Las Vegas-based Resurrection Fighting Alliance returns home Friday night for a championship double-header. Headlined by Ultimate Fighting Championship veterans Gilbert Smith and Bristol Marunde, the two welterweights will fight for Smith’s title in the middle of downtown Sin City.
Zoila Frausto is set to take the women’s MMA world by storm again after a few years away. The only female champion in Bellator MMA history weighed 116.6 pounds ahead of her fight for the vacant RFA strawweight title, which was 1.6 pounds above the division’s. Her opponent, Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, came in at 115 pounds.
RFA officials didn’t comment on whether she had to weigh-in a second time or if the title would only be made available to Jones-Lybarger.
RFA 31 will be televised live on AXS TV live beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The event will be held at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
RFA 31 Weigh-in Results:
Gilbert Smith (170) vs. Bristol Marunde (169.8)Zoila Frausto (116.6)* vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger (115)
Gabriel Checco (184.6) vs. Mike Jasper (183)
Justin Linn (134) vs. Matthew Lopez (*138.8)
Vardan Sholinian (174.2) vs. Bojan Velickovic (174.4)
Shai Lindsey (133.6) vs. Zac Riley (135.4)
David Arcangel (144.4) vs. Zane Behrend (145.2)
Jason Pacheco (126) vs. Jamin Tayaba (125.8)
Jeff Roman (176) vs. Hector Saldana (174.6)