Official fighter weigh-ins for Thursday's Bellator 34 event took place today, and all eight main-card fighters made weight without issue.
The festivities took place at The Paradise Live inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
With a pair of titles on the line, middleweight champion Hector Lombard and challenger Alexander Shlemenko each weighed well under the division's 185-pound limit, while female tournament finalists and title challengers Megumi Fujii also avoided their division's 115-pound mark.
Today's weigh-ins preceded Thursday's FOX Sports Net-televised event, the final fight card in Bellator's third season, which also takes place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
The muscular Lombard weighed 183.25 pounds, and his pre-fight comments were short and sweet.
"It's going to be a good fight," Lombard said.
The dynamic Shlemenko was equally brief but no less confident.
"My style will make me a winner, and everybody will see that," Shlemenko said through his interpreter.
Meanwhile, he night's co-main event fighters, who will compete for Bellator's first-ever 115-pound female title, both appeared confident in their chances to take the belt.
Widely considered the world's top pound-for-pound female fighter, Japanese import Fujii said she plans on capitalizing on her grappling skills.
"She's a very good striker, but I'd like to take her down," Fujii said through an interpreter.
Meanwhile, Frausto said she'll be at her very best after taking part in a full training camp.
"I'm healthy," Frausto said. "I'm ready to go. I was able to train for this fight and not be on a treadmill the whole time."
Preliminary card fighter John Kelly registered one-and-a-half pound over the accepted 171-pound welterweight limit, but the promotion made no mention of a need for him to weigh-in a second time.The full weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD * Champ Hector Lombard (183.25) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (184.75) - for middleweight title
* Zoila Frausto (114.5) vs. Megumi Fujii (113.5) - women's 115-pound tourney finale
* Mike Bernhard (185.75) vs. Dragan Tesanovic (185.5)
* Raphael Davis (205.5) vs. Tony Lopez (204.5)PRELIMINARY CARD * William Kuhn (170) vs. John Kelly (172.25)
* Ralph Acosta (135) vs. Tulio Quintanilla (135.5)
* Frank Carrillo (184.25) vs. Moyses Gabin (184.25)
* Bounmy Somchay (161) vs. J.P Reese (159.25)
* Igor Almeida (184.5) vs. Dan Cramer (185.5)Source:
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