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Bellator inks CFFC heavyweight champ Shawn Teed, will face Steve Mowry at Bellator 249

CFFC heavyweight champion is the latest American regional promotion champion headed to Bellator. A former Dana White's Contender Series competitor, Teed (6-2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has signed a multi-fight deal with the promotion and is set to make his promotional debut Oct.…A former Dana White’s Contender Series competitor, Teed (6-2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has signed a multi-fight deal with the promotion and is set to make his promotional debut Oct. 15 against Steve Mowry on the Bellator 249 prelims, which take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

Bellator MMA News & Features. Bellator 249 Weigh - in Results : ‘ Cyborg ,’ Blencowe The main card airs on CBS Sports Network and Dazn at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while the prelims Blencowe previously challenged for featherweight gold at Bellator 189, where she fell to Budd via split decision.

Daley weighed in anyway, 2 .5 pounds over the welterweight weight limit of 171 lb. Bellator 249 : Cyborg vs. Blencowe is an upcoming mixed martial arts event scheduled for October 15, 2020 from the Mohegan Sun ^ " Bellator 246 Weigh - In Results , 2 Fighters Miss, Fightful MMA". fightful.com.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – MMA Junkie was on scene at Wednesday’s official Bellator 249 fighter weigh-ins at Mohegan Sun Arena, where two fighters missed weight.

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Two main card fighters missed their marks by three pounds. Half of Thursday’s co-main event, Jaleel Willis (13-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), came in heavy at 159 pounds ahead of his promotional return against Patricky Freire (23-9 MMA, 14-7 BMMA).

And Leandro Higo (19-5 MMA, 2-3 BMMA) missed weight at 139 pounds for his main card fight against Ricky Bandejas (13-4 MMA, 3-3 BMMA), who made weight at 136 pounds.

Bellator 249 lineup finalized with late additions Aviv Gozali, Andrew Kapel

The Bellator 249 lineup is finalized with two late additions to next week’s card. On Wednesday, the promotion rounded out its return to the U.S. with a welterweight bout between and , a Bellator official informed MMA Junkie. Additionally, the promotion official…On Wednesday, the promotion rounded out its return to the U.S. with a welterweight bout between Aviv Gozali and Logan Neal, a Bellator official informed MMA Junkie.

UFC News & Features. UFC 249 Weigh - in Results : Title Doubleheader Set Ever the professional, Ferguson once again made championship weight by coming in at 155 pounds on the dot. In the co- main event, Henry Cejudo will look to make his first bantamweight title defense against former

MMAFighting.com : Bellator 249 weigh - in video. MMAFighting.com : Ciryl Gane vs. Ante Delija scrapped from UFC Fight Island 6 card . MMA Junkie : Bellator 249 weigh - in results : Cyborg , Blencowe on weight , but two main card fighters heavy .

After the conclusion of the ceremonial weigh-ins and faceoffs, Higo issued a statement on Instagram explaining his weight miss. Higo wrote that an unexpected flight delay “severely” affected hit weight cut.

Middleweight Curtis Millender (18-6 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) weighed in as an alternate and will be paid by the promotion despite his fight against Joe Schilling being canceled earlier this week.

Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (22-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and challenger Arlene Blencowe (13-7 MMA, 6-3 BMMA) made championship weight for their main event bout at Mohegan Sun Arena.

The full Bellator 249 weigh-in results included:

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ABU DHABI – spoke to the media ahead of his fight with Modestas Bukauskas at UFC on ESPN+ 38. Crute (11-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) discussed his light heavyweight bout with Bukauskas (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), his willingness to fight down in the rankings, living in a van outside…Crute (11-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) discussed his light heavyweight bout with Bukauskas (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), his willingness to fight down in the rankings, living in a van outside his gym to maintain focus, his desire to fight new light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and more.

One fighter missed weight : John Nicholls (*157.6), who came in 1.6 pounds heavy for his lightweight bout, and he has been fined 20 percent of his purse. Bellator Birmingham Weigh - in Results : Brent Primus (154. 2 ) vs. Tim Wilde (155.4) Fabian Edwards (185.8) vs. Falco Neto Lopes (183.8) Derek

Bellator MMA is returning to its favorite stomping grounds in Thackerville, Oklahoma, this Friday for Bellator 233, and two fighters have missed weight . Opening up the main card at heavyweight, undefeated prospect Tyrell Fortune (247.7) meets Oct152020 Bellator 249 - Cyborg vs. Blencowe .

MAIN CARD (CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ Cris Cyborg (145) vs. Arlene Blencowe (144.5) – for women’s featherweight title Patricky Freire (155.5) vs. Jaleel Willis (159)* Ricky Bandejas (136) vs. Leandro Higo (139)** Saad Awad (155.5) vs. Mandel Nallo (155.9)

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7:30 p.m. ET)

Steve Mowry (250.2) vs. Shawn Teed (255.4) Joseph Creer (183.3) vs. Andrew Kapel (185.8) Kyle Crutchmer (170.2) vs. Kemran Lachinov (170.2) Christian Edwards (204.5) vs. Hamza Salim (204.2) Da’Mon Blackshear (140) vs. Mike Kimbel (139.2) Aviv Gozali (168.8) vs. Logan Neal (169.3) Albert Gonzales (169.5) vs. Kastriot Xhema (169.7)

*Willis missed the welterweight limit by three pounds. He will be fined a percentage of his purse by Bellator.

**Higo missed the bantamweight limit by three pounds. He will be fined a percentage of his purse by Bellator.

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