NEW YORK – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Thursday’s early and official Bellator 222 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT).
The early weigh-ins take place at the Bellator host hotel in New York and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins (which are closed to the public), which take place at 1 p.m. ET. Madison Square Garden hosts Friday’s event, which streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Among those weighing in are welterweight champion Rory MacDonald (20-5-1 MMA, 2-1-1 BMMA) and Neiman Gracie (9-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), who meet in a title fight in the main event, which also serves as a semifinal fight in Bellator’s 170-pound grand prix tournament.
The full Bellator 222 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Rory MacDonald () vs. Neiman Gracie () – for welterweight title; grand prix semifinal
- Lyoto Machida () vs. Chael Sonnen ()
- Dillon Danis () vs. Max Humphrey ()
- Ricky Bandejas () vs. Patrick Mix ()
- Juan Archuleta () vs. Eduardo Dantas ()
- Champ Darrion Caldwell () vs. Kyoji Horiguchi () – for bantamweight title
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Adam Borics () vs. Aaron Pico ()
- Heather Hardy () vs. Taylor Turner ()
- Larkyn Dasch () vs. Valerie Loureda ()
- Robson Gracie Jr. () vs. Oscar Vera ()
- Mike Kimbel () vs. Sebastian Ruiz ()
- Haim Gozali () vs. Gustavo Wurlitzer ()
- Rena Kubota () vs. Lindsey VanZandt ()
- Phil Hawes () vs. Michael Wilcox ()
- Marcus Surin () vs. Nekruz Mirkhojaev ()
- Brandon Medina () vs. Brandon Polcare ()
- Whitney Francois () vs. Kastriot Xhema ()
- John Beneduce () vs. Kenny Rivera ()
For more on Bellator 222, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
