Bellator’s first event of the new year has had some featherweight firepower added to it.
[autotag]Juan Archuleta[/autotag] (23-2 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) will take on [autotag]Henry Corrales[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 5-4 BMMA) at Bellator 238 later this month. MMA Junkie confirmed the booking with a Bellator official following an initial report from ESPN.com.
Bellator 238 takes place Jan. 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
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Archuleta this past September fought featherweight champion Patricio Freire in the opening round of Bellator’s ongoing 145-pound tournament. He went the distance with the champ, but lost a unanimous decision at Bellator 228. The setback was his first since March 2015 and snapped an 18-fight winning streak.
Corrales was bounced from the tournament on the same night as Archuleta with a decision loss to former bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell. Prior to that, he had rebounded from a three-fight skid with five straight Bellator wins, including a 67-second knockout of highly touted prospect Aaron Pico at Bellator 214 nearly a year ago.
With the addition, the Bellator 238 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Julia Budd vs. Cris Cyborg – for women’s featherweight title
- Adam Borics vs. Darrion Caldwell – featherweight tournament quarterfinal
- Alfred Khashakyan vs. Sergio Pettis
- Dillon Danis vs. Kegan Gennrich
- Juan Archuleta vs. Henry Corrales
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7 p.m. ET)
- Aaron Pico vs. Daniel Carey
- Mario Navarro vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Khonry Gracie vs. Hector Saldana
- David Pacheco vs. Craig Plaskett
- Brandon Bender vs. Joshua Jones
- Dominic Clark vs. Ricardo Seixas Filho
- Tyler Beneke vs. Jarrett Connor
- AJ Agazarm vs. Adel Altamimi
- Curtis Millender vs. Moses Murrietta
- Chris Avila vs. Anthony Taylor
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