Fans invited to next week's Bellator 175 weigh-ins, tailgate party with Fedor, Gracie, Chandler, Davis

Bellator returns to the Chicago area next week for a rematch nearly three years in the making. Beforehand, fans can get up close and personal with some current champions and MMA legends.

Fans are invited to the Bellator 175 tailgate party inside the arena concourse during the preliminary card. The fan event takes place Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. CT at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., the northwest Chicago suburb that hosts the event.

MMA legends Fedor Emelianenko and Royce Gracie will be on hand to meet fans, as will current light heavyweight champion Phil Davis and lightweight champ Michael Chandler.

Emelianenko fights in the co-main event of the “Bellator: NYC” card on June 24 at Madison Square Garden in New York City against Matt Mitrione, who was removed from their Bellator 172 main event the day of the fight with kidney stones. Chandler fights on the same card, defending his belt against Brent Primus.

Bellator 175’s main card, which kicks off not long after the tailgate party wraps up on the concourse, features a headlining rematch between Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at heavyweight. The main card airs on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Additionally, fans can attend the Bellator 175 official weigh-ins on Thursday at Allstate Arena. The fighters will step on the scale at 1 p.m. CT local time in Rosemont.

The complete Bellator 175 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)

• Quinton Jackson vs. Muhammed Lawal
• Marcos Galvao vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
• Chase Gormley vs. Sergei Kharitonov
• Steve Kozola vs. Jake Roberts
• Lloyd Carter vs. Noad Lahat

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 6:45 p.m. ET)

• Max Fuentes vs. Brandon Shelhart
• Asef Askar vs. James Esposito
• Brian Akins vs. Mike DeLaVega
• Cory Galloway vs. David Garcia
• Tom Holder vs. Josh Streaker
• Joaquin Buckley vs. Justin Patterson
• Tim Cho vs. Joshua Hardwick
• Manny Vazquez vs. Nate Williams
• James Bochnovic vs. Matt Paul
• Damian Norris vs. Tom Shoaff
• Adam Maciejewski vs. Prince McLean

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