The Bellator 116 Weigh-Ins took place today in Temecula, California and the fight card is now official with thirteen fights.
Today’s weigh-ins came from the Pechanga Resort and Casino and tomorrow nights card will come from the same venue.
The televised main card will be headlined by the semifinals in the heavyweight tournament as Lavar Johnson (245.5 lbs) faces Blagoi Ivanov (255.7 lbs) in the main event and former champion Alexander Volkov (235.7 lbs) meets Mighty Mo Siliga (264.9 lbs) in the opening fight of the main card.
The fight card will also feature two other tournament semifinal bouts as Nathan Coy (170.6 lbs) faces Adam McDonough (170.9 lbs) in the first welterweight tournament semifinal. In the other semifinal bout on the card, Brandon Halsey (185.8 lbs) will meet Joe Pacheco (185.9 lbs), who initially missed weight by .3 pound. Pacheco was given additional time to make weight by the commission and he came in under the middleweight limit of 186 pounds on his second attempt.
The complete Bellator 116 Weigh-In Results are below.
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Lavar Johnson (245.3) vs. Blagoi Ivanov (255.7)
Joey Beltran (204.5) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (205.5)
Nathan Coy (170.6) vs. Adam McDonough (170.9)
Mighty Mo Siliga (264.9) vs. Alexander Volkov (235.7)
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Dave Vitkay (184.4) vs. Keith Berry (185.4)
Josh Smith (154.8) vs. Poppies Martinez (155.1)
Brandon Bender (145.8) vs. Mario Navarro (145)
Ron Keslar (170.8) vs. Karo Parisyan (170.7)
Joe Pacheco (185.9) vs. Brandon Halsey (185.8)
Joe Taimanglo (135.6) vs. Rob Emerson (136)
Ricky Rainey (170) vs. Andy Murad (178.5) *
Philipe Lins (205.1) vs. Travis Clark (205.1)
Carlos Eduardo (205) vs. Rodney Wallace (205.8)
* – Murad missed weight by 7.5 pounds and his fight with Rainey is now a catchweight bout of 180 pounds.