Bellator MMA returns to Uncasville, Connecticut, with two title fights.
Interim bantamweight champion Raufeon Stots made weight for his title defense against Danny Sabatello, and so did women's flyweight champion Liz Carmouche for her fight against Juliana Velasquez. It was a drama-free day on the scale as all fighters for Bellator 289 successfully made weight.
Stots (18-1) is coming off an impressive knockout over Juan Archuleta that saw him claim the interim title. He'll go up against "The Italian Gangster," as the trash-talking Sabatello (13-1) is on an impressive seven-fight win streak.