TEMECULA, Calif. – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from today’s early and official Bellator 219 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif., and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 3 p.m. ET at Pechanga Resort Casino
Bellator 219 takes place Friday at the same venue. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Among those weighing in are Saad Awad (23-10 MMA, 11-7 BMMA) and Brandon Girtz (15-8 MMA, 7-6 BMMA), who meet in the lightweight main event. In the co-feature, former featherweight champion Daniel Straus (24-8 MMA, 11-5 BMMA) returns from a lengthy layoff following an accident and moves to lightweigh to fight Shane Kruchten (12-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA).
The full Bellator 219 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN 9 p.m. ET)
- Saad Awad () vs. Brandon Girtz ()
- Shane Kruchten () vs. Daniel Straus ()
- Mike Jasper () vs. Andrey Koreshkov ()
- Keith Berry () vs. Joe Schilling ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 8 p.m. ET)
- Marcus Anthony () vs. Joey Davis ()
- Dalton Rosta () vs. Cody Vidal ()
- Shawn Bunch () vs. Dominic Mazzotta ()
- A.J. Matthews () vs. David Rickels ()
- Janay Harding () vs. Marina Mokhnatkina ()
- Weber Almeida () vs. Johnny Soto ()
- Joshua Jones () vs. Darren Smith Jr. ()
- Johnny Cisneros () vs. John Mercurio ()
- Ricky Furar () vs. Roman Puga ()
- Kelvin Gentapanan () vs. David Pacheco ()
- Eugene Correa () vs. Sunni Imhotep ()
For more on Bellator 219, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.