Fans invited to this week's Bellator 186 weigh-ins at Penn State University

For the first time, Bellator brings a show to “Happy Valley” this week and the campus of Penn State University.

Fans are invited to the weigh-ins for Bellator 186, and ticketholders for Friday’s event also have a chance to get a Randy Couture bobblehead collectible and meet the MMA legend himself.

Bellator 186 takes place Friday at Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s campus in University Park, Pa. The main card airs on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

The ceremonial weigh-ins take place at Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday. Doors open to fans at 4:30 p.m. ET local time. At 5 p.m., weigh-ins for Bellator 186 take place, along with face-offs. The official weigh-ins, which are closed to the public, take place earlier in the day.

On Friday at the event, fans can meet Couture on the concourse at Bryce Jordan Center. The first 5,000 fans through the door get a Couture bobblehead – the third bobblehead giveaway by Bellator in recent months following Fedor Emelianenko and Royce Gracie.

In the Bellator 186 main event, light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader (23-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) puts his title on the line for the first time against challenger Linton Vassell (18-5 MMA, 7-2 BMMA). In the co-feature, Emily Ducote (6-2 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) and Ilima Macfarlane (6-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) fight in a rematch for Bellator’s inaugural women’s flyweight title.

Also on the main card, Penn State wrestling products Phil Davis (17-4-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) and Ed Ruth (3-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) take on Leo Leite (10-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and Chris Dempsey (11-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), respectively.

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