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Published 21:58 17 Jan 2015 GMT
Updated 10:30 18 Jan 2015 GMT
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Then it was the turn of The Hooligan's SBG teammate Cathal Pendred to step up and he too had no problem with the cut, making the welterweight limit of 171lbs ahead of tomorrow night's meeting with Sean Spencer.
And The Punisher is on weight, selfie stick and all. @PendredMMA 171lbs - Sean Spencer 171lbs. #UFCFightNightBoston pic.twitter.com/hdf8FxLInO
— SportsJOE.ie (@SportsJOEdotie) January 17, 2015
Bushmills man Norman Parke opens up the main card tomorrow night and he weighed in at 156lbs for a tough lightweight encounter against Gleison Tibau.
Then came the moment that we were all waiting for as Conor McGregor made his way to the stage with the tricolour held aloft.
Dennis Siver came in at 146lbs while Conor McGregor came in bang on 145lbs which he made sure to point out to Mike Goldberg afterwards, saying: "That's 1.4.5! That's championship weight. Tell Jose I'm coming!"
The results in full are:
Conor McGregor (145) vs. Dennis Siver (146) Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Ben Henderson (156) Uriah Hall (186) vs. Ronald Stallings (185) Gleison Tibau (156) vs. Norman Parke (156)
Cathal Pendred (171) vs. Sean Spencer (171) John Howard (170) vs. Lorenz Larkin (171) Zhang Lipeng (156) vs. Chris Wade (156) Patrick Holohan (125) vs. Shane Howell (125) Johnny Case (156) vs. Frankie Perez (155) Charles Rosa (145) vs. Sean Soriano (146)
Matt Van Buren (205) vs. Sean O'Connell (206) Tateki Matsuda (125) vs. Joby Sanchez (126)
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