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Video: Relive Bellator Europe 2 on MMA Junkie (6 p.m. ET)

Check out a live replay of Bellator Europe 2, which featured a “Knockout of the Year” candidate from Raymond Daniels.

You can watch a live replay of Bellator Europe 2 right here on MMA Junkie, beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT).

Bellator Europe 2, which took place May 4, 2019 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham England, featured a main card full of finishes.

In the main event, former lightweight champion [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] rebounded from losing his title to submit Tim Wilde with a gogplata in the night’s main event. The card also featured a 2019 “Knockout of the Year” candidate in [autotag]Raymond Daniels[/autotag]’ dazzling spinning one-punch knockout in just the second MMA fight of the kickboxing champion’s career.

You can catch all of the action in the video above.

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Relive Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 on MMA Junkie (6 p.m. ET)

Need your Saturday night fight fix? Then check out the replay of February’s Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 card from Dublin.

Getting a little antsy now that another Saturday night is on the horizon and there are no live fights to watch?

Well, Bellator is stepping up to fill in the void — and totally from a safe social distance, too.

Starting at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, Bellator will re-air the memorable Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 combo event, which went down at 3Arena in Dublin.

Bellator 240 was headlined by former lightweight champion [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag]’ first-round submission of Chris Bungard; while Bellator Europe 7 saw [autotag]Leah McCourt[/autotag] take an impressive unanimous decision over Judith Ruis.

Whether you caught this exciting night of fights the first time around or you missed it and are ready to catch up, Bellator’s here to give you a solid Saturday night of fights. So watch the video above to relive a fun time on the Emerald Isle, starting with the prelims t 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

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Bellator 240 highlights: Check out all the action from Dublin

Check out all the highlights from yet another exciting Bellator trip to the Emerald Isle.

It was another sensational night of Bellator action on Saturday. The promotion returned to one of MMA’s true hotspots and put on a memorable evening at 3Arena in Dublin.

The event’s highlights included former Bellator lightweight champion [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] getting back into the win column as he earned a first-round submission over Chris Bungard; SBG’s [autotag]Kiefer Crosby[/autotag] garnering a hard-fought decision nod over Iamik Furtado; and popular [autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] gaining her first MMA victory in nearly four years in a unanimous decision over Elina Kallionidou.

You can check out all the highlights of Bellator 240 in the video above.

Bellator 240 main card results include:

Brent Primus def. Chris Bungard via submission (face crank) – Round 1, 1:55
Kiefer Crosbie def. Iamik Furtado via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Bec Rawlings def. Elina Kallionidou via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ricky Bandejas def. Frans Mlambo via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:25
Oliver Enkamp def. Lewis Long via knockout (spinning backfist) – Round 1, 4:10

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Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 post-event facts: Charlie Ward closes in on KO record

Check out all the facts and figures from Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7, which took place Saturday in Dublin.

Bellator closed out a very busy weekend of fights on Saturday with the split-event showcase that was Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7, which took place at 3Arena in Dublin.

There were a few noteworthy results to stem from the lineup, someone of which had historical significance. For more details, check below for 30 post-event facts to come out of Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7.

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Betting favorites went 7-1 on the main card.

Betting favorites improved to 3-0 in Bellator main events this year.

Total fight time for the eight main card matchups was 1:26:54.

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[autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) has earned eight of his 10 career victories by stoppage.

Primus’ eight victories in Bellator lightweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Michael Chandler (14) and Patricky Freire (14).

Primus’ six stoppage victories in Bellator lightweight competition are third most in divisional history behind Chandler (nine) and Freire (nine).

[autotag]Chris Bungard[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by submission.

[autotag]Kiefer Crosbie[/autotag] (8-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) has earned three of his four Bellator victories by decision.

[autotag]Iamik Furtado[/autotag] (6-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

[autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] (8-9 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) snapped her five-fight losing skid for her first victory since March 2016.

Rawlings improved to 1-3 since she returned to the women’s flyweight division in November 2017.

[autotag]Elina Kallionidou[/autotag] (7-4 MMA, 0-4 BMMA) remained winless in four career Bellator appearances.

Kallionidou has suffered all four of her career losses by decision.

[autotag]Ricky Bandejas[/autotag] (13-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) has earned nine of his 13 career victories by stoppage. That includes all three of his Bellator wins.

