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Bellator 222 Weigh-In Results

Bellator MMA officials have held the weigh-ins for the upcoming Bellator 222 event. Bellator 222 is set to take place on Friday, June 14, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The preliminary card will air online at 6:30 PM EST while the main card will air on DAZN at 10:00 PM […]

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Bellator MMA officials have held the weigh-ins for the upcoming Bellator 222 event.

Bellator 222 is set to take place on Friday, June 14, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The preliminary card will air online at 6:30 PM EST while the main card will air on DAZN at 10:00 PM EST.

Rory MacDonald vs. Neiman Gracie in a Welterweight Grand Prix Semifinal Title bout will headline this event. Lyoto Machida vs. Chael Sonnen in a light heavyweight bout will serve as the co-headliner.

Rounding out the six bout main card is Dillon Danis vs. Max Humphrey in a 175-pound catchweight bout, Ricky Bandejas vs. Patrick Mix in a bantamweight bout, Eduardo Dantas vs. Juan Archuleta in a featherweight bout, and Darrion Caldwell vs. Kyoji Horiguchi in a bantamweight title bout.

Bellator 222 Weigh-In Results

The weigh-ins for Bellator 222 on Thursday. Here are the weigh-in results:

Main Card (DAZN/10 p.m. ET)

Welterweight World Grand Prix Semifinal Title Bout: Rory MacDonald (20-5-1) vs. Neiman Gracie (9-0)

Light Heavyweight Co-Main Event Bout: Lyoto Machida (25-8) vs. Chael Sonnen (31-16-1)

175-Pound Catchweight Bout: Dillon Danis (1-0) vs. Max Humphrey (3-2)

Bantamweight Bout: Ricky Bandejas (11-2) vs. Patrick Mix (10-0)

Featherweight Bout: Eduardo Dantas (21-6) vs. Juan Archuleta (22-1)

Bantamweight World Title Bout: Darrion Caldwell (13-2) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (27-2)

Undercard (Online/6:30 p.m. EST)

Featherweight Bout: Aaron Pico (4-2) vs. Adam Borics (12-0)

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Heather Hardy (2-1) vs. Taylor Turner (3-5)

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Valerie Loureda (1-0) vs. Larkyn Dasch (0-1)

Welterweight Bout: Robson Gracie Jr. (1-0) vs. Oscar Vera (Pro Debut)

Bantamweight Bout: Mike Kimbel (2-1) vs. Sebastian Ruiz (2-2)

175-Pound Catchweight Bout: Haim Gozali (10-6) vs. Gustavo Wurlitzer (22-22, 1 NC)

Women’s 112-Pound Catchweight Bout: Rena Kubota (8-2) vs. Lindsay VanZandt (5-1)

Middleweight Bout: Phil Hawes (4-2) vs. Michael Wilcox (6-3)

Lightweight Bout: Marcus Surin (5-1) vs. Nekruz Mirkhojaev (4-2)

Flyweight Bout: Brandon Medina (Pro Debut) vs. Brandon Polcare (1-2)

165-Pound Catchweight Bout: Kastriot Xhema (2-3) vs. Whitney Jean Francois (2-6-1)

Featherweight Bout: John Beneduce (2-2) vs. Kenny Rivera (2-1)

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Bellator’s Heather Hardy Focused On Entertaining After Receiving Death Threats

Bellator women’s flyweight Heather Hardy realizes that entertaining the fans is as important as winning fights. Hardy entered the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2017 where she enjoyed a successful Bellator debut against Alice Yauger, winning via TKO. Her next fight was a bloody war with Kristina Williams, which she eventually lost via […]

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Bellator women’s flyweight Heather Hardy realizes that entertaining the fans is as important as winning fights.

Hardy entered the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2017 where she enjoyed a successful Bellator debut against Alice Yauger, winning via TKO. Her next fight was a bloody war with Kristina Williams, which she eventually lost via TKO after the doctors called an end to the fight.

The boxing champion got back to her winning ways at Bellator 194 in February last year when she out-pointed Ana Julaton. However, unlike her previous two fights, this was mostly a grappling bout which the crowd did not appreciate. She then checked her social media, where she received death threats for her performance.

As a result, she now plans on putting a beating on Taylor Turner, who she will face at Bellator 222 this Friday:

“I was crying the next day,” Hardy told MMA Junkie. “I had to put my social media down. I got better feedback from when that girl [Williams] broke my face than I did with the boring jiu-jitsu fight. I insulted the masses.

“All the fans hated it. They were sending me death threats. And it was then that I realized before I’m an athlete, I’m a performer, I’m an entertainer, and if I’m not entertaining then it doesn’t matter. So my personal goals don’t really make a difference. I gotta go in there and beat the (expletive) out of of this girl, and I don’t really care how it looks, and give the fans what they want to see.”

Hardy Training At Serra-Longo

Her mindset is not the only thing that has changed. For this upcoming fight, Hardy will also be showing the results of training with a new fight camp in Long Island’s Serra-Longo. She was previously training in Renzo Gracie’s gym:

“I have a new fight camp, I’m training out at Longo-Serra, so I have all these, like, I love it out there because they’re all fight nerds like me, you know?” Hardy added. “They break everything down, they explain things to you, you get like really hands-on training, so I’m super excited for the progress I’ve made and the new stuff I’ve learned.

