The women’s featherweight title bout between Cristiane
Justino and Arlene
Blencowe will proceed as planned after both competitors made
weight on Wednesday.
“Cyborg” tipped the scales at 145 pounds, while Blencowe checked in
at 144.5.
Bellator 249 takes place on Thursday at Mohegan Sun Arena in
Uncasville, Connecticut and will also see Patricky
Freire (155.5) square off against Jaleel
Willis (159) in the evening’s co-main event. The main card airs
on CBS Sports Network and Dazn at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while the
prelims stream on Bellator’s YouTube channel and Dazn at 7:15 p.m.
ET/4:15 p.m. PT.
It wasn’t smooth sailing for everyone on the scales, as Willis
missed weight by three pounds for his lightweight showdown with
Freire, as did Leandro
Higo (139) for a featured bantamweight clash against Ricky
Bandejas (136).
A former 145-pound champion with the UFC, Strikeforce and Invicta,
Justino captured her fourth belt with a technical knockout victory
against Julia Budd in
her promotional debut at Bellator 238 on Jan. 25.
Blencowe previously challenged for featherweight gold at Bellator
189, where she fell to Budd via split decision. Since that defeat,
the 37-year-old Australian has won three straight bouts under the
Bellator banner.
Bellator 249 Weigh-in Results:
Cristiane
Justino (145) vs. Arlene
Blencowe (144.5)
Patricky
Freire (155.5) vs. Jaleel
Willis (159)*
Ricky
Bandejas (136) vs. Leandro
Higo (139)**
Saad
Awad (155.5) vs. Mandel
Nallo (155.9)
Steve
Mowry (250.2) vs. Shawn Teed
(255.4)
Andrew
Kapel (185.8) vs. Joseph
Creer (183.3)
Kyle
Crutchmer (170.2) vs. Kemran
Lachinov (170.2)
Christian
Edwards (204.5) vs. Hamza Salim
(204.2)
Mike
Kimbel (139.2) vs. Da’Mon
Blackshear (140)
Aviv
Gozali (168.8) vs. Logan Neal
(169.3)
Albert
Gonzales (169.5) vs. Kastriot
Xhema (169.7)
*Willis missed weight by three pounds
**Higo missed weight by three pounds