Bellator 297 Weigh-in Results: 2 Title Fights Set

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Patricio Freire is officially a bantamweight, and he will try to make MMA history on Friday.

Headlining the 15-fight Bellator 297 card is a light heavyweight title fight where champion Vadim Nemkov will take on Yoel Romero. Meanwhile, the co-main event will see Patricio Freire attempt to earn a belt in his third weight class as he takes on bantamweight titleholder Sergio Pettis. All four men in championship matchups made weight, as did the rest of the card.

Nemkov (15-2, 1 NC) is coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Corey Anderson in their rematch. The light heavyweight champion weighed in at 203.8 pounds and hasn't suffered a defeat since 2016, as he is undefeated within Bellator. He'll take on a veteran in Romero (15-6), who has won back-to-back fights in Bellator by knockout. The 46-year-old will look to finally claim championship gold, and weighed 205 pounds on the dot.

As for the co-main, current featherweight champ Freire (35-5) came in at 134.2 pounds. "Pitbull" is on a three-fight win streak, having defeated A.J. McKee, Adam Borics, and Kleber Koike Erbst all by decision. Pettis (22-5) will look to retain his belt, which he most recently defended against Kyoji Horiguchi in 2021, where won via a "Knockout of the Year"-winning spinning backfist. The bantamweight champion came in at 134 pounds on the dot.

Bellator 297 will air live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Friday. Prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

Bellator 297 Weigh-in Results:

Vadim Nemkov (203.8) vs. Yoel Romero (205)
Sergio Pettis (134) vs. Patricio Freire (134.2)
Corey Anderson (205) vs. Phil Davis (206)
Daniel James (265) vs. Gokhan Saricam (246)
Wladimir Gouvea (264) vs. Gabriel Sayeg (261)
Kyle Crutchmer (171) vs. Bobby Nash (171)
Pieter Buist (156) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (156)
Ramazan Kuramagomedov (170) vs. Jaleel Willis (171)
Mike Hamel (155) vs. Shamil Nikaev (156)
Norbert Novenyi Jr. (185) vs. Kamil Oniszczuk (186)
Archie Colgan (155) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (155)
Karl Moore (205) vs. Alex Polizzi (204)
Timur Khizriev (145) vs. Richie Smullen (145)
Jordan Newman (186) vs. Matthew Perry (184)
Edwin Chavez (146) vs. Cody Law (145)