Cage Warriors 138 Weigh-in Results: Tom Mearns Misses Weight, One Bout Scratched

There was some drama ahead of the second half of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s latest duology.

The CW 138 main event on Saturday in Colchester, England, will feature a 185-pound tilt between former divisional titleholder James Webb and Italy’s Leon Aliu. Webb (8-3-1, 7-3-1 CW) looks to score a victory following his second-round defeat at the hands of Matthew Bonner in March 2021. The Team KF Martial Arts representative captured the championship after submitting Thomas Robertsen at CW 102, then lost it to Nathias Frederick in November 2019. The Colchester-born fighter weighed in at 184.7 pounds.

Brave Combat Federation vet Aliu (9-1, 0-0) is also eying the divisional championship. In his latest appearance, the Iron Team Reggio Emilia standout scored a technical knockout over Esteban Mendoza. It was Aliu’s first appearance following a three-year hiatus. On the scales, Aliu checked in at 185.9 pounds.

Meanwhile, the event lost the scheduled flyweight affair between Coner Hignett and Michelangelo Lupoli after Hignett was not medically cleared to compete. Additionally, Tom Mearns exceeded the featherweight division’s limit for his clash with Orlando Wilson Prins by 0.6 pounds. The fight will proceed, and Mearns will lose a percentage of his purse.

Cage Warriors 138 goes down at Charter Hall and streams live to UFC Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT.

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Cage Warriors 138 Weigh-in Results:
Leon Aliu (185.9) vs. James Webb (184.7)
Luke Shanks (135.9lbs) vs. Josh Reed (135.9)
Orlando Wilson Prins (145.3) vs. Tom Mearns* (146.6)
Herkus Lukosiunas (169.4) vs. Oban Elliott (170.4)
George Tanasa (146) vs. Scott Pedersen (145.8)

* Mearns missed weight by .6 pounds and has been fined a percentage of his purse.