The final weigh-ins happen as late as twelve to as early as three hours before the fight. They got to keep it random like that to ensure that the fighters are staying at their walk-around weights. The logistics of that make it hard to schedule a big conference to cover the weigh-ins, and the fact that they're not dehydrated and are going to end up looking exactly the same at the weigh-ins that they do at the actual fight kind of negates the need for photos. Not only that, but the last time they had weigh-in coverage was at the China card in January, and the only photos had all the fighters wearing coats outside while it was snowing.
They logged in the weights for their first three cards this year, though. Kevin Belingon weighed 143, Eduard Folayang weighed 168, Roy Doliguez weighed 132, Marcin Prachnio weighed 215. Those're just some from those cards that I remember.
I personally think they stopped announcing the weigh-ins cuz' it was confusing to people who don't understand the new system. People thought Bibiano was moving back up to featherweight and he got removed from the Sherdog rankings cuz' of that, when really he stayed at bantamweight and just can't dehydrate, and other rankings have kept him at bantamweight. Now they just say "bantamweight" or "middleweight" and everyone knows what they're talking about.
Ev Ting talked about the weigh-in system and's said he's happy with it, by the way. He joked about how he can eat a steak before he weighs-in now and was drinking a smoothie earlier in the day, whereas before he was starving himself and trying to resist water to stay on weight.
Also, from what I understand, it's basically a beck-and-call system when you have to either weigh-in or report your weight. They ask what your weight is and you have to respond. The promotion could harass fighters with that, but promotions could harass fighters over anything.
The only actual weigh-ins, where you step onto a scale, happen in that twelve-to-three-hour span before a fight, though, from what I understand. They aren't forcing fighters to weigh in three times a day every day of fight-week.
I also fail to believe Sapo really made 185 with the new rules. Its secretiveness seems more fishy than ever.
I think there's a good chance Sapo made weight. He looked a bit trimmer in his fight with Rafael than he did against Askren. He could've shed off some excess weight. I'm not saying they didn't edit the results, but I just don't think they did.
