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Goiti Yamauchi weighed in at 157.8 pounds for a lightweight fight vs. Daron Cruickshank at Bellator 237 on December 28, 2019, in Japan. Yamauchi won in Round 1 via Rear Naked choke. There is no commission in Japan. However, there is a world-class commission running events at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.
At the Bellator 254 weigh-ins on Wednesday, Yamauchi missed weight for the second time in a row, this time missing the contracted non-title lightweight limit of 156 by 6.8 pounds. Opponent Nate Andrews intelligently declined to take the fight, and left with his show money. Yamauchi leaves with nothing. Further, Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation head Mike Mazzulli runs one of the tightest ships in the business, and Yamauchi will be required to move up a division, unless a doctor approves otherwise.