Neiman
Gracie and Logan
Storley have grand plans for the Bellator
MMA welterweight division, and their head-to-head confrontation
should determine who gets to move forward.
A longtime Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt with deceptively
well-rounded skills, Gracie checked in at 170.75 pounds for his
showdown with the once-beaten Storley (170.75) in the
Bellator 274 headliner on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in
Uncasville, Connecticut. The six other mixed martial artists
scheduled to match wits and fists on the main card, including
welterweight co-headliners Andrey
Koreshkov (171) and Chance
Rencountre (169.5), also met their mandatory weight
requirements at Friday’s official weigh-in.
Gracie has alternated wins and losses in each of his past four
outings. He last appeared at Bellator 266, where he buried Mark
Lemminger with punches and a follow-up elbow strike in the
first round of their Sept. 18 pairing. Gracie, 33, has delivered
nine of his 11 career victories by submission. He was a
semifinalist in the 2018-19 Bellator welterweight grand prix.
A four-time NCAA All-American wrestler at the University of
Minnesota, Storley has compiled a 7-1 record since he linked arms
with Bellator a little less than five years ago. The 29-year-old
Roslyn, South Dakota, native last fought on Aug. 20, when he eked
out a three-round split decision over Dante
Schiro at Bellator 265.
The Bellator 274 “Gracie vs. Storley” main card will air live on
Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while the nine-fight undercard
streams in its entirety to the Bellator YouTube channel at 6 p.m.
ET/3 p.m. PT.
Bellator 274 Weigh-In Results:
Neiman
Gracie (170.75) vs. Logan
Storley (170.75)
Andrey
Koreshkov (171) vs. Chance
Rencountre (169.5)
Georgi
Karakhanyan (156) vs. Adam
Piccolotti (155.5)
Davion
Franklin (262.75) vs. Said Sowma
(243)
Mandel
Nallo (155.4) vs. Nick Browne
(155.2)
Jaylon
Bates (136) vs. Chris
Disonell (135.2)
Aviv
Gozali (155.8) vs. Bobby King
(156)
DeAnna
Bennett (125.4) vs. Justine
Kish (125.6)
Brennan
Ward (174.8) vs. Brandon
Bell (173.8)
Jordan
Newman (185.6) vs. Cody
Herbert (188.6)*
Corey
Samuels (155.4) vs. Justin
Montalvo (154.2)
Isaiah
Hokit (145.8) vs. Theodore
Macuka (145.5)
Orlando
Mendoza (170.6) vs. Jonathan
DiLorenzo (169.8)
* Herbert missed weight by 2.6 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.