Bellator 97 Weigh-ins Jacques & Wright Miss Mark -

The weigh-ins for Bellator 97 took place on Tuesday, July 30, at the Stage night club inside of the Santa nna Star Casino. Bellator 97 will take place on Wednesday, July 31, at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with a special start time of 3:30 PM MT. With two titles on the line, two tournament finals, and the summer series Bantamweight semifinals this is the most stacked Bellator card ever. The last thing two do to make it all official is hit the scales.

Spike TV Main Card 5:00 PM MT

Michael Chandler 154.6 vs. David Rickles 154.6 – Lightweight Title Bout

Ben Askren 169.9 vs. Andrey Kopreshkov 169.2 – Welterweight Title Bout.

Muhammed Lawal 205.6 vs. Jacob Noe 205.7 – Light Heavyweight Tournament Final

Vitaly Minakov 239.1 vs. Ryan Martinez 262.7- Heavyweight Tournament Final

Patricio Freire 145.1 vs. Jared Downing145.9 – Featherweight

Spike.com Prelims 3:30 PM MT

Will Brooks 157.5 vs. Chris Leyva 157.3 – 157lbs. Catchweight

Rodrigo Lima 135.4 vs. Rafael Silva 136.6 – Bantamweight Semifinal

Frank Baca 135.4 vs. Anthony Leone 135.9 – Bantamweight Semifinal

Bubba Jenkins 156 vs. Mike Barreras 155.8 – Lightweight

Keith Berry 189.9 vs. Jeremy Kimball 189.2 – 190 lbs. Catchweight

Felipe Chavez 134.9 vs. Adrian Cruz 136 – Bantamweight

Shawn Bunch 135.6 vs. Russell Wilson 135.6 – Bantamweight

Donald Sanchez 145.4 vs. *Cliff Wright 148.8 – Featherweight

*Richard Jacquez 151.2 vs. Javier Palacios 148.4 – 150 lbs. Catchweight

Cliff Wright was given 2 hours to lose 2.8 lbs., but instead elected to forfeit an undisclosed portion of his purse; the same decision was made by Richard Jacquez who was unable to lose the need 1.2 lbs.

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