[autotag]Lewis Long[/autotag] (17-6 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) has suffered all six of his career losses by stoppage.

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[autotag]Leah McCourt[/autotag] (4-1 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) failed to finish her opponent for the first time in her Bellator career.

[autotag]Judith Ruis[/autotag] (6-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) has suffered four of her five career losses by decision.

[autotag]Charlie Ward[/autotag] (8-4 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) improved to 5-1 since he returned to the middleweight division in November 2017. He’s 7-1 overall in his career at the weight class.

Ward’s five stoppage victories in Bellator middleweight competition are third most in divisional history behind Alexander Shlemenko (eight) and John Salter (six).

Ward’s five knockout victories in Bellator middleweight competition are second most in divisional history behind Shlemenko (six).

[autotag]Kyle Kurtz[/autotag] (10-8 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has suffered seven of his eight career losses by stoppage. He’s been finished by knockout in six of those defeats.

[autotag]Austin Clem[/autotag] (4-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) earned the first decision victory of his career.

[autotag]Aaron Chalmers[/autotag] (5-2 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

[autotag]Richard Kiely[/autotag] (3-3 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.

[autotag]Georgi Karakhanyan[/autotag] (29-10-1 MMA, 7-8 BMMA) was successful in his Bellator lightweight debut.

Karakhanyan improved to 1-2 since he returned to Bellator for a third stint in March 2019.

[autotag]Paul Redmond[/autotag] (15-9 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) fell to 5-3 since he was released from the UFC in July 2015.

Redmond has suffered seven of his nine career losses by stoppage.

Redmond suffered his first submission loss since Dec. 31, 2013 – a span of 2,244 days (more than six years) and 12 fights.

[autotag]Richie Smullen[/autotag] (5-2-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

[autotag]Justin Moore[/autotag] (9-5 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) has suffered all five of his career losses by stoppage.

Bellator 240 results: Brent Primus grabs first-round finish in Dublin

Former Bellator lightweight champion Brent Primus proved his title credentials with a first-round submission win at the 3Arena, Dublin.

Former Bellator lightweight champion [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] was handed a late-notice change of assignment at Bellator 240, but he produced a professional performance to finish [autotag]Chris Bungard[/autotag] and reassert his championship credentials at the 3Arena, Dublin.

Scotland’s Bungard (15-6 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) stepped in at just over three weeks’ notice to face Primus (10-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) and looked to catch the former champion cold as he stuffed an early takedown attempt and hammered Primus with a succession of elbows to the head before jumping on a guillotine choke attempt.

Primus managed to extricate himself from the hold before turning the tables on the Scot. He moved to Bungard’s back and attempted to lock up a rear-naked choke. Bungard did well to keep his chin tucked, but Primus’ arm strength proved too much as he forced the Scot to tap to a neck crank at the 1:55 mark of the opening round.

Crosbie edges past Furtado after cagey three-round battle

In the Bellator 240 co-main event, SBG prospect [autotag]Kiefer Crosbie[/autotag] picked up a split-decision victory against Guinea-Bissau’s [autotag]Iamik Furtado[/autotag] after three gritty rounds.

Furtado (6-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) started the better of the pair as the debutant stifled an initial charge from Crosbie (8-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) and controlled the Irishman against the cage before later hurting him to the body with a solid kick to the midsection. But, after a steady start, Crosbie upped his work rate in the final two minutes of the round as he took Furtado’s back and attacked a rear-naked choke.

The second round saw Furtado come back into the matchup as he edged the striking exchanges, and he hurt Crosbie to the body once again in the final round. But “BDK” would not be denied in his home town as he gritted his teeth and, with the 3Arena crowd cheering his every strike, battled through the pain to finish strongly and claim the split-decision win with scores of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.

Rawlings edges Kallionidou to grab first Bellator win

“Rowdy” [autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] picked up her first MMA win in almost four years as she defeated [autotag]Elina Kallionidou[/autotag] in their women’s flyweight matchup.

Rawlings (8-9 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) battled all the way to the scorecards with 21-year-old Greek prospect Kallionidou (7-4 MMA, 0-4 BMMA) in a gritty, three-round clash that saw Rawlings use her ground skills to secure scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 from the three cageside judges.

Rawlings reversed an early Kallionidou takedown attempt and held top position for the majority of the opening round, then repeated the trick in the second, with Kallionidou’s only serious threat coming from a triangle choke attempt, which the Australian smartly escaped.

