The Bellator Fighting Championships presents the third event of it’s fifth season on Saturday, with the bantamweight tournament quarterfinals headlining the Ohio event.
Weigh-ins for the Bellator 51 event took place today, Sept. 23, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame with a total of twenty fighters hitting the scales for the ten bout card.
Bellator 51 is scheduled to take place on September 24 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center in Canton, Ohio. The four bout bantamweight quarterfinal main card is set to air live on MTV2 (on EPIX in HD) in the U.S., while Canadian fans can view the event on theScore.
Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren (135 lbs) drops down to bantamweight for the tournament and meets Alexis Vila in the main event of the Bellator 51 event.
The full Bellator 51 weigh-in results are as follows:
Main Card
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Alexis Vila (134.5) vs. Joe Warren (135)
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Luis Nogueira (134) vs. Ed West (134)
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Marcos Galvao (135) vs. Chase Beebe (135)
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Wilson Reis (135.5) vs. Eduardo Dantas (134.5)
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Clint Musser (154.4) vs Joey Holt (153.5)
Light Heavyweight bout: John Hawk (204) vs Allan Weickert (200)
Light heavyweight bout: Dane Bonnigson (203) vs Dan Spohn (201.5)
Bantamweight bout: Farkhad Sharipov (135) vs Jesse Riggleman (135.5)
Featherweight bout: Frank Caraballo (142.5) vs Dustin Kempf (143.5)
Women’s (125 lbs) bout: Casey Noland (127.5) vs. Jessica Eye (125)