The official weigh-ins for Friday’s (Dec. 7, 2012) Bellator 83: Martinez vs. Shamhalaev event are set to go down this afternoon in Caesars Atlantic City. The same site hosts the live MTV2 event tomorrow in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Season Seven event features the featherweight tournament final pitting Rad Martinez and Russian Shahbulat Shamhalaev against one another in the main event.
Bellator Women’s strawweight champ Zoila Gurgel returns to the cage for the second time this year and will face Jessica Eye in a non-title flyweight match.
Former Bellator bantamweight champ Zach Makovsky also returns to the cage, his first fight since losing the title earlier this year by taking on Anthony Leone.
The main card for Bellator 83 will air on MTV2 starting at 8pm EST (5pm PST) with the prelim card streaming live at Spike.com starting at approx. 6pm EST.
Main Card (MTV2)
Featherweight Season Seven tournament final: Rad Martinez (145.5) vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (146)
Women’s flyweight bout: Zoila Gurgel (124.5) vs. Jessica Eye (124.5)
Bantamweight bout: Zach Makovsky (135.5) vs. Anthony Leone (136)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Heavyweight bout: Mike Wessel (263) vs. Alexei Kudin (237)
Lightweight bout: Darrel Horcher vs. (156) Chris Liguori (156)
Featherweight bout: Brylan Van Artsdalen (145) vs. Terrell Hobbs (145.5)
Flyweight bout: Tuan Pham (128)* vs. Matthew Lozano (125)
Bantamweight bout: Bo Harris (135.5) vs. Claudio Ledesma (135.5)
Bantameight bout: Jesse Brock (135.5) vs. Jimmie Rivera (136)