DUBLIN – The Bellator 227/Bellator Europe 4 official weigh-ins are in the books, and all 18 scheduled fights are now official for Friday night’s event at the 3Arena. In the Bellator 227 main event, former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson takes on Bellator debutant Myles Jury , who narrowly missed the 156-pound lightweight limit. Henderson (27-8 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) subsequently hit his mark, and Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports president Mike Mazzulli confirmed to MMA Junkie that, instead of forcing Jury (18-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) to weigh in again for a non-title fight, he would spot him the additional 0.2 pounds and the fight will go ahead, technically under a tweaked contract weight. There was also drama surrounding the Bellator Europe 4 main event bout between James Gallagher and Roman Salazar . Gallagher (9-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) made weight with ease for their scheduled 140-pound contract-weight bout, but Salazar (13-9 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), stepping in on a week’s notice, wasn’t so comfortable.
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