Alvarez, Neer Cleared for Bellator Superfight
Sherdog.com Staff May 5, 2010
Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion Eddie
Alvarez and Josh Neer both
made weight on Wednesday for their 160-pound non-title superfight,
which will take place Thursday at the Wang Theatre in Boston.
Alvarez weighed 159.6 pounds, while Neer was 161 pounds.
The 26-year-old Alvarez was crowned the promotion’s lightweight
champion with three tournament victories against Greg
Loughran, Eric
Reynolds and Toby Imada in
2009. Alvarez, a Dream grand prix semi-finalist in 2008, stopped
Katsunori
Kikuno with an arm-triangle choke at Dream 12 last October.
Neer dropped a unanimous decision to Gleison Tibau at UFC 104 last October, but rebounded with back-to-back first-round wins over Matt Delanoit and Anselmo Martinez in early 2010.
Bellator 17 Official Weights
Eddie Alvarez (159.6) vs. Josh Neer (161)
Lightweight Tournament Semifinals
Roger Huerta (155.6) vs. Pat Curran (155.4)
Carey Vanier (154.6) vs. Toby Imada (154.8)
Other Bouts
Pat Bennett (243.2) vs. Cole Konrad (266)
John Doyle (188.4) vs. Greg Rebello (187.2)*
Lance Everson (187) vs. Justin Torrey (182.8)**
Josh LaBerge (145.4) vs. Dan Bonnell (145.8)
Damian Vitale (169.4) vs. Chuck O\'Neil (171.6)***
*will compete at 188-pound catch-weight bout
**will compete at 187-pound catch-weight bout
***will compete at 172-pound catch-weight bout
Weights provided by Bellator Fighting Championships
Alvarez weighed 159.6 pounds, while Neer was 161 pounds.
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Neer dropped a unanimous decision to Gleison Tibau at UFC 104 last October, but rebounded with back-to-back first-round wins over Matt Delanoit and Anselmo Martinez in early 2010.
In other Bellator 17 action on Thursday, former UFC star Roger
Huerta (155.6) will face Pat Curran
(155.4) and Toby Imada
(154.8) will meet Carey
Vanier (154.6) in semifinal bouts for the promotion’s
lightweight tournament. The tournament winner will face Alvarez at
a later date.
Bellator 17 Official Weights
Eddie Alvarez (159.6) vs. Josh Neer (161)
Lightweight Tournament Semifinals
Roger Huerta (155.6) vs. Pat Curran (155.4)
Carey Vanier (154.6) vs. Toby Imada (154.8)
Other Bouts
Pat Bennett (243.2) vs. Cole Konrad (266)
John Doyle (188.4) vs. Greg Rebello (187.2)*
Lance Everson (187) vs. Justin Torrey (182.8)**
Josh LaBerge (145.4) vs. Dan Bonnell (145.8)
Damian Vitale (169.4) vs. Chuck O\'Neil (171.6)***
*will compete at 188-pound catch-weight bout
**will compete at 187-pound catch-weight bout
***will compete at 172-pound catch-weight bout
Weights provided by Bellator Fighting Championships
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