The tenth season of Bellator MMA will continue on Friday night as the organization heads to the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California and the weigh-ins will take place on Thursday afternoon.
The weigh-ins will take place at the Cabaret Theater inside Pechanga Resort & Casino and will begin at 5 p.m. PT. The weigh-ins are free and open to the public.
Bellator 116 will be headlined by the semifinals of the season ten heavyweight tournament as Lavar Johnson meets Blagoi Ivanov and Alexander Volkov faces Mighty Mo Siliga.
The current Bellator 116 fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Blagoi Ivanov (10-0) vs. Lavar Johnson (18-8) *
Nathan Coy (14-4) vs. Adam McDonough (10-0) **
Joey Beltran (14-10) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (27-7)
Mighty Mo Siliga (6-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (19-4) *
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Joe Pacheco (7-1) vs. Brandon Halsey (5-0) ***
Dave Vitkay (13-12-1) vs. Keith Berry (15-12)
Josh Smith (9-6) vs. Poppies Martinez (28-9)
Brandon Bender (11-1) vs. Mario Navarro (4-3)
Joe Taimanglo (19-5-1) vs. Rob Emerson (15-10)
Ron Keslar (11-5) vs. Karo Parisyan (22-10)
Carlos Eduardo (11-2) vs. Rodney Wallace (19-8)
Philipe Lins (7-1) vs. Travis Clark (7-2)
Ricky Rainey (6-2) vs. Andy Murad (6-1)
* – Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
** – Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
*** – Middleweight Tournament Semifinal