HONOLULU – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s early and official Bellator 236 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT, 9 a.m. local time).
The early weigh-ins take place the Bellator host hotel in Honolulu and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 4:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. local time) in the Tapa 1 Ballroom at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.
Bellator 236 takes place Saturday at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Among those weighing in are women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (10-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA), who fights in front of her home fans against challenger Kate Jackson (11-3-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA), and Derek Campos (20-9 MMA, 9-7 BMMA) and A.J. McKee (15-0 MMA, 15-0 BMMA), who meet in a quarterfinal bout in the ongoing featherweight grand prix.
The full Bellator 236 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (DAZN 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane () vs. Kate Jackson () – for women’s flyweight title
- Derek Campos () vs. A.J. McKee () – featherweight tournament quarterfinal
- Jason Jackson () vs. Kiichi Kunimoto ()
- Bruna Ellen () vs. Juliana Velasquez ()
- Cheyden Leialoha () vs. Raufeon Stots ()
- Nainoa Dung () vs. Zach Zane ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 8:30 p.m. ET)
- Keoni Diggs () vs. Scotty Hao ()
- Spencer Higa () vs. Kai Kamaka III ()
- Dustin Barca () vs. Brandon Pieper ()
- Kealii Kanekoa () vs. Ben Wilhelm ()
- Kaylan Gorospe () vs. Swayne Lunasco ()
- Chas Dunhour () vs. Nate Yoshimura ()