UNCASVILLE, Conn. – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Thursday’s official Bellator 255 fighter weigh-ins.
The weigh-ins take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The same venue hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime and MMA Junkie following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Among those weighing in are lightweight and featherweight champion Patricio Freire (31-4 MMA, 19-4 BMMA), who puts his 145-pound title on the line in a rematch against Emmanuel Sanchez (20-4 MMA, 12-3 BMMA). That fight also is a semifinal bout in Bellator’s ongoing featherweight tournament. The winner will move on to the final to meet A.J. McKee.
The full Bellator 255 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET)
- Champ Patricio Freire (144.1) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (144.5) – for featherweight title; featherweight grand prix semifinal
- Neiman Gracie () vs. Jason Jackson ()
- Tyrell Fortune () vs. Jack May ()
- Mike Hamel () vs. Usman Nurmagomedov ()
- Alejandra Lara () vs. Kana Watanabe ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6 p.m. ET)
- Cee Jay Hamilton () vs. Magomed Magomedov ()
- Mukhamed Berkhamov (173.8) vs. Herman Terrado ()
- Ricardo Seixas Filho () vs. Mandel Nallo ()
- Fabio Aguiar () vs. Khalid Murtazaliev ()
- Chris Gonzalez () vs. Roger Huerta ()
- Jose Augusto (203.2) vs. Jonathan Wilson (204.2)
- Roman Faraldo () vs. Trevor Gudde ()
- Branko Busick () vs. Jordan Newman ()