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Bellator 275 breakdown: What are Austin Vanderford’s chances to dethrone Gegard Mousasi – and how?

MMA Junkie fight analyst Dan Tom takes a closer look at the Bellator 275 main event between champ Gegard Mousasi and Austin Vanderford.

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the Bellator’s top bouts. Today, we look at the Bellator 275 main event between middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and challenger Austin Vanderford.

Bellator 275 takes place Friday at 3Arena in Dublin. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.

Bellator 275 weigh-in results: Gegard Mousasi, Austin Vanderford title fight official; one fighter heavy

Check out the results from the official Bellator 275 fighter weigh-ins.

The weigh-ins are in the books for Bellator 275, where all but one fighter made weight.

In the main event, middleweight champion [autotag]Gegard Mousasi[/autotag] (48-7-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) puts his title on the line against undefeated [autotag]Austin Vanderford[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA). Mousasi weighed in at 184.6 pounds; Vanderford was 183.7 pounds.

In the women’s featherweight co-headliner, [autotag]Leah McCourt[/autotag] (6-1 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) stepped on the scale at 145.8 pounds, while former title challenger [autotag]Sinead Kavanagh[/autotag] (7-5 MMA, 4-5 BMMA) was 145.6 pounds.

The weigh-ins took place at 3Arena in Dublin. The same venue hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.

The full Bellator 275 weigh-in results are below:

MAIN CARD (Showtime, 4 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Gegard Mousasi (184.6) vs. Austin Vanderford (183.7) – for middleweight title
  • Sinead Kavanagh (145.6) vs. Leah McCourt (145.8)
  • Ciaran Clarke (144.8) vs. Abou Tounkara (145.8)
  • Khasan Magomedsharipov (145.6) vs. Jose Sanchez (145.4)
  • Jornel Lugo (135.2) vs. Brian Moore (135.4)

PRELIMS (MMA Junkie, 1 p.m. ET)

  • Brett Johns (135.6) vs. Khurshed Kakhorov (134.8)
  • Davy Gallon (155.2) vs. Charlie Leary (155.2)
  • Danni McCormack (115.2) vs. Stephanie Page (114.9)
  • Darragh Kelly (155) vs. Junior Morgan (156)
  • Daniele Scatizzi (154.6) vs. Vladimir Tokov (155.4)
  • Gokhan Saricam (247.6) vs. Kirill Sidelnikov (264)
  • Nathan Kelly (145.4) vs. Scott Pedersen (144.8)
  • Lee Hammond (145.6) vs. Jamie Hay (146.8)*

* Hay missed the 146-pound limit.

Bellator 275: Make your predictions for Gegard Mousasi vs. Austin Vanderford

We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 275 event in Dublin.

We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 275 event in Dublin.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 275 main card staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. Bellator 275 takes place Friday at 3Arena in Dublin. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.

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