Bellator 269 weigh-in results: Fedor Emelianenko gives up 33 pounds to Tim Johnson

The Bellator 269 official weigh-ins took place Friday at the host hotel in Moscow, ahead of the Saturday’s event at VTB Arena.

Among those weighing in were Fedor Emelianenko (39-6 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) and Tim Johnson (15-7 MMA, 3-3 BMMA), who meet in the heavyweight main event. The bout will be Emelianenko’s first since December 2019, and it kicks off a retirement tour for the legendary fighter.

The full Bellator 269 weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD (SHOWTIME, 3 p.m. ET)

  • Fedor Emelianenko (233.5) vs. Tim Johnson (264)

  • Vitaly Minakov (265) vs. Said Sowma (243)

  • Usman Nurmagomedov (160) vs. Patrik Pietila (158.5) – 160-pound catchweight bout

  • Sharaf Davlatmurodov (186) vs. Anatoly Tokov (185)

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, noon ET)

  • Kirill Sidelnikov (264) vs. Rab Truesdale (247)

  • Darina Mazdyuk (125) vs. Katarzyna Sadura (125.5)

  • Irina Alekseeva (129.9) vs. Stephanie Page (124.5) – 130-pound catchweight bout

  • Nikita Mikhailov (135.5) vs. Brian Moore (136)

  • Grachik Bozinyan (170) vs. Alexey Shurkevich (171)

  • Aiden Lee (147.5)* vs. Alexander Osetrov (145.5)

  • Alexander Belikh (146) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (148.8)*

* Lee missed the featherweight limit by 1.5 pounds.

* Rabadanov missed the featherweight limit by 2.8 pounds.