The Bellator
MMA welterweight title will be on the line when champion
Douglas
Lima takes on Yaroslav
Amosov in the main event of Bellator
260.
Both headliners had no problem making weight, and neither did most
of the card, as every fighter hit their contracted weight. However,
there was one fight that was scratched due to weight-related
issues. Vanessa
Porto was ruled not eligible to compete after weighing in, and
her bout against Ilara
Joanne is now off.
“The Phenom” is looking to bounce back after an unsuccessful bid
for the promotion’s middleweight strap against Gegard
Mousasi. Lima (32-8) had won three straight fights prior to the
setback. In that stretch, Lima prevailed by decision over Rory
MacDonald, knocked out Michael
Page in violent fashion and submitted Andrey
Koreshkov. The Brazilian officially weighed 169.75 pounds for
his latest title defense.
In his way will be the undefeated Amosov, who has been perfect
through 25 fights. “Dynamo” most recently won a split decision over
Logan
Storley. On his way up, the Ukraine native notched notable wins
over Mark
Lemminger, Ed Ruth,
David
Rickels, Erick Silva
and Gerald
Harris. Amosov stepped on the scale at exactly 170 pounds.
Bellator 260’s main card will air live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6
p.m. PT. Prelims will begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on the
promotion’s YouTube channel.
Bellator 260 Weigh-in Results:
Douglas
Lima (169.75) vs. Yaroslav
Amosov (170)
Paul
Daley (175) vs. Jason
Jackson (175)
Aiden
Lee (145) vs. Aaron Pico
(145.75)
Ilara
Joanne (127.5) vs. Vanessa
Porto (128)*
Demarques
Jackson (170) vs. Mark
Lemminger (170.5)
Levan
Chokheli (170) vs. Kyle
Crutchmer (170.25)
Tywan
Claxton (146) vs. Justin
Gonzales (145)
Bobby
King (156) vs. Nick Newell
(156)
Lucas
Brennan (146.5) vs. Matt
Skibicki (146)
Amanda
Bell (145) vs. Marina
Mokhnatkina (145.5)
Alex
Polizzi (205) vs. Gustavo
Trujillo (205.25)
* Porto failed medicals and her fight has been canceled.