Tanner Boser Hits 247.5 Pounds Ahead of Hometown UFC Edmonton Scrap

Tanner Boser just stepped off the scale at 247.5 pounds for UFC Edmonton, confirming that the Canadian heavyweight has successfully avoided eating his weight in poutine during fight camp.

When you are a heavyweight, the scale is mostly just a suggestion to make sure you stay under the 265-pound limit. But Boser looks dialed in for a hometown scrap, hitting the mark with plenty of room to spare according to Aaron Bronsteter's report from the scales.

"Aaron Bronsteter reported the official weigh-in result of 247.5 lbs for Boser."

The guy known as "The Bulldozer" brings a very specific brand of violence to the octagon. He lands 4.82 significant strikes per minute while only eating three in return. In the heavyweight division, where most guys just swing until their lungs give out, maintaining a 58 percent striking defense is basically defensive wizardry.

Fighting in Edmonton is a massive deal for the Alberta native. It is one thing to fight in an empty arena in Vegas, but it is a completely different level of stress when you are throwing hands in front of people who probably owe you money from high school.

The rest of the Edmonton card is already shaping up to be a headache for oddsmakers. You have Joaquin Buckley returning from injury as a slight underdog against Mike Malott, which feels like a trap no matter which side of the ticket you take.

With the weigh-in drama officially out of the way, Boser just has to focus on the actual fistfight. Expect him to lean on that striking defense and try to deliver the kind of knockout that keeps the local bars open an extra hour.