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Cris Cyborg Justino, the No. 1 female fighter in the world, posted an online video this week that showed her arguing with renowned nutritionist George Lockhart.In the video, Justino is shown questioning Lockharts decision to place her on birth control for the purpose of weight management during her recent camp. The video drew nearly 50,000 views the day it was published.As Justino (16-1) prepares for her second fight in the UFC, a 140-pound catchweight bout against Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Brazil, much (if not all) of the prefight focus is on her weight -- which has been the case for years.Justino has been a 145-pound champion in multiple promotions, but the UFC does not promote a female weight class above 135. To this point, the highest weight the UFC has been willing to offer Justino is a 140-pound catchweight.According to UFC officials, Justino weighed in, clothed, at 156 pounds on Tuesday morning. Thats over the UFCs recommendation of a check-in weight, which is within 8 percent of contracted weight. The UFC said its monitoring Justinos health as a result. Lockhart assured ESPN.com via text, Everything is where it needs to be.Justino, 31, told ESPN.com the addition of birth control pills made her feel heavier during fight preparations, which has her visibly stressed this week.In my last UFC fight, I had a hard time making 140, Justino said. Then this camp, something different happened. George Lockhart gave me birth control and said it would help me to cut weight. All my camp, I trained really hard. I trained double because I feel my body was different. And then this makes me really nervous. The difference is the birth control.UFC vice president of health and performance Jeff Novitzky told ESPN.com, The health and safety of our athletes comes first and foremost, so our team in Brazil will be monitoring the situation closely and staying in constant communication with Cris and her team.It all begs the question why Justino is fighting at 140 pounds at all. A reasonable answer is the UFC might still hold some desire to book her at 135. For a long time, that was the caveat for a proposed superfight between Justino and former UFC champion Ronda Rousey. The UFC and Rousey repeatedly said that matchup would have to take place at 135 pounds with a title on the line.Justino, however, has shut down cutting any lower than 140. Money talks, so you can never completely rule out something in this sport -- but within the last year, Justino has taken a pretty concrete stance against ever fighting at 135.I already said 135 is off the table, Justino said. They know I cannot make 135. Its too hard for me, and everybody who saw me when I cut to 140 knows. Its not healthy. Im not looking to be the champion at 135 -- I just want to make a superfight.Another potential issue, however, is finding a legitimate opponent to fight Justino at 145 pounds. UFC bantamweight Leslie Smith agreed to fight at 140 pounds for Justinos promotional debut in May, and she weighed in only at 139 pounds.Lansberg (6-1) told ESPN.com she has fought the majority of her MMA career at 135 pounds and intends to continue at that weight following this weekend. She believes she was pegged as Justinos opponent because she has fought at higher weights previously during an extended Muay Thai career.I did expect a call from the UFC sooner or later, but I did not expect Cyborg to be the first fight, Lansberg said. I think my Muay Thai career is why they wanted me to fight at 140. Its hard for them to find an opponent for her, and somebody with my background, who has had more than 80 Muay Thai fights, Im a good opponent for her. After this fight, Ill be back at 135.UFC president Dana White recently said the promotion still has no plans in the near future of adding Justinos 145-pound weight class. Justino provided a similar outlook when asked about that possibility, responding, I really dont know.Its a situation the UFC and Justino are hopefully able to resolve, regardless of what happens this weekend. As it stands, booking Justino to non-title, 140-pound catchweight bouts against seemingly inferior opponents isnt taking us anywhere. As nice as it is to simply see her fighting in the UFC, it would be nicer to see her in a narrative that has to do with something other than weight. Fake Hurricanes Jerseys . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. 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Same old result.Full of new star power -- and dominant on the inside -- the U.S. mens basketball team opened its bid for a third straight Olympic gold medal Friday night with a 111-74 exhibition romp over Argentina.A game that was over almost before it began showed the U.S. has to improve its shooting and conditioning. It also showed that there is plenty of talent among a group of players that seem to want to play well for each other and their country despite the absence of Olympic stalwarts Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.Theres a willingness from these guys to work on anything we need and to work hard, coach Mike Krzyzewski said. These are very good guys.A U.S. team that hasnt lost a game in 10 years had little trouble with Argentina, which some consider a medal contender in Rio. Paul George scored 14 first-half points, Kevin Durant added 12, and the U.S. blew open the game early before an appreciative crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.Even with Bryant retired and James taking this Olympics off, there was no real talent drop off on a team heavily favored to win gold once again. The depth of the U.S. showed as coach Mike Krzyzewski rotated players in and out, searching for the right combinations on a team with 10 new players from 2012.Nothing is for sure, Durant said. We want to get this gold and right now we have a job to do. We have to prepare the right way.Count the Argentines among those who were impressed at the first real game for the Olympic team.Obviously, they have the best talent and the best size in the world, Argentinas Luis Scola said. Thats a big difference in their favor.The game was the first of five exhibitions the U.S. will play before traveling to Rio to defend the gold medal. The U.S. team has spent the last week practicing in Las Vegas in preparation for the tour and the games.There werent any opening night jitters, though the U.S. shot only 45 percent and missed all but 14 of 41 3-pointers. With DeMarcus Cousins pulling down 15 rebounds in just 16 minutes, the U.ddddddddddddS. dominated inside, outrebounding Argentina 53-30.The big thing is getting in shape and they are not there where they will be, Krzyzewski said. But we really have an inside presence on the boards.For Durant the game was a chance to play with a pair of his new Golden State teammates, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. It was also a chance for Durant and Carmelo Anthony -- the only two players from the 2012 team -- to demonstrate that this will be their team in Rio.Both players cheered from the bench as the minutes were spread around, jumping up to clap for teammates. Every U.S. player got quality time, with Greens 12 minutes the least played by any American.Were going to have fun and were going to enjoy ourselves, Anthony said. If its not fun its not worth it. Were going to enjoy ourselves but at the same time were going to be focused in trying to get that gold medal.Durant finished as the games high scorer with 23 points, while George had 18 and Carmelo Anthony 17. Andres Nocioni had 15 for Argentina, while Manu Ginobili added 11 for Argentina, which lost to the U.S. in the semifinals of the 2012 Olympics.Though at times little defense was played, there was plenty of offense to keep the crowd at the new T-Mobile Arena happy. The teams combined to put up 70 3-point attempts, 41 of them from the U.S.Oddsmakers had made the U.S. a prohibitive 29.5-point favorite in what at times looked a lot like an NBA All-Star game. But while the U.S. team is loaded with 12 NBA players, the Argentines had only three on their roster and the talent difference showed.While the team is full of new players, the gold medal run will be the last for Krzyzewski, the national coach for the last decade. His teams have lost only one game during his reign, which will end after the Olympics with San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich taking over. ' ' '