After nearly a month of no events, Bellator
MMA returns to Showtime with
Bellator 283.
Headlining the 12-fight card is a welterweight showdown between
former champion Douglas
Lima and promotional mainstay Jason
Jackson. While the Jamaican fighter had no issue and weighed
171 pounds on the dot, Lima (32-10) came in heavy at 172.8 pounds.
The main event is still intact despite the miss, though Lima will
be fined a percentage of his purse. Two prelim fighters on the card
also missed weight, as Kevin Boehm
checked in 1.6 pounds over the featherweight limit while Mark Coates
missed the bantamweight cap by 1.8 pounds. Both Boehm and Coates
have also been fined, and the fights will otherwise continue as
scheduled.
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Lima is currently on the worst losing streak of his career, having
lost three straight. A shot at middleweight glory against Gegard
Mousasi went awry in 2020, and then the Brazilian lost his
welterweight title to Yaroslav
Amosov. Most recently, “The Phenom” came up short against
Michael
Page, who won their rematch via split decision.
Meanwhile, “The Ass-Kicking Machine” is riding an impressive
five-fight win streak. Jackson (15-4) most recently defeated former
UFC champion Benson
Henderson, Neiman
Gracie and Paul Daley,
all by decision. While he hasn’t had a finish inside the promotion
since 2018, Jackson will look to make a statement against Lima and
get a crack at gold.
Bellator 283’s main card will air live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/7
p.m. PT on Friday. Prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on
YouTube.
Bellator 283 Weigh-in Results:
Douglas
Lima (172.8)* vs. Jason
Jackson (171)
Sidney
Outlaw (155.4) vs. Tofiq
Musayev (155)
Usman
Nurmagomedov (155.2) vs. Christopher
Gonzalez (156)
Lorenz
Larkin (170.8) vs. Mukhamed
Berkhamov (171)
Davion
Franklin (264.2) vs. Marcelo
Golm (257.6)
Romero
Cotton (185.6) vs. Dalton
Rosta (185.4)
Veta
Arteaga (125.8) vs. Vanessa
Porto (125.8)
Akhmed
Magomedov (144.6) vs. Kevin Boehm
(147.6**)
Gadzhi
Rabadanov (154.4) vs. Bobby King
(155.4)
Roman
Faraldo (170.6) vs. Luis
Iniguez (170.8)
Jaylon
Bates (136) vs. Mark Coates
(137.8)***
Archie
Colgan (159.6) vs. Bryan Nuro
(159.2)
* Lima missed weight by 1.8 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
** Boehm missed weight by 1.6 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
*** Coates missed weight by 1.8 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.