Three fighters including one main event participant have missed weight ahead of Bellator 283.
The official weigh-ins, which took place Thursday at Emerald Queen Casino Hotel in Tacoma, Wash., featured 24 fighters total. Among them was former Bellator welterweight champion [autotag]Douglas Lima[/autotag], who came in 1.8 pounds heavy for his headlining bout vs. [autotag]Jason Jackson[/autotag].
Lima (32-10 MMA, 14-6 BMMA) elected not to step on the scale a second time after his first attempt. His opponent Jackson (15-4 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) made weight at 171 pounds.
The other two fighters who missed weight were both from the preliminary portion of the card. [autotag]Kevin Boehm[/autotag] weighed 1.6 pounds over limit for his featherweight bout vs. [autotag]Akhmed Magomedov[/autotag]. Bantamweight [autotag]Mark Coates[/autotag] weighed 1.8 pounds over limit for his bantamweight bout vs. [autotag]Jaylon Bates[/autotag].
Bellator 283 takes place Friday at Emerald Queen Casino with the main card airing on Showtime after prelims on MMA Junkie.
Check out the full weigh-in results below:
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)
- Douglas Lima (172.8)* vs. Jason Jackson (171)
- Tofiq Musayev (155) vs. Sidney Outlaw (155.4)
- Chris Gonzalez (156) vs. Usman Nurmagomedov (155.2)
- Mukhamed Berkhamov (171) vs. Lorenz Larkin (170.8)
- Davion Franklin (264.2) vs. Marcelo Golm (257.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7 p.m. ET)
- Romero Cotton (185.6) vs. Dalton Rosta (185.4)
- Veta Arteaga (125.8) vs. Vanessa Porto (125.8)
- Kevin Boehm (147.6)** vs. Akhmed Magomedov (144.6)
- Bobby King (155.4) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (154.4)
- Roman Faraldo (170.6) vs. Luis Iniguez (170.8)
- Jaylon Bates (136) vs. Mark Coates (137.8)***
- Archie Colgan (159.6) vs. Bryan Nuro (159.2) – 160-pound contract weight
* = Lima missed welterweight limit by 1.8 pounds.
** = Boehm missed featherweight limit by 1.6 pounds.
*** = Coates missed the bantamweight limit by 1.8 pounds.
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