No matter if it's the UFC or a small regional promotion in the middle of East Jesus, Nowhere, the day before the fights always includes one thing: the weigh-ins. Now, the same applies to the day before the fights here at Five Knuckles.

Welcome to The Weigh-In.

Before each event, the entire card will be put under the microscope and broken down into small, digestible morsels of information to help you know what to look for the following day when the action starts.

Since it's me, you can also expect the same honest, opinionated analysis you've come to expect. Notice I said expect and not something like love or enjoy? The goal is to get your reading and reacting, not agreeing with everything I say. After all, where's the fun in that? Let's get started...

Rolles Gracie (3-0-0) vs. Joey Beltran (10-3-0)

Words can't describe the excitement I have for seeing Rolles Gracie make his debut. Call me sentimental, but any Gracie setting foot inside the Octagon brings me back to the day I fell in love with this sport watching Royce Gracie submit everyone.

Undoubtedly, the Gracie legacy and name carries expectations and pressure, so Rolles will have that to deal with tomorrow night. Each of Rolles's three fights have ended in customary fashion (read: submission) and while his opponent for his UFC debut has changed at the last minute, the gameplan remains the same: take him down and submit him.

For Joey Beltran, Saturday night could be a night of mixed emotions. While he's accomplishing a dream of fighting with the biggest organization in the sport, he's taking the fight on short notice and walking into the cage with The Next Generation of Gracie submission experts and the outlook doesn't look so good.

"The Mexicutioner" (great name!) is coming off a win over former UFC veteran and Kimbo combatant Houston Alexander at 5150 Combat League's New Year's Revolution three weeks ago, so conditioning shouldn't be a problem. Beltran has good power, but is 0-2 against Tony Lopez, a 17-2 submission specialist who fights for King of the Cage.

Gracie + Not So Good Against Submission Guys = Thanks for coming out, Joey.

Tim Hague (10-2-0) vs. Chris Tuchsherer (17-2-0)

There was a time that I felt partially responsible for Tim Hague's seven-second defeat at the hand (not hands) of Todd Duffee. At the time, the fighters who were kind enough to agree to an interview with me were on a serious losing streak and Hague became another victim of what was then The Keyboard Kimura Curse.

As this fight approached, I contacted "The Thrashing Machine" about another interview, which he declined until after the fight. Curse or not, I'd have declined to speak with me too after what happened last time.

This is probably a make-or-break fight for both guys, despite Hague having a win over up-and-comer Pat Barry and Tuchscherer having to contend with repeated kicks to the nads in his lost to Gabe Gonzaga at UFC 102. Back-to-back losses don't sit well with the brass and both fighters need a win to avoid that scenario.

Tuchscherer is one of few men to fight in the YAMMA Pit, and member of the same Minnesota Martial Arts Academy as the heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar. Like everyone else to come out of that camp, Tuchscherer has solid boxing and wrestling, and is a big, thick dude.

The Canadian Hague will...