{"id":310225,"date":"2019-04-26T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310225"},"modified":"2019-04-26T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:16:57","slug":"bellator-220-weigh-in-results-both-title-fights-greenlit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-220-weigh-in-results-both-title-fights-greenlit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator 220 weigh-in results: Both title fights greenlit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bellator 220 Official Weigh-in Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bK27F8HZS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow night in San Jose, California, the Bellator welterweight and flyweight titles will be on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for his first Bellator welterweight title defense and to advance to the semifinals of the welterweight Grand Prix will be Rory MacDonald who is back in his normal weight class after <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-206-results-gegard-mousasi-stops-rory-macdonald-in-round-2-video\/\">trying to dethrone middleweight champ, Gegard Mousasi<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His opponent, Jon Fitch hopes to take the belt from him and go on to win the tournament. 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