It’s all systems go for the start of Bellator
MMA‘s light heavyweight grand prix.
Bellator’s second show on Showtime will see its light heavyweight
grand prix begin as former champion Ryan Bader
rematches ex-Ultimate
Fighting Championship champ Lyoto
Machida in the
Bellator 256 main event. The five-round main event is now
official after the weigh-ins took place. Both veteran headliners
had no trouble making weight, and 25 of the 26 mixed martial
artists on the 13-fight card made their contracted weights. The
lone exception was Jeffrey
Glossner, who came in 1.8 pounds over the bantamweight
limit.
Looking to rebound from losing his light heavyweight title, Bader
(27-6, 1 NC) is still the promotion’s heavyweight king. Last time
out, the 37-year-old was knocked out by Vadim
Nemkov. Since Bader’s prior fight was a no contest against
Cheick
Kongo, his last win was in January 2019 against heavyweight
legend Fedor
Emelianenko. “Darth” officially hit the scales at 205 pounds on
the dot.
The winner of the pair’s first meeting in 2012 was Machida (26-10),
when “The Dragon” knocked out Bader in under two rounds. Now 42,
Machida is riding a two-fight losing streak as he suffered split
decisions defeats to both Gegard
Mousasi and Phil Davis.
The Brazilian karateka will look to bounce back to his winning
ways, and weighed 204.6 for this bout.
The five-fight Bellator 256 main card will air live on Showtime
starting at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Before that is the preliminary
card, which will air free on YouTube starting at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m.
PT.
Bellator 256 Weigh-in Results:
Ryan
Bader (205) vs. Lyoto
Machida (204.6)
Liz
Carmouche (125.4) vs. Vanessa
Porto (126)
Jeremy
Kennedy (145.7) vs. Adam Borics
(145.8)
Cat
Zingano (145.2) vs. Olivia
Parker (145.4)
Goiti
Yamauchi (155.8) vs. Dan Moret
(155.6)
Dalton
Rosta (185.5) vs. Tony
Johnson (185.2)
Talita
Nogueira (146) vs. Jessica
Borga (145.2)
Cass
Bell (135.6) vs. Jornel Lugo
(135)
Cody
Law (145.2) vs. Nathan
Ghareeb (143.8)
Jaylon
Bates (136) vs. Jeffrey
Glossner (137.8)*
Nainoa
Dung (155.9) vs. Isaiah
William (156)
Diana
Avsaragova (125.8) vs. Tara Graff
(125.2)
John
Douma (135.4) vs. Will Smith
(134.6)
* Glossner missed weight by 1.8 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.