In the Cage – Jones vs. Teixeira Set, Bellator 101 Weigh-in Results

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Traditionally, the UFC puts on one of its biggest fight cards during the weekend of the National Football League’s Super Bowl.  It has been announced that light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will defend his title against No. 1 contender Glover Teixeira at the event.

There were questions as to whether or not Jones would compete against Alexander Gustafsson due to how close their championship fight was earlier this month at UFC 165.

While the event does not technically have a name, it will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.   With the Super Bowl taking place on Feb. 2, the UFC event will happen a day earlier, on Feb. 1.

Bellator MMA held weigh-ins for tomorrow evenings Bellator 101 event in Portland, Ore.  On the card, there will be ten tournament fighters competing in five fights in two separate weight classes as the bantamweight tournament semifinal will take place along with the opening round of the lightweight division.  All fighters on the card successfully made weight for the event.

MAIN CARD:
Bellator Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal: Joe Warren (135.7) vs. Nick Kirk (135.7)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Marcus Davis (156) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (155.4)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: John Alessio (155.6) vs. Will Brooks (155.3)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Ricardo Tirloni (155.5) vs. Rich Clementi (155.5)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Saad Awad (155.9) vs. Martin Stapleton (156)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Lightweight Feature Fight: Scott Thometz (155.9) vs. Brent Primus (155.5)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Andy Uhrich (170) vs. Nathan Coy (170.5)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Marcin Held (155.7) vs. Ryan Healy (154.4)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jeremiah Riggs (181.2) vs. Peter Aspinwall (186)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Austin Springer (134.8) vs. Zach Skinner (134.7)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Dave Vitkay (185.6) vs. Tyson Jeffries (183.8)

Bellator 101 takes place tomorrow evening at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore.  The main card kicks off live on Spike TV at 9 p.m. EST.

The injured Anthony Njokuani has stepped down from his fight against Al Iaquinta at UFC Fight Night 30 and has been replaced by Piotr Hallman.

Hallman made his promotional debut earlier this month at UFC Fight Night 28, defeating Francisco Trinaldo by second round submission.

UFC Fight Night 30 takes place on Oct. 26 in Manchester, England.

Brazilian fighter Leandro Souza passed away earlier today just before he was set to weigh-in for a Shooto event in Brazil.  While information is still being learned, it appears as though Nova Uniao teammate Andre Santos has revealed that the weight cut is directly related to the incident.

Due to the sensitive nature of the material, we do not want to speculate or give any false information.

“Feijao” held a professional record of 5-5.  He was 26 years old.

Welterweight Matt Inman will not need to look for a new promotion to fight within for a while.  It was announced today by Cage Warriors Fighting Championships that the two sides have agreed to a contract extension for five fights over the next 18 months.

So far in 2013, Inman has gone 3-1.  He holds a professional record of 12-5 with all 12 victories coming by way of stoppage.