Bellator MMA fighter Alejandra Lara used her platform at the Bellator 225 ceremonial weigh-ins on Friday, August 23 to bring attention to the environmental rises going on in the Amazon rainforest. For more than two weeks, the Amazon rainforest has been on fire with reports that the fires are intentionally being set to clear room for ranches and other non-forest use.
Lara came out wearing facepaint and had various messages and hashtags inscribed on her body.
The body paint and messages across Lara’s body read “STOP DEFORESTATION”, “#SOSAmazonia”, “Our lungs are on fire!”, “RESPECT NATURE”, “RESPECT ANIMALS”, “WE ARE IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION”, and “salva la selva” which translates from Spanish to “save the jungle.
Lara is set to take on Taylor Turner on Saturday, August 24 as part of the Bellator 225 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
An additional photo of Alejandra Lara at the ceremonial weigh-ins can be seen below.
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You can check out the full Bellator 225 weigh-ins below.
Bellator 225 Weigh-in Results
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Bellator 225: Mitrione vs. Kharitonov 2 Main Card:
- Heavyweight Main Event: Matt Mitrione (258) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (264)
- Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Vitaly Minakov (262) vs. Javy Ayala (265)
- Bantamweight Feature Bout: Alejandra Lara (134) vs. Taylor Turner (136)
- 175-Pound Catchweight Feature Bout: David Rickels (175) vs. Yaroslav Amosov (175)
- Heavyweight Feature Bout: Tyrell Fortune (247) vs. Rudy Schaffroth (243)
Preliminary Card
- Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Khonry Gracie (171) vs. Oscar Vera (170)
- 165-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Aviv Gozali (165) vs. Eduard Muravitskiy (165)
- Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Sabah Homasi (171) vs. Micah Terrill (171)
- Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Austin Vanderford (185.5) vs. Joseph Creer (184)
- Heavyweight Preliminary Bout: Tim Johnson (265) vs. Azunna Anyanwu (265)
- Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: Ricky Bandejas (136) vs. Ahmet Kayretli (136)
- 140-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Mike Kimbel (140) vs. Chris Disonell (140)
- Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Nick Newell (156) vs. Corey Browning (156)
- 165-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Kastriot Xhema (165) vs. Connor Dixon (165)
- 175-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Jon Manley (175) vs. Thiago Rela (175)
