Today (Mar.15) the fighters taking part in tomorrow nights Bellator 61 event took part in the official weigh-ins. The weigh-ins took place from The Orleans Room at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana.
All of the fighters were on point except for former UFC fighter Maiquel Falcao who takes on Norman Paraisy. The two are in the main event as former main event fighter Eric Prindle came down with flu like symptoms and will postpone his fight with Thiago Santos until next weeks Bellator 62 event.
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
- Maiquel Falcao (186.6)* vs. Norman Paraisy (186) – middleweight-tourney opening round
- Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (185.6) vs. Victor O’Donnell (186) – middleweight-tourney opening round
- Giva Santana (186) vs. Bruno Santos (185.2) – middleweight-tourney opening round
- Brian Rogers (186) vs. Vitor Vianna (185.6) – middleweight-tourney opening round
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
- Brent Taylor (165.2) vs. Josh Quayhagen (164.6)
- Derrick Krantz (170.4) vs. Eric Scallan (170.4)
- Jeremy Myers (141)** vs. Jason Sampson (134.6)
- Trey Houston (185) vs. Jeremiah Riggs (185.8)
* – Has two hours to make weight
** -Myers will likely fight a catchweight fight or the fight will be scrapped
