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Scott Coker unsure if he'd bring Bellator title fight to California with new weight-cutting rules

California's new weight-cutting regulations are giving Bellator MMA pause.

Promotion president Scott Coker told MMA Fighting in a recent sitdown that he is "concerned" about the stricter rules on weight cutting and dehydration and is unsure about bringing a big title fight to California in the future.

"I think that they're reacting, but I think the consequences could be impacting, like how do you feel comfortable bringing a title fight here that has to make a certain weight on a certain date?" Coker said. "It's gonna be tough. They have their job to do, but we have our job to do as well.