Bellator 95 weigh-in results: Curran, Shamhalaev set for 145 title (updated)

Bellator MMA’s Season 8 finale is official for Thursday with all fighters stepping on the scale at Wednesday’s officials weigh-ins.

Wednesday’s weigh-in event took place at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey, site of Thursday’s card. The Bellator 95 main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.

Featherweight champion Pat Curran (18-4 MMA, 8-1 BFC) came in at 144.7 pounds for his title fight against Shahbulat Shamhalaev (12-1-1 MMA, 3-0 BFC), who was 144.7 – though he needed extra time to make the weight after coming in at 146 on his first attempt.

Shamhalaev gets the title fight ahead of schedule. He won the Season 7 featherweight tournament, but an injury to Daniel Straus, who was ahead of him in line, bumped Shamhalaev to the front of the pack. Curran in January beat Patricio “Pitbull” Freire by split decision in the first defense of the belt since winning it against Joe Warren in 2012.

In the co-feature fights, Brett Cooper (19-7 MMA, 6-2 BFC) was 185.2 for the Season 8 middleweight tournament final against Doug Marshall (17-6 MMA, 3-0 BFC), who was 185.4. And in the featherweight tournament final, Mike Richman (15-2 MMA, 4-1 BFC) meets Magomedrasul “Frodo” Khasbulaev (20-5 MMA, 4-0 BFC). Richman came in at 145.1, while Khasbulaev was 145.4.

To open the main card on Spike, Bellator vet Rick Hawn (14-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) takes on former UFC welterweight contender Karo Parisyan (22-9 MMA, 0-0 BFC). Hawn was 170.7 pounds; Parisyan, making his Bellator debut, was 171.

The Bellator 95 weigh-in results included:

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

• Pat Curran (144.7) vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (144.7)* – for featherweight title
• Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (145.4) vs. Mike Richman (145.1) – featherweight tournament final
• Brett Cooper (185.2) vs. Doug Marshall (185.4) – middleweight tournament final
• Rick Hawn (170.7) vs. Karo Parisyan (171)

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

• Lyman Good (170.8) vs. Dante Rivera (170.9)
• Shedrick Goodridge (172.8)** vs. Sam Oropeza (170.5) – 173-pound catch weight fight
• Carlos Brooks (188.8)*** vs. Tom DeBlass (185.9) – 188-pound catch weight fight
• Darrell Horcher (156) vs. Phillipe Nover (156)
• Brian Kelleher (139.5) vs. Jimmie Rivera (139.3) – 140-pound catch weight
• Michael Hess (145.9) vs. Will Martinez (144.9)
• Kevin Roddy (146) vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen (145.2)
• Liam McGeary (204) vs. Anton Talamantes (205)

* Shamhalaev was 146 on his first attempt, but 144.7 after being given time to hit the title-fight limit.
** Goodridge could not make the welterweight maximum of 171 pounds; he forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Oropeza.
*** Brooks could not make the middleweight maximum of 186 pounds; he forfeits 20 percent of his purse to DeBlass.

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(Pictured: Pat Curran)

Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET April 3, 2013, for updated weights of fighters needing extra time.