Bellator 226 Weigh-In Results & Live Stream

Bellator MMA officials have held the weigh-ins for the upcoming Bellator 226 event.  The event is set to take place on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from San Jose, California at the SAP Center. The preliminary card will air on DAZN at 6:45 p.m. ET. while the main card will air on DAZN at 10:00 p.m. […]

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Bellator MMA officials have held the weigh-ins for the upcoming Bellator 226 event. 

The event is set to take place on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from San Jose, California at the SAP Center. The preliminary card will air on DAZN at 6:45 p.m. ET. while the main card will air on DAZN at 10:00 p.m. ET.

Ryan Bader vs. Cheick Kongo for the Bellator heavyweight title will headline the show. In the co-headliner, Derek Campos vs. Daniel Straus takes place in a featherweight grand prix opening round bout. 

Rounding out the six bout main card includes four featherweight grand prix opening round bouts. Those include Adam Borics vs. Pat Curran, Tywan Claxton vs. Emmanuel Sanchez, and Pedro Carvalho vs. Sam Sicilia. 

Opening the main card is Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey in a featherweight bout. 

Bellator 226 Weigh-In Results

The weigh-ins for Bellator 226 took place on Friday. Here are the weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Heavyweight title bout: Ryan Bader vs. Cheick Kongo
  • Featherweight grand prix opening round bout: Derek Campos vs. Daniel Straus 
  • Featherweight grand prix opening round bout: Adam Borics vs. Pat Curran 
  • Featherweight grand prix opening round bout: Tywan Claxton vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
  • Featherweight grand prix opening round bout: Pedro Carvalho vs. Sam Sicilia
  • Featherweight bout: Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey

PRELIMINARY CARD (DAZN, 6:45 p.m. ET)

  • Featherweight bout: Ashleigh Grimshaw vs. John Teixeira
  • Middleweight bout: Ivan Batinich vs. Daniel Compton
  • Middleweight bout: Evan Gubera vs. Cornelius Savage
  • Bantamweight bout: Cass Bell vs. Isaiah Rocha
  • Lightweight bout: Chris Gonzalez vs. Luis Vargas
  • Women’s featherweight bout: Jessica Borga vs. Amber Leibrock
  • Middleweight bout: Alan Benson vs. Favian Gutierrez
  • Lightweight bout: Adam Piccolotti vs. Jake Smith
  • Flyweight bout: Jonathan Adams vs. Daniel Gonzalez
  • Welterweight bout: Batsumberel Dagvadorj vs. James Terry
  • Catchweight bout: Elias Anderson vs. Peter Ishiguro
  • Middleweight bout: Hyder Amil vs. Ignacio Ortiz
  • Welterweight bout: Renato Alves vs. Abraham Vaesau
  • Catchweight bout: Albert Gonzales vs. Tyson Miller

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