The weigh-ins are in the books for Friday’s Bellator 182 event in New York, and one of the headliners once again came in heavy.

Chidi Njokuani (17-4 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) missed weight for his welterweight headliner against former champion Andrey Koreshkov (19-2 MMA, 10-2 BMMA) today. Njokuani came in at 175 pounds. Koreshkov was on target at 171 with the one-pound non-title fight allowance.

Bellator 182 will mark the sixth time in the past six years that Njokuani has either missed weight or been in a catchweight bout north of the welterweight limit. In January, Njokuani was booked for a 175-pound catchweight fight with Melvin Guillard, but ultimately came in at 179.7 pounds (Guillard was north of the originally booked 175-pound limit, as well). This past December, he missed weight for his fight against Andre Fialho, which he won with a 21-second knockout. So today’s instance marks three straight struggles with the scale for the streaking contender.

A Bellator official confirmed to MMAjunkie that Njokuani will forfeit a percentage of his fight purse, but the precise amount, and how much will go to Koreshkov and how much will go to the Oneida Nation Gaming Commission, was not yet known.

Bellator 182 takes place Friday at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. The main card airs on Spike following prelims that stream on MMAjunkie.

Bellator 182 weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)

Andrey Koreshkov (171) vs. Chidi Njokuani (175) – Njokuani forfeits a percentage of his purse

Fernando Gonzalez (180) vs. Brennan Ward (178) – 178-pound catchweight

Veta Arteaga (125.25) vs. Bruna Ellen (125.25)

A.J. McKee (146) vs. Blair Tugman (146)

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)

Joshua Ricci (130) vs. Brandon Warne (129)

Brandon Polcare (137) vs. Alex Potts (139)

Tom Regal (170) vs. Kastriot Xhema (169.5)

Matt Secor (174) vs. T.J. Summer (176.5)

Kristi Lopez (126) vs. Jessica Sotack (126)

Ricky Rainey (170.5) vs. Marc Stevens (170.5)

Amanda Bell (145) vs. Talita Nogueira (145)

Philipe Lins (205) vs. Vadim Nemkov (204)

Henry Corrales (145) vs. Noad Lahat (146)

Georgi Karakhanyan (146) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)

Kate Jackson (125.5) vs. Colleen Schneider (123.75)

Kevin Casey (186) vs. Chris Honeycutt (185.5)

Arlene Blencowe (145.75) vs. Sinead Kavanagh (145)

Joey Davis (172) vs. Justin Roswell (175)

For more on Bellator 182, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

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