HONOLULU – Saturday’s second of back-to-back Bellator shows in Hawaii has lost a main card fight just hours before the official weigh-ins.
The flyweight bout between [autotag]Ray Borg[/autotag] (16-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and [autotag]Kyoji Horiguchi[/autotag] (31-5 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) has been canceled, Bellator officials announced Friday. Although the promotion doesn’t officially have a flyweight division, the bout was going to be fought at 125 pounds to open the main card at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.
Bellator officials did not announce a reason for the fight’s cancellation.
With that fight off, the 165-pound contract weight bout between Oahu native and resident [autotag]Yancy Medeiros[/autotag] (16-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and [autotag]Charlie Leary[/autotag] (17-13-1 MMA, 3-4 BMMA) has been elevated to the main card. When Medeiros made his Bellator debut a year ago in Honolulu, he also had his fight moved from the prelims to the main card – but found out backstage during the event.
Borg was set to make his Bellator debut. He has 21 career fights – but also has nearly as many fights that have been scheduled, but canceled. This will be his 11th on-the-books fight cancellation since 2018. Horiguchi, a former Bellator bantamweight champion, was looking to extend a modest two-fight winning streak.
With the change, the Bellator 295 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 11 p.m. ET)
- Interim champ Raufeon Stots vs. Patchy Mix – for interim bantamweight title; grand prix final
- Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Kana Watanabe
- James Gonzalez vs. Aaron Pico
- Charlie Leary vs. Yancy Medeiros
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 8 p.m. ET)
- Mads Burnell vs. Justin Gonzales
- Adli Edwards vs. Kai Kamaka
- Veta Arteaga vs. Sumiko Inaba
- Weber Almeida vs. Keoni Diggs
- Aalon Cruz vs. Bobby King
- Kasim Aras vs. Davion Franklin
- Bruna Ellen vs. Ilara Joanne
- Masayuki Kikuiri vs. Alexey Shurkevich
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 295.