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Bellator 159 Weigh-In Results: Joe Taimanglo and Melvin Guillard miss weight

The Bellator 159 Weigh-Ins took place today in Mulvane, Kansas and the fight card is now set with thirteen fights.

Today’s weigh-ins came from the Kansas Star Casino and tomorrow night’s fight card will come from the Kansas Star Arena.

The event was initially scheduled to be headlined by a bantamweight bout between Darrion Caldwell and Joe Taimanglo. However, Taimanglo missed weight by two pounds and the fight will go forward as a catchweight bout of 138 pounds.

Taimanglo was one of two fighters on the main card to miss weight as Melvin Guillard missed weight by 1.9 pound and his fight against David Rickels in the co-main event of the fight card will go forward as a catchweight bout of 158 pounds.

The complete Bellator 159 weigh-in results and replay video are below.

Main Card: (Spike – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Darrion Caldwell (135) vs. Joe Taimanglo (138)
David Rickels (155.8) vs. Melvin Guillard (157.9)
Bruna Vargas (125.1) vs. Emily Ducote (125.3)
Daniel Weichel (145.2) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (146)

Preliminary Card: (Bellator.com – 6:45 p.m. ET/3:45 p.m. PT)
Josh Pfeifer (155.5) vs. Henry Lindsay (155.9)
Chuka Willis (146.2) vs. Brandon Phillips (145.8)
Chris Harris (184.8) vs. Matt Foster (188.9)
Trey Ogden (166.8) vs. Manny Meraz (170.8)
Philipe Lins (204.6) vs. Guilherme Viana (205.1)
Bruna Ellen (125) vs. Jessica Middleton (125.4)
Gaston Reyno (146) vs. L.J. Hermreck (144.5)
Johnny Marigo (134.7) vs. Andy Riley (135.3)
Marcio Navarro (155.3) vs. Fernando Martinez (155.3)