Sonnen, Silva, entire main card make weight for Bellator NYC
Ahead of the biggest event in company history, Bellator's marquee names took care of business on the scale.
Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva made weight for the 205-pound main event of Bellator NYC on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, as did heavyweight co-headliners Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione.
#BellatorNYC main event is official. @ChaelSonnen (205.8) and @WandFC (205.8) have both made weight. pic.twitter.com/XFAAWlktbD
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) June 23, 2017
The Bellator NYC pay-per-view show and the accompanying Bellator 180 Spike television broadcast will also see the lightweight, welterweight, and light heavyweight titles contested. All six participants successfully made championship weight.
All the fighters on the televised Bellator 180 portion of the card hit the scales without issue, with only preliminary fighters Matt Rizzo, Sergio da Silva, and Bradley Desir were off the mark.
See the full results below (courtesy of MMAFighting.com):
Bellator NYC (PPV)
Chael Sonnen (205.8) vs. Wanderlei Silva (205.8)
Fedor Emelianenko (236.4) vs. Matt Mitrione (256.6)
Michael Chandler (153.8) vs. Brent Primus (154.2)
Douglas Lima (170) vs. Lorenz Larkin (169.8)
Aaron Pico (156) vs. Zach Freeman (155.8)
Bellator 180 (Spike TV)
Phil Davis (204.8) vs. Ryan Bader (204.4)
James Gallagher (144.4) vs. Chinzo Machida (146)
Neiman Gracie (170.4) vs. Dave Marfone (170.4)
Heather Hardy (125.2) vs. Alice Yauger (125.6)
Preliminaries
Ryan Couture (168.8) vs. Haim Gozali (169.2)
Jerome Mickle (155.8) vs. Anthony Giacchina (157.4)
John Salgado (168.2) vs. Hugh McKenna (168.8)
Matt Rizzo (133.6) vs. Sergio da Silva (137.6)
Bradley Desir (160.6) vs. Nate Grebb (155.4)
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