On Thursday, Sept. 24, Bellator MMA will host the weigh-ins for its 143rd event which takes place Friday, Sept. 25, from theĀ State Farm Arena inĀ Hidalgo, Texas.
The main event features a bantamweight clash between former two-division titleholder Joe Warren and hard-charging veteran L.C. Davis. Warren will be looking to right the ship after losing his bantamweight title to Marcos Galvao at Bellator 135 in March. The submission loss snapped a five-fight winning streak for the wrestling stalwart. The WEC veteran Davis, meanwhile, earned his third straight win inside the Bellator cage at the same event with a decision win over Hideo Tokoro in a “Fight of the Year” candidate.
In the co-main event of the evening, a pair of former title challengers meet in the middleweight division as UFC veterans Kendall Grove and Joey Beltran lock horns. Grove suffered a fourth-round TKO loss to Brandon Halsey in May to move his Bellator record to 2-2. Beltran bounced back from a title defeat to then-light heavyweight champion Emanuel Newton, with a contentious decision win over Brian Rogers in his middleweight debut.
The event kicks off Friday with a preliminary card stream on Spike.com at 6:30 p.m. ET. The four-fight main card follows at 9 p.m ET on Spike.
The fighters hit the scales at 6Ā p.m. ET. Below is a live stream of the actionĀ (courtesy of Bellator MMA), while the results appear below.
Joey Beltran (186) vs. Kendall Grove (185.5)
Henry Corrales (145.5) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (146)
Vinicius Queiroz (230) vs. Ewerton Teixeira (236)
Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Nick Gonzalez (172.75)*
Dan Charles (232.5) vs. Chase Gormley (263)
Shawn Bunch (135.5) vs. Darrion Caldwell (135.5)
Gleristone Santos (146) vs. John Teixeira (146)
LukeĀ Flores (155.5) vs. Guillermo Gonzalez (155)
Jared Chaffee (155) vs. Guilherme Farias da Costa (156)
Abdul Razak Al-Hassan (170.5) vs. Bryce Meija (171)
Saul Elizondo (135) vs. Amador Ramos (134.75)
Eduardo Bustillos (136) vs. Steve Garcia (135.5)
*The bout between Gonzalez and Couture was scrapped due to Gonzalez missing weight