Bellator 288 Weigh-in Results: 2 Title Fights Set

The Bellator 288 fight card is down to 13 bouts, but every competitor that stepped on the scales did successfully make weight.

Atop Bellator 288 sits two championship tilts, with the marquee matchup for the Bellator MMA light heavyweight strap. Defending champ Vadim Nemkov will run it back with Corey Anderson, and both champion and challenger made weight without issue. The co-headliner will see Patricky Freire (154) and Usman Nurmagomedov (154.8) come to blows with lightweight gold on the line, and the two combatants in that affair also hit their proper marks. While there were no official weight misses, a few late scratches and a no-show at the ceremony cut the lineup down to a baker's dozen.

The main event will see Nemkov (14-2, 1 NC) will look to settle the score with Anderson (16-5, 1 NC) after their last bout ended as a no contest due to an accidental clash of heads. "Overtime" had mostly been in control during the fight, so Anderson will look to finally walk out with Bellator gold around his waist.

The bantamweight encounter between Jaylon Bates and Jornel Lugo was canceled for undisclosed reasons, and the fighters did not attempt to weigh in. Additionally, the Lucas Brennan-Nick Talavera contest at 145 pounds was pulled from the lineup on Wednesday, and according to Brennan, his opponent struggled to make weight. Finally, Khasan Askhabov did not attend the weigh-ins on Thursday, and his featherweight scrap against Otto Rodrigues (145) has been nixed from Bellator 288.

Bellator 288's main card will air live on Friday Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on YouTube.

Bellator 288 Weigh-in Results:

Vadim Nemkov (203.8) vs. Corey Anderson (204.2)
Patricky Freire (154) vs. Usman Nurmagomedov (154.8)
Timur Khizriev (146) vs. Daniel Weichel (145.2)
Tyrell Fortune (257.2) vs. Daniel James (264.8)
Levan Chokheli (170.6) vs. Roman Faraldo (170.8)
Otto Rodrigues (145) vs. Khasan Askhabov ()*
ImamShafi Aliev (185.8) vs. Sean Connor Fallon (185.6)
Killys Mota (155.6) vs. Jairo Pacheco (155.6)
Archie Colgan (154.8) vs. Jesse Hannam (155.8)
Sullivan Cauley (205.6) vs. Jay Radick (205.6)
Jordan Newman (185.6) vs. Jayden Taulker (185.6)
Laird Anderson (145.6) vs. Rob Fenicle (146)
Isaiah Hokit (145.4) vs. Matias Nader (144)
Vladmir Gouvea (265.8) vs. Kory Moegenburg (246.2)
Tofiq Musayev (154.6)**

* Askhabov did not weigh in and the bout was canceled.
** Musayev weighed in as an alternate.