Welterweights Neiman Gracie, Logan Storley Hit Marks Ahead of Bellator 274 Main Event

Neiman Gracie and Logan Storley have grand plans for the Bellator MMA welterweight division, and their head-to-head confrontation should determine who gets to move forward.

A longtime Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt with deceptively well-rounded skills, Gracie checked in at 170.75 pounds for his showdown with the once-beaten Storley (170.75) in the Bellator 274 headliner on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The six other mixed martial artists scheduled to match wits and fists on the main card, including welterweight co-headliners Andrey Koreshkov (171) and Chance Rencountre (169.5), also met their mandatory weight requirements at Friday’s official weigh-in.

Gracie has alternated wins and losses in each of his past four outings. He last appeared at Bellator 266, where he buried Mark Lemminger with punches and a follow-up elbow strike in the first round of their Sept. 18 pairing. Gracie, 33, has delivered nine of his 11 career victories by submission. He was a semifinalist in the 2018-19 Bellator welterweight grand prix.

A four-time NCAA All-American wrestler at the University of Minnesota, Storley has compiled a 7-1 record since he linked arms with Bellator a little less than five years ago. The 29-year-old Roslyn, South Dakota, native last fought on Aug. 20, when he eked out a three-round split decision over Dante Schiro at Bellator 265.

The Bellator 274 “Gracie vs. Storley” main card will air live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while the nine-fight undercard streams in its entirety to the Bellator YouTube channel at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

Bellator 274 Weigh-In Results:

Neiman Gracie (170.75) vs. Logan Storley (170.75)
Andrey Koreshkov (171) vs. Chance Rencountre (169.5)
Georgi Karakhanyan (156) vs. Adam Piccolotti (155.5)
Davion Franklin (262.75) vs. Said Sowma (243)
Mandel Nallo (155.4) vs. Nick Browne (155.2)
Jaylon Bates (136) vs. Chris Disonell (135.2)
Aviv Gozali (155.8) vs. Bobby King (156)
DeAnna Bennett (125.4) vs. Justine Kish (125.6)
Brennan Ward (174.8) vs. Brandon Bell (173.8)
Jordan Newman (185.6) vs. Cody Herbert (188.6)*
Corey Samuels (155.4) vs. Justin Montalvo (154.2)
Isaiah Hokit (145.8) vs. Theodore Macuka (145.5)
Orlando Mendoza (170.6) vs. Jonathan DiLorenzo (169.8)

* Herbert missed weight by 2.6 pounds and has been fined a percentage of his purse.