It seems like there’s a lot of tension in the air, ahead of Saturday’s Bellator London card, as Mike Shipman and Fabian Edwards almost had their bout at the card’s weigh-ins…
Shipman and Edwards try to throw hands…
As you can see by watching the clip below, Edwards and Shipman had to be separated after their faceoff didn’t go too well. Thankfully, enough people intervened before things really went off the rails.
??? Things got a lil heated today at weigh ins!
Catch all the action Saturday at 5pm EST/ 2pm PST on the Bellator app!
10pm GMT on @channel5_tv in ?? #BellatorLondon pic.twitter.com/At78b7jYc7
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) November 22, 2019
It marks the second time this week that there was an incident at a Bellator function. Prior to the card’s media day, backstage, James Gallagher reportedly went after Mike Kimbel for comments the latter allegedly made about his mother.
Bellator London weigh-in results
Scuffles aside, all of the fighters scheduled for tomorrow’s card made weight. Here are the weigh-in results for Bellator London (via MMA Junkie).
MAIN CARD (5 p.m. ET)
Michael Page (170) vs. Giovanni Melillo (170.8)
Fabian Edwards (185.4) vs. Mike Shipman (185)
Soren Bak (156) vs. Terry Brazier (155.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (11:30 a.m. ET)
Denise Kielholtz (121.6) vs. Sabriye Sengul (124.6)
Charlie Leary (155.2) vs. Tim Wilde (155.8)
Pietro Penini (185) vs. Charlie Ward (185.6)
Sam Sicilia (145.8) vs. Robert Whiteford (145)
Walter Gahadza (170.2) vs. Lewis Long (170.4)
Benjamin Brander (155.2) vs. Chris Bungard (155.8)
Kent Kauppinen (184.8) vs. Andy Manzolo (184.4)
Alessandro Botti (160.4) vs. Alfie Davis (160.2)
Kevin Fryer (185) vs. George Tokkos (185.2)
Damian Frankiewicz (145.6) vs. Aiden Lee (145.6)
Tom Mearns (149) vs. Jeremy Petley (149.6)
Harry Hardwick (145.4) vs. Nathan Rose (145.4)
Tim Barnett (156) vs. Akonne Wanliss (154.4)
‘Super’ Shane Campbell (135.4) vs. Raphael Uchegbu (135)
Josie Blaber (144.6) vs. Charlotte McIntyre (144.8)
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