“It’s hard to get a coach to commit to you when you’re flopping back and forth in both sports, so, you know, it’s an awesome coach at Renzo’s, and he’s a busy guy. It’s hard for him to commit to me when I’m not committing to him. I had my last fight, and I took two boxing matches, had to do my world title, and you can’t be doing wrestling and jiu-jitsu when you’re going into a world title fight, so he kind of didn’t want to work with me anymore, and I had to find a new coach. Ray Longo didn’t know it, but now he’s stuck with me.”

Bellator 222 takes place Friday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It will be headlined by a welterweight grand prix semifinal between champion Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie.

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Bellator 222 Live Weigh-in Results Today (June 13)

The Bellator 222 weigh-ins are set. Today (June 13), all 36 fighters on the Bellator 222 card are set to tip the scales. Of course that includes headliners Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie. MacDonald’s welterweight title will be on the line in th…

The Bellator 222 weigh-ins are set. Today (June 13), all 36 fighters on the Bellator 222 card are set to tip the scales. Of course that includes headliners Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie. MacDonald’s welterweight title will be on the line in this Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix semifinal match. The morning weigh-ins will begin […]

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Dillon Danis: “I’m A Level Above Everybody” in MMA

Dillon Danis has one professional mixed martial arts fight and one victory in his career, yet he is already certain that he is cut from a different cloth from other mixed martial artists. Danis will have another opportunity to back up these claims when…

Dillon Danis has one professional mixed martial arts fight and one victory in his career, yet he is already certain that he is cut from a different cloth from other mixed martial artists. Danis will have another opportunity to back up these claims when he takes on 3-2 Max Humphrey at Bellator 222 this Friday, […]

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Bellator 222’s Lyoto Machida Says Fighting In MSG Is ‘Dream Come True’

Lyoto Machida is happy to get an opportunity to compete inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena” Madison Square Garden in New York City. This Friday night (June 14), Machida will collide with Chael Sonnen. The bout is being contested in…

Lyoto Machida is happy to get an opportunity to compete inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena” Madison Square Garden in New York City. This Friday night (June 14), Machida will collide with Chael Sonnen. The bout is being contested in the light heavyweight division and serves as Bellator 222‘s co-main event. While Bellator president Scott […]

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Bellator 222 Media Day Staredowns Video

Fighters took the stage as part of Bellator 222 media day today, as the promotion prepares for their next show. The media for the event is now in full swing as it goes down on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The preliminary card will air online at […]

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Fighters took the stage as part of Bellator 222 media day today, as the promotion prepares for their next show.

The media for the event is now in full swing as it goes down on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The preliminary card will air online at 6:30 p.m. EST while the main card will air on DAZN at 10:00 p.m. EST. Rory MacDonald vs. Neiman Gracie in a Welterweight Grand Prix Semifinal Title bout will headline this event. Lyoto Machida vs. Chael Sonnen in a light heavyweight bout will serve as the co-headliner.

The top fighters squared off Wednesday afternoon. Check out the video here, courtesy of MMA Fighting:

Bellator 222 Media Day Staredowns Video

Main Card (DAZN/10 p.m. ET)

  • Welterweight World Grand Prix Semifinal Title Bout: (C) Rory MacDonald (20-5-1) vs. Neiman Gracie (9-0)
  • Light Heavyweight: Lyoto Machida (25-8) vs. Chael Sonnen (31-16-1)
  • Catchweight (175 pounds): Dillon Danis (1-0) vs. Max Humphrey (3-2)
  • Bantamweight: Ricky Bandejas (11-2) vs. Patrick Mix (10-0)
  • Featherweight: Eduardo Dantas (21-6) vs. Juan Archuleta (22-1)
  • Bantamweight: (C) Darrion Caldwell (13-2) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (27-2)

Undercard (Online/6:30 p.m. EST)

  • Featherweight: Aaron Pico (4-2) vs. Adam Borics (12-0)
  • Women’s Flyweight: Heather Hardy (2-1) vs. Taylor Turner (3-5)
  • Women’s Flyweight: Valerie Loureda (1-0) vs. Larkyn Dasch (0-1)
  • Welterweight: Robson Gracie Jr. (1-0) vs. Oscar Vera (Pro Debut)
  • Bantamweight: Mike Kimbel (2-1) vs. Sebastian Ruiz (2-2)
  • Catchweight (175 pounds): Haim Gozali (10-6) vs. Gustavo Wurlitzer (22-22, 1 NC)
  • Catchweight (112 pounds): Rena Kubota (8-2) vs. Lindsay VanZandt (5-1)
  • Middleweight: Phil Hawes (4-2) vs. Michael Wilcox (6-3)
  • Lightweight: Marcus Surin (5-1) vs. Nekruz Mirkhojaev (4-2)
  • Flyweight: Brandon Medina (Pro Debut) vs. Brandon Polcare (1-2)
  • Catchweight (165 pounds): Kastriot Xhema (2-3) vs. Whitney Jean Francois (2-6-1)
  • Featherweight: John Beneduce (2-2) vs. Kenny Rivera (2-1)

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