Bellator Fighting Championships heads to the Orleans Room at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana this evening for the Bellator 61 official weigh-ins.
Sixteen fighters hit the scales for Friday’s live event, at the Horseshoe Riverdome, including all eight fighters of the opening round of the season six middleweight tournament.
A season five heavyweight final between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos was to headline but has since been moved to Bellator 62 because Prindle became ill over the last few days during his weight cut.
Friday’s live event will take place on television as well as via video stream. The main card will air live on MTV2 beginning at 8pm EST (5pm PST), with portions of the prelim card streaming live at Spike.com before and after the main card starting at 7pm EST.
The full Bellator 61 card is as follows:
Main Card (MTV2)
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Maiquel Falcao (186.6)* vs. Norman Paraisy (186)
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (185.6) vs. Victor O’Donnell (186)
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Giva Santana (186) vs. Bruno Santos (186)
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Vitor Vianna (185.6) vs. Brian Rogers (186)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Catchweight (165 lbs) bout: Brent Taylor (165.2) vs. Josh Quayhagen (164.6)
Welterweight bout: Derrick Krantz (170.4) vs. Eric Scallan (170.4)
Bantamweight bout: Jeremy Myers (141) vs. Jason Sampson (134.6)
Middleweight bout: Trey Houston (185) vs. Jeremiah Riggs (185.8)
* Update: Falcao made weight on second attempt
Season Five Heavyweight Tournament Final bout: Eric Prindle vs. Thiago Santos – Pulled from card, will take place at Bellator 62