-title fights are allowed to weigh in one pound over the weight class limit.

UFC 103 “Franklin vs Belfort” will take place tomorrow, September 19, at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas and will air live on pay-per-view at 10PM ET/7PM PT.

More UFC 103 weigh-in pics at CombatLifestyle.com

UFC 103 will take place tomorrow, September 19, at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas and will air live on pay-per-view at 10PM ET/7PM PT. The weigh-ins will be held this afternoon at 5PM ET/2PM PT at the Dallas Convention Center Arena, and will stream live on UFC.com.

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The Fights

Minus (-) = favorite | Plus (+) = underdog

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Good luck!

Preview and picks after the jump.

Images via Sherdog

Dana White:

If he can go in there and beat Rich Franklin, Vitor Belfort’s in line to fight Anderson Silva at 185 lbs.

Like it really needs to be anymore complicated. Wouldn’t mind watching it though.

Media workouts with Franklin and Belfort after the jump.

Rich Franklin seems to be taking the same approach to his career that Wanderlei Silva has taken as of late. He’s more interested in putting on exciting fights for the fans than trying to recapture a title. Is there anything wrong with that? No not really, but if you’re a Rich Franklin fan, you probably wish he would make the permanent move to the light heavyweight division and focus more on winning than worrying about what his fans think about his performances. Well, at least that’s how I feel about Wanderlei right now.

After the jump, Cro Cop joins the legions of fans, fighters and writers who don’t quite understand why Fedor signed with Strikeforce instead of the UFC.