Editor’s note: The article has been updated at 3 p.m. ET on Nov.
11 to reflect that an additional fighter had missed weight.
Bellator 271‘s headline bout for the Bellator
MMA women’s featherweight championship is now official.
Both women had no issue making weight with Justino (24-2) weighing
145 pounds exactly, and Kavanagh (7-4) coming in at the same
weight. However, a prelim bout between Shane
O’Shea vs. Jordan
Newman has been canceled after O’Shea didn’t weigh in for an
undisclosed reason. Additionally, Robert
Turnquest (177.8) came in 6.8 pounds above the welterweight
limit, and his matchup with Roman
Faraldo may be in jeopardy.
Justino comes into the bout undefeated inside the Bellator cage. “Cyborg” most recently defeated Leslie
Smith in a dominant performance, and before that, she submitted
Arlene
Blencowe after finishing Julia Budd to
win the belt. Meanwhile, Kavanagh has strung together two wins
against Katharina
Lehner and Olga Rubin
after going 1-4 in her previous five fights.
Bellator 271’s main card will air live on Showtime starting at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The prelims begin three hours prior on YouTube
at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Bellator 271 Weigh-in Results:
Cristiane
Justino (145) vs. Sinead
Kavanagh (145)
Tyrell
Fortune (253.8) vs. Linton
Vassell (239.2)
Aaron
Pico (145.4) vs. Justin
Gonzales (145.6)
Arlene
Blencowe (145.8) vs. Pam
Sorenson (146)
Steve
Mowry (249.6) vs. Rakim
Cleveland (249.6)
Jordan
Newman (187.6) vs. Shane
O’Shea (N/A)*
Valerie
Loureda (127.6) vs. Taylor
Turner (127.2)
Cody
Law (145.4) vs. Colton Hamm
(145.8)
Roman
Faraldo (171) vs. Robert
Turnquest (177.8)**
Bruna
Ellen (125.6) vs. Desiree
Yanez (125.4)
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta (256.6) vs. Muhammed
DeReese (255)
Mahmoud
Sebie Fawzy (170.8) vs. Ethan
Hughes (170.8)
* O’Shea did not weigh-in and the fight has been
canceled.
** Turnquest missed weight by 6.8 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.