The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator 116  will take placeThursday at 5 p.m. PST from Cabaret Theater inside Pechanga Resort & Casino (45000 Pechanga Parkway. Temecula, CA 92592). Bellator MMA will take place from Pechanga Resort & Casino on Friday, April 11th with the first fight taking place at 4 p.m. PST and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 6 p.m. PST and will air LIVE on Spike TV.

All participants from Friday night’s event will be on hand, as well as Bellator CEO & Chairman Bjorn Rebney.

The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.

As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.

MAIN CARD:
Bellator Heavyweight Semifinal: Blagoi Ivanov (10-0) vs. Lavar Johnson (18-8)
Bellator Welterweight Semifinal: Nathan Coy (14-4) vs. Adam McDonough (10-0)
Bellator Heavyweight Semifinal: Mighty Mo (6-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (19-4)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Joey Beltran (14-10) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (27-7)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Bellator Middleweight Semifinal: Joe Pacheco (7-1) vs. Brandon Halsey (5-0)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Ricky Rainey (6-2) vs. Andy Murad (6-1)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Joe Taimanglo (19-5-1) vs. Rob Emerson (15-10)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Ron Keslar (11-5) vs. Karo Parisyan (22-10)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Philipe Lins (7-1) vs. Travis Clark (7-2)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Carlos Eduardo (11-2) vs. Rodney Wallace (19-8)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Dave Vitkay (13-12-1) vs. Keith Berry (15-12)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Josh Smith (9-6) vs. Poppies Martinez (28-9)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Brandon Bender (11-1) vs. Mario Navarro (4-3)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA