#BELLATOR265 Weigh-in Results: Jay-Jay Wilson (@TheMaoriKid1)
– 150.4 lbs. pic.twitter.com/6CbPRWh8ak— Bellator Public Relations (@BellatorPR)
August 19, 2021
Only one fighter on the
Bellator 265 card missed weight, but it was a costly miss as
the planned co-main event was nixed as a result.
The now nine-fight card is headlined by Bellator
MMA heavyweight contenders Cheick Kongo
and Sergei
Kharitonov. The co-main event was originally supposed to pit
Adam
Borics against Jay-Jay
Wilson, but Wilson missed weight significantly and came in at
150.4 pounds for the featherweight bout. As a result, the fight is
off, and Dante
Schiro vs. Logan
Storley will now serve as the penultimate bout.
Kongo (30-11-2, 1 NC) is coming off a split-decision defeat to
Timothy
Johnson. Prior to the setback, Kongo was undefeated in nine
outings. The 46-year-old will look to show he still has more left
in the tank. The French fighter officially weighed 247 pounds.
While not usually the younger fighter, Kharitonov (30-7, 2 NC) is
five years younger than his opponent at 41. The Russian was last
seen in the Bellator cage losing to Linton
Vassell, but bounced back with a knockout win over Oli
Thompson outside the promotion. Kharitonov stepped on the scale
at 264.8 pounds.
The Bellator 265 main card will air live on Showtime starting at 9
p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Prelims will stream on YouTube starting at 6:30
p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
Bellator 265 Weigh-in Results:
Cheick
Kongo (247) vs. Sergei
Kharitonov (264.8)
Adam
Borics (145.6) vs. Jay-Jay
Wilson (150.4)*
Dante
Schiro (170) vs. Logan
Storley (170.4)
Marcelo
Golm (252) vs. Billy
Swanson (265.6)
Keith
Lee (140) vs. Jornel Lugo
(137.4)
Fabio
Aguiar (184.6) vs. Taylor
Johnson (185.8)
Mike
Hamel (155.4) vs. Bryce Logan
(155.8)
Archie
Colgan (169) vs. Sidney
Ben Simons (170.4)
Deven
Fisher (184.4) vs. Duane
Johnson (185)
Kory
Moegenburg (214.8) vs. Bailey
Schoenfelder (224)
* Wilson missed weight by 4.4 pounds and the fight has been
canceled.