Louis Jourdain Hits the Scale at 135.5 Pounds for UFC Edmonton

Louis Jourdain is officially on the board for UFC Edmonton, hitting the scale at exactly 135.5 pounds. Aaron Bronsteter relayed the number from the official weigh-ins, confirming the bantamweight is good to go for fight night.

Hitting 135.5 pounds when you stand 5-foot-9 is the kind of biological math that sounds like a typo. For context, that is roughly the weight of a golden retriever, stretched over a frame built for a middleweight accountant. The human body is simply not meant to do that without a lot of suffering.

"Aaron Bronsteter reported the official weigh-in result of 135.5 lbs."

But Jourdain got it done and is officially locked in for the card at Rogers Place. Being that tall for the bantamweight division gives him a massive physical edge in the cage, assuming the weight cut does not completely ruin him first. Making that limit is the first real victory of fight week, especially in a sport where a single missed pound can nuke your purse in one shot.

This is exactly what the sportsbooks and bettors want to see. When a fighter looks like a ghost on the scale, the live odds usually start dancing. Jourdain hitting his mark without any reported drama keeps the betting lines stable and means we are getting a fully operational fighter, not a guy who left half his soul in a portable sauna.

Now comes the fun part: putting the water back in. Jourdain has about 24 hours to rehydrate and turn back into a normal-sized human before the cage door locks in Edmonton. If the brutal cut did not drain his gas tank, he is set up to make a serious statement this weekend.