Bellator 234 predictions: Is anyone picking Linton Vassell over Sergei Kharitonov in Israel?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the Bellator 234 main card in Israel.

Kharitonov
vs.
Vassell
Huerta
vs.
Outlaw
Fatullazade
vs.
A. Gozali
H. Gozali
vs.
Pronin
Bozinyan
vs.
Vanderford
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
2019: 194-120 (62%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
(89%)
outlaw2019
Outlaw
(61%)
agozali2019
A. Gozali
(69%)
pronin2019
Pronin
(71%)
vanderford2019
Vanderford
(87%)
Simon Head
@simonhead
2019: 110-62 (64%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Dan Tom
@DanTomMMA
2019: 200-114 (64%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Nolan King
@mma_kings
2019: 106-61 (63%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
2019: 198-116 (63%)
trophy copy 2018 Champion
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
2019: 197-117 (63%)
trophy copy 2017 Champion
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
hgozali2019
H. Gozali
vanderford2019
Vanderford
John Morgan
@MMAjunkieJohn
2019: 195-119 (62%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
2019: 195-119 (62%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohnMMA
2019: 194-120 (62%)
trophy copy 2014 Champion
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
hgozali2019
H. Gozali
vanderford2019
Vanderford
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
2019: 190-124 (61%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
2019: 96-65 (60%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
2019: 184-130 (59%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Dave Doyle
@davedoylemma
2019: 122-100 (55%)
kharitonov2019
Kharitonov
outlaw2019
Outlaw
agozali2019
A. Gozali
pronin2019
Pronin
vanderford2019
Vanderford
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
2019: 167-147 (53%)
vassell2019
Vassell
huerta2019
Huerta
agozali2019
A. Gozali
hgozali2019
H. Gozali
vanderford2019
Vanderford

Bellator is back in Israel this week, and a pair of heavyweight standouts are atop the bill.

Bellator 234 takes place Thursday at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN on Friday via tape delay.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

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In the main event, [autotag]Sergei Kharitonov[/autotag] (30-7 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) takes on [autotag]Linton Vassell[/autotag] (18-8 MMA, 7-5 BMMA) in a heavyweight fight. Kharitonov is just a -175 favorite, but our 13 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are picking him almost unanimously. Only one picker is taking Vassell in an upset.

In the co-main event, [autotag]Sidney Outlaw[/autotag] (13-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) is a 5-1 favorite against [autotag]Roger Huerta[/autotag] (24-11-1 MMA, 1-4 BMMA) in their lightweight fight. And like in the main event, it’s a huge picks lead for the favorite. Only one picker is taking Huerta to pull the upset.

Also on the main card, [autotag]Aviv Gozali[/autotag] (3-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) is one of two unanimous picks. He takes on [autotag]Zaka Fatullazade[/autotag] (14-7 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a lightweight fight, and he’s a 13-0 pick to stay unbeaten.

The other unanimous pick belongs to [autotag]Austin Vanderford[/autotag] (8-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), who is more than a 6-1 favorite at some sports books in his middleweight fight against [autotag]Grachik Bozinyan[/autotag] (10-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).

And [autotag]Haim Gozali[/autotag] (11-6 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) will fight likely for the last time on the same card as his son, Aviv. He takes on [autotag]Artur Pronin[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at welterweight. But unlike his son, who is a unanimous pick from our staff members, Haim Gozali is down 10-3 in the picks to Pronin.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Kharitonov (89%), Outlaw (61 percent), Aviv Gozali (69 percent), Pronin (71 percent) and Vanderford (87 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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