The grueling action of the first two rounds left Rawlings looking exhausted at the start of the final round, but she had enough left in the tank to halt Kallionidou’s striking attack by taking her down to the canvas. This time it was Kallionidou who had top position, but the Greek fighter was unable to make any headway from inside Rawlings’ guard. Indeed, it was the Australian who carried the greater threat off her back as she came close to locking up an armbar, then a rear-naked choke, as the fight reached the final bell.

Ultimately, it fell to the judges to determine the victor, with Rawlings getting the unanimous decision to secure her first win as a Bellator fighter, and her first MMA victory since March 2016.

Bandejas turns the tables on Mlambo

[autotag]Ricky Bandejas[/autotag] endured a difficult opening round before finally knocking out [autotag]Frans Mlambo[/autotag] in their bantamweight matchup as the South Florida native added the name of another SBG fighter to his list of victims.

Bandejas (13-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) was sent to the canvas three times in the opening round as a loose, confident Mlambo (8-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) started strongly in Round 1. The third occasion was as a result of a superb three-punch combination that dropped Bandejas, as Mlambo followed his man to the mat, took his back and locked up a rear-naked choke. But Bandejas escaped the hold and came out sharper at the start of the second round.

The American pushed the pace on Mlambo after the restart, and met “The Black Mamba” in the center of the cage as he traded strikes with Mlambo. Then, after Mlambo caught his kick, Bandejas unloaded a flurry of punches that sent the Dublin-based South African face-first into the canvas for a stunning second-round knockout.

Enkamp makes short work of Long

The opening bout on the Bellator 240 main card featured a battle of European welterweights, and it was Sweden’s [autotag]Oliver Enkamp[/autotag] who emerged victorious with a highlight-reel finish of Wales’ [autotag]Lewis Long[/autotag].

The pair locked up almost immediately and Long (17-6 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) looked to grab an early guillotine choke but the Swede quickly escaped. Long secured a solid takedown but, once again, Enkamp (9-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) had the answer as the pair returned to the clinch against the cage. Long went for another guillotine and once again Enkamp escaped.

Then, with a visibly confident Long moving forward looking to land punches, Enkamp struck. As Long stepped in to land a looping left hook, Enkamp launched a spectacular spinning backfist, with his forearm connecting across the bridge of Long’s nose, sending the Welshman down to the canvas. A couple of follow-up shots were all referee Dan Miragliotta needed to dive in and stop the fight with 50 seconds of the first round remaining.

Bellator 240 main card results include:

Brent Primus def. Chris Bungard via submission (face crank) – Round 1, 1:55
Kiefer Crosbie def. Iamik Furtado via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Bec Rawlings def. Elina Kallionidou via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ricky Bandejas def. Frans Mlambo via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:25
Oliver Enkamp def. Lewis Long via knockout (spinning backfist) – Round 1, 4:10

Ex-champ Brent Primus practicing title patience heading into Bellator 240

Brent Primus held Bellator gold once before, and he longs to reclaim it, but the wins need to keep mounting.

Former Bellator lightweight champion [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] knows he has to continue to impress in his quest for another title shot and says he’s ready to unleash a previously unseen submission in the main event of Bellator 240.

Primus (9-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA), who fights Chris Bungard on Saturday in Dublin, was all set to face Irish fan favorite and rising contender Peter Queally, but when the Irishman suffered a knee injury, he was replaced by Scotland’s Bungard (15-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA).

Primus is happy to still be on the card and intends to deliver the best performance possible to keep him in the hunt for a shot at the lightweight title when two-division champion Patricio Freire eventually returns to 155 pounds.

“Yeah, it sucks for sure, man,” Primus told MMA Junkie during media day in Dublin. “I was looking forward to fighting Peter, but it is what it is, and I’m glad Chris took the fight. I obviously want to fight Patricio. I know I can beat him, and he’s on my radar. He has that belt, but I’ll be happy to fight Benson (Henderson). I want to fight one of the top-ranked guys for sure. That’s what I want.”

Freire’s involvement in the Bellator featherweight grand prix has caused an issue with the promotion’s lightweight division, which has effectively been on hold while Freire focuses solely on the 145-pound tournament. It’s a source of frustration for Primus, who says he can do no more than just keep fighting and winning to ensure he’s in the right place when “Pitbull” eventually returns to the division.

