The Fighters for Bellator 171 jumped on the scale today in Kansas City, all but 2 made weight
Bellator 171 takes place tomorrow night just outside Kansas City. The fighters jumped on the scale today to qualify for their bouts tomorrow. All the fighters involved made weight, with the exception of two fighters. Brandon Phillips weighed in at 146.8 which is eight tenths of a pound more than he’s allowed to weigh. On the preliminary card, Jordan Young missed the Middleweight mark, weighing in at 187.4 pounds. Bellator made no immediate announcement as to what the process is for those fighters who missed weight.
The main event fight was scheduled to be a 175 pound catchweight fight, but was announced as a 180 pound catchweight during the weigh ins. One of the two fighters was not going to make 175, so they pushed it to 180. Both guys made 180 without an issue so the fight will go on as scheduled.
Jimmy Smith asked Melvin Guillard about the fight and he said, “I’m still hungry, I’m only 33 not that old. It’s going to be a good main event tomorrow night. The fans will get what they paid for.”
When asked what it would be like to add a big name like Melvin Guillard to his win column Chidi said the following. “It’d be dope man, Melvin is a veteran in the game and shit, it’d be dope to bang it out with him.”
180 lb. Catchweight
Melvin Guillard 178.1
Chidi Njokuani 179.7
Welterweight
Dave Rickels 170.3
Aaron Derrow 169.8*
Featherweight
A.J. McKee 145.6
Brandon Phillips 146.8
Flyweight
Jessica Middleton 126
Alice Yauger 125.7
Preliminary Card:
Middleweight
Chris Harris 184.7
Jordan Young 187*
Featherweight
Gaston Reyno 145.2
Justin Overton 146
Weltereweight
Will Lavine 170.8
Domo Garcia 170.5
Welterweight
Chance Rencountre 170
Jake Lindsay 170.9
Bantamweight
Johnny Marigo 135.5
Joe Fulk 135.9
Welterweight
Manny Meraz 170.2
Scott Heston 170.1
Lightweight
Craig Farley 155.5
Mike Breeden 155.9
Heavyweight
Jarod Trice 223.6
Kevin Woltkamp 238
Heavyweight
Tyrell Fortune 244.4
Will Johnson 228.1
Flyweight
Bruna Ellen 125
Carmella James 124.2