One of two heavyweight fights on Bellator 277 has been tweaked.
[autotag]Tyrell Fortune[/autotag] now meets [autotag]Rakim Cleveland[/autotag] on the April 12 card at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., rather than originally scheduled opponent Steve Mowry, who withdrew for undisclosed reasons, a promotion official informed MMA Junkie on Wednesday.
A well traveled professional fighter, Cleveland (22-14-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) made his promotional debut against Mowry at Bellator 271 in November. Mowry defeated Cleveland via first-round submission. The defeat snapped a three-fight winning streak for Cleveland.
Fortune (11-2 MMA, 11-2 BMMA) looks to get back into the win column after a November split decision loss to Linton Vassell. The defeat snapped a three-fight winning streak.
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With the change, the Bellator 277 lineup includes:
- Champion A.J. McKee vs. Patricio Freire – for featherweight title
- Champion Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson – for light heavyweight title, grand prix final
- Jeremy Kennedy vs. Aaron Pico
- Rakim Cleveland vs. Tyrell Fortune
- Tim Johnson vs. Linton Vassell
- Kyle Crutchmer vs. Michael Lombardo
- Shane Keefe vs. Tyson Miller
- Gaston Bolanos vs. Cass Bell
- Alan Benson vs. Theo Haig
- Edwin De Los Santos vs. Alberto Mendez
- Calob Ramirez vs. Bobby Seronio III
- Socrates Hernandez vs. Rogelio Luna
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