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Both parts of this weekend’s Bellator
MMA doubleheader have been marred by fighters missing weight by
a wide margin.
Bellator 246 ends the weekend on Sept. 12 at the Mohegan Sun
Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The top-billed match of the event is for
the vacant bantamweight throne, as Juan
Archuleta (24-2) squares off with Patrick Mix
(13-0). A featherweight in his last three bouts, Archuleta competed
in the Bellator featherweight grand prix and lost in a title fight
to Patricio
Freire just under one year ago. Since then, the California
native bounced back with a decision win in January over Henry
Corrales at 145 pounds to earn a bantamweight title shot. He
weighed in at 134.6 pounds to make the championship limit with
relative ease.
Facing Archuleta will be the unbeaten Mix, who has stormed through
Bellator competition by racking up two first-round submissions over
Ricky
Bandejas and Isaiah
Chapman. The Angola, New York, native’s last appearance came
when the promotion shared him with
Rizin Fighting Federation, and “Patchy” tapped Yuki Motoya
in 97 seconds to earn his own Bellator title shot. Mix stepped on
the scales and hit the bantamweight title cap of 135 pounds on the
nose.
Drawing the co-main assignment is longtime vet Jon Fitch
(170.5) as he returns to competition to take on Neiman
Gracie (170.8) in the welterweight division. In one of two
bouts where a fighter missed weight, Liz
Carmouche (125.5) makes her Bellator debut against the heavy
Invicta Fighting Championships staple DeAnna
Bennett (131.7)* at a 132-pound catchweight. Rounding out the
main card is another catchweight contest as Derek
Campos (154) comes to blows with Keoni Diggs
(157)**, with the latter a pound heavy for his lightweight match.
Both of these heavy fighters will have their bouts rescheduled to
catchweights so they will not be fined.
Bellator 246 will go down on Sept. 12, and the three-fight prelims
will kick off at 8:45 p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. PT on Dazn and the Bellator
YouTube channel. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, and
it will air on Dazn and will likely be the final Bellator broadcast
on Paramount Network.
Bellator 246 Weigh-in Results:
Juan
Archuleta (134.6) vs. Patrick Mix
(135)
Jon
Fitch (170.5) vs. Neiman
Gracie (170.8)
Liz
Carmouche (125.5) vs. DeAnna
Bennett (131.7)*
Derek
Campos (154) vs. Keoni Diggs
(157)**
Pat
Casey (185.6) vs. Daniel
Madrid (184.4)
Jered
Gwerder (184.2) vs. George
Tokkos (186)
Davion
Franklin (264.7) vs. Ras Hylton
(245.5)
* Bennett missed weight by 5.7 pounds.
** Diggs missed weight by one pound.