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Bellator 286 weigh-in results: Two fighters miss weight

LOS ANGELES – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official Bellator 286 fighter weigh-ins.

The weigh-ins took place at the Bellator host hotel in Los Angeles. The nearby Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif., hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.

Among those weighing in were featherweight champion Patricio Freire (33-5 MMA, 21-5 BMMA) and challenger Adam Borics (18-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA), as well as former featherweight champ A.J. McKee (18-1 MMA, 18-1 BMMA), who is moving up to lightweight for the first time to fight Spike Carlyle (14-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) – who came in heavy – in the co-main event.

The full Bellator 286 weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD (Showtime 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Patricio Freire (144.6) vs. Adam Borics (145) – for featherweight title
  • Spike Carlyle (156.6)* vs. A.J. McKee (155.8)
  • Jeremy Kennedy (145) vs. Aaron Pico (144.6)
  • Juan Archuleta (141) vs. Enrique Barzola (137.4) – 141-pound contract weight fight

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie 7 p.m. ET)

  • Nick Browne (156) vs. Islam Mamedov (155.2)
  • Vladimir Tokov (154.6) vs. Jay Jay Wilson (156)
  • Khadzhimurat Bestaev (185.2) vs. Khalid Murtazaliev (186)
  • Sumiko Inaba (124.8) vs. Nadine Mandiau (125.8)
  • Weber Almeida (144.6) vs. Ryan Lilley (144)
  • Dominic Clark (158.2)* vs. Lance Gibson (155.4)
  • Mike Hamel (155.6) vs. Max Rohskopf (155.4)
  • Cee Jay Hamilton (135.2) vs. Richard Palencia (136)
  • Keoni Diggs (155.6) vs. Ricardo Seixas (156)
  • Miguel Peimbert (131.8) vs. Bobby Seronio III (136)

* Carlyle missed weight by 0.6 pounds; fine amount TBD
** Clark missed lightweight limit by 2.2 pounds on first attempt

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 286.

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