All fighters are on weight for tonight’s Bellator MMA event at the WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma.
The event’s main card will air live on Spike TV and features welterweight champion Ben Askren in the main event against challenger Karl Amoussou.
Also on the card is Muhammad ‘King Mo’ Lawal. The former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion is making his debut for Bellator against Polish prospect Przemyslaw Mysiala.
Tonight’s event will host three quarter-final fights for the latest welterweight tournament, which will play out over the coming weeks to produce a challenger for the winner of tonight’s welterweight championship fight.
The first fight taking place at 7 p.m. CST and the undercard streams live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 9 p.m. CST and will air live on Spike TV.
The full results from the Bellator MMA weigh-in are below:
Bellator Welterweight Championship Fight:
Ben Askren (169.8) vs. Karl Amoussou (167.4)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight:
Przemyslaw Mysiala (205.6) vs. King Mo (205.0)
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight:
Douglas Lima (170.6) vs. Michail Tsarev (170.0)
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight:
Koffie Adzitso (170.8) vs. Ben Saunders (169.8)
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight:
Marius Zaromskis (169.2) vs. Brent Weedman (171.0)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight:
Raul Amaya (171.0) vs. Jose Gomes (170.8)
Middleweight Feature Fight:
Matt Jones (182.8) vs. Cortez Coleman (186.0)
Catchweight Feature Fight (140 lbs.):
Chris Pham (139.6) vs. Jason Sampson (137.4)
Lightweight Feature Fight:
Zach Church (154.6) vs. Damon Jackson (155.2)
Featherweight Feature Fight:
Hunter Tucker (145.0) vs. Javier Obregon (146.0)
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