Bellator 259 weigh-in video
At the Bellator 259 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Friday’s fight card in Uncasville, Conn., stepped on the scale Thursday morning.
In the main event, Bellator featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and Leslie Smith will have to weigh no more than 145 pounds, the maximum allowed for a featherweight title fight.
Watch video of the ceremonial weigh-ins above, which are expected to start at 1 p.m. ET.
Check out the Bellator 259 weigh-in results below.
Main Card (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET)
Cris Cyborg (144.6) vs. Leslie Smith (143.6)
Darrion Caldwell (135.6) vs. Leandro Higo (137.5)*
Jaleel Willis (170.3) vs. Maycon Mendonca (170.9)
Austin Vanderford (185.3) vs. Fabian Edwards (185.5)
Valerie Loureda (125.8) vs. Hannah Guy (125.2)
Preliminary Card (MMA Fighting, 5:30 p.m. ET)
Saad Awad (155.1 vs. Nate Andrews (155.7)
Grant Neal (204.4) vs. Tyree Fortune (205.3)
Sumiko Inaba (125.5) vs. Kristina Katsikis (125.8)
Aviv Gozali (155.7) vs. Sean Felton (154.3)
Davion Franklin (264.8) vs. Tyler King (246.3)
Janay Harding (145.1) vs. Leah McCourt (149.4)**
Brett Johns (135.4) vs. Danny Sabatello (135.6)
Alfie Davis (155.1) vs. Alexander Shabliy (154.8)
*Higo missed weight for his bout against Darrion Caldwell by 1.5 pounds. Higo will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Caldwell and their bout will proceed at a catchweight
**McCourt missed weight for her bout against Janay Harding by 3.4 pounds. McCourt will forfeit 30 percent of her purse to Harding and their bout will proceed at a catchweight
A main card bout between Christian Edwards and Ben Parrish has been cancelled after Edwards failed a pre-fight physical and was not medically cleared to compete. Edwards (202.7) and Parrish (205.3) both successfully made weight Thursday morning. A preliminary bout between Valeria Loureda and Hannah Guy has been promoted to the main card.
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