Bellator 94 weigh-in results: Main card set with two tourney finales

All eight main-card fighters for Thursday’s Bellator 94 event, including Emanuel Newton (204.4) vs. Mikhail Zayats (205.6) and Saad Awad (155.7) vs. David Rickels (155.8), made their bouts official at today’s weigh-in ceremony.

The proceedings took place at USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. The same venue hosts Thursday’s Spike TV-televised event.

In an apparent late switch, Newton and Zayats weighed in last and will seemingly take over the evening’s main-event slot, which was originally expected to see Awad vs. Rickels. Aftr making the headliner official, Newton promised a memorable matchup.

“Mikhail is tough; it’s definitely going to be a good fight,” Newton said. “I don’t have a crystal ball, but something spectacular is going to happen tomorrow night.”

Zayats vaguely disagreed.

“It will be my game, and to you I will show,” Zayats said through an interpretor.

Preliminary fighters didn’t fare so well, as undercard participants Kenny Moss, Ronnie Rogers and Patrick Cenoble all missed weight on their first attempt and were given additional time to hit their required marks. Rogers, who joined the card as an unannounced replacement for Shah Bobonis against Joe Taimanglo, and Moss each made weight on their second attempt. Meanwhile, Cenoble could only drop to 156.2 pounds (after weighing 157.1 pounds on his first attempt), but the bout will go on as a 157-pound catchweight affair.

Fireworks started with the evening’s first competitors, as female fighters Heather Clark and Felice Herrig shoved each other before they were separated by Bellator officials. Main-card bantamweights Rodrigo Lima and Ronnie Mann also went forehead-to-forehead before being pulled apart.

A preliminary bout of Ivan Devalle vs. Rory Shallcross was scratched just prior to the weigh-ins due to a last-minute injury to one of the participants.

Bellator 94 weigh-in results included:

MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 10 p.m. ET)

• Emanuel Newton (204.4) vs. Mikhail Zayats (205.6) – light heavyweight tournament final
• Saad Awad (155.7) vs. David Rickels (155.8) – lightweight tournament final
• Trey Houston (170.4) vs. Luis Melo (169.8)
• Rodrigo Lima (135.8) vs. Ronnie Mann (135.7)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 8 p.m. ET)

• Kenny Moss (171.3) vs. Julien Williams (170)
• Rob Horton (242.2) vs. Augusto Sakai (261.3)
• Jessica Aguilar (114.6) vs. Patricia Vidonic (115)
• Ronnie Rogers (146.9) vs. Joe Taimanglo (145.6)
• Edson Berto (155.6) vs. Bruno Carvalho (155.3)
• Patrick Cenoble (157.1) vs. Tony Fryklund (155.6)
• Heather Clark (115.9) vs. Felice Herrig (115.7)

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(Pictured: Emanuel Newton)