In the Cage – Bellator 117 Weigh-In Results, Shields signs with WSOF

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The Bellator welterweight championship will be vacant no longer after Douglas Lima and Rick Hawn battle for the strap during the main event tomorrow night.  The two fighters both successfully made weight, and are ready to try and win the title.

Additionally, there will be two tournament semifinal fights taking place at the event, as Patricky Pitbull meets Derek Campos, and Derek Anderson takes on Marcin Held in the lightweight tournament.  All four 155-pound fighters successfully weighed in.

The official weigh-in results are as follows:

Bellator Welterweight World Title Fight: Douglas Lima (169.8) vs. Rick Hawn (169.7)
Bellator Lightweight Semifinal: Patricky Pitbull (154.7) vs. Derek Campos (155.9)
Bellator Lightweight Semifinal: Derek Anderson (155.9) vs. Marcin Held (155.9)
Welterweight: Karl Amoussou (170.6) vs. David Gomez (170.7)
Light Heavyweight: Houston Alexander (202.2) vs. Matt Uhde (205.2)
Catchweight (175 lbs): Mark Stoddard (174.2) vs. Ryan Jensen (174.9)
Lightweight: Martin Trey Brown (155) vs. Jared Downing (155.7)
Lightweight: Larue Burley (154.9) vs. Cliff Wright Jr. (154.3)
Middleweight: Ben Crowder (183.8)vs. Joe Vedepo (186)
Middleweight: Victor Moreno (184.1) vs. Anthony Smith (186)
Catchweight (150lbs): Josh Arocho (149.1) vs. Julio Cesar Neves (146)
Lightweight: Jordan Parsons (156) vs. Tim Bazer (155.3)

Bellator 117 takes place tomorrow night from Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Former UFC title contender Jake Shields is the newest fighter to sign with the World Series of Fighting.  Shields was recently released by the UFC after a poor performance against Hector Lombard.

He was brought in to fight inside the Octagon after leaving the Strikeforce middleweight championship behind in 2010.

Shields will enter a division full of former UFC castoffs, with champion Rousimar Palhare, Jon Fitch, and Josh Burkman at the helm.  The deal is apparently for four-fights, and is expected to debut in the Summer.

It was smooth sailing at the Cage Warriors Fight Night 11 weigh-ins as every fighter who stepped on the scale successfully made weight.

It wasn’t a perfect scene though, as Kurban Gadzhiev fell ill, and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled fight against Phil Harris.

The main event of the evening will feature a catchweight bout, as Patrick Vallee will take on Jack Mason in a bout at 176 lbs.

The official weigh-in results are as follows:

Catchweight (176 lbs.): Jack Mason (176) vs. Patrick Vallee (174.2)
Bantamweight: Brian Moore (135.9) vs. Marat Pekov (135.9)
Middleweight: Jack Hermansson (184) vs. Ion Pascu (184.3)
Welterweight: Michael Johnson (171) vs. Tahar Hadbi (170.3)
Featherweight: Arnold Allen (145.7) vs. Tobias Huber (145.3)
Welterweight: Craig White (170.4) vs. John Redmond (170.9)
Featherweight: Steve Aimable (145.8) vs. Wael Korked (145.1)
Light Heavyweight: Mike Ravenscroft (193.7) vs. Ihab Janeb (201.4)

Cage Warriors Fight Night 11 takes place tomorrow from Amman, Jordan.