“It sucks,” Primus said. “It puts not only me on hold, but the entire lightweight division, for him. At the same time, I’ve just gotta take one fight at a time and keep winning, and I know that title and the belt will come.”

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One solution could be the introduction of an interim title, and Primus admitted he’d be open to the possibility of fighting for an interim belt to determine who should face “Pitbull,” but the American isn’t holding his breath.

“Yeah, I’ll take an interim belt, for sure,” he said. “I think that’d be cool. But I think I read an article where Scott Coker said he isn’t too interested in doing interim belts, but at the same time, man, the whole division is on hold right now waiting on Patricio. So I would definitely take an interim title fight if they did do that. But I have to just go out there and do my job and take one fight at a time.”

That next fight sees him take on Bungard, who has upset the form book before in his fighting career. But Primus says he holds all the aces, including a previously unseen submission that he thinks could rival his gogoplata finish of Tim Wilde at Bellator Europe 2 last May.

“I definitely have a couple of cool submissions that are rare,” Primus said. “I’ve got this one that I’ve been working on that I’ve been catching a lot of people in that nobody has ever done before in a fight. I know I could catch him in a crazy, cool submission, but at the same time I know I’m better than him in wrestling, in jiu-jitsu, in stand-up, so I know I can finish him. Seven out of my nine wins are first-round finishes, and I know I can finish this guy. I’m expecting nothing less.”

With a show-stopping submission or two in his arsenal, plus the desire to deliver a headline-making performance, Primus says he hopes he can produce another highlight-reel moment in front of the rowdy, passionate Irish fight fans.

“It’s going to be intense, I know it is. It’s going to be crazy,” he said. “It might be less intense now that I’m fighting somebody from Scotland rather than Peter, who I know had a humungous following here in Dublin. But I know it’s going to be crazy, man. There’s no fans quite like the Irish fans, and I’m excited to fight in a crazy atmosphere. It’s going to be nuts, and I can’t wait.”

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Bellator Dublin predictions: Which five fighters got unanimous nods from our pickers?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the Bellator Europe 7 and Bellator 240 cards in Dublin.

	McCourt vs. Ruis	Kurtz vs. Ward	Chalmers vs. Clem	Primus vs. Bungard	Crosbie vs. Furtado	Kallionidou vs. Rawlings	Bandejas vs. Mlambo	Enkamp vs. Long
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 16-10	McCourt (93%)	Ward (82%)	Chalmers (78%)	Primus (92%)	Crosbie (70%)	Rawlings (63%)	Bandejas (77%)	Enkamp (53%)
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 20-6	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Enkamp
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 20-6 2017 Champion	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Enkamp
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 19-7	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Kalliondou	Bandejas	Enkamp
Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 19-7	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Kalliondou	Bandejas	Enkamp
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 19-7	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Enkamp
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 19-7	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Kalliondou	Bandejas	Enkamp
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 19-7	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Kalliondou	Bandejas	Enkamp
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 19-7 2014 Champion	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Kalliondou	Bandejas	Long
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 18-8	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Long
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 18-8	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Enkamp
Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 18-8 2019 Champion*	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Long
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 17-9 2018 Champion	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Enkamp
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 16-10	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Bandejas	Long
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 12-14	McCourt	Ward	Chalmers	Primus	Crosbie	Rawlings	Mlambo	Long

The second of Bellator’s back-to-back events this week sees the promotion return to Dublin for a card loaded with European talent.

Bellator 240 and Bellator Europe 7 take place Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin. The Bellator Europe 7 card streams on MMA Junkie. The Bellator 240 portion airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN via tape delay.

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

In the Bellator Europe 7 main event, [autotag]Leah McCourt[/autotag] (3-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on [autotag]Judith Ruis[/autotag] (6-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a women’s featherweight fight. McCourt, from nearby Northern Ireland, is one of five unanimous picks from our 14 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers. She’s got a 14-0 shutout.

In the co-main event at Bellator Europe 7, Dublin-based [autotag]Charlie Ward[/autotag] (7-4 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) is a unanimous pick against [autotag]Kyle Kurtz[/autotag] (10-7 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) in their middleweight bout.

And former reality TV star [autotag]Aaron Chalmers[/autotag] (5-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) is a 14-0 pick from our staff members against [autotag]Austin Clem[/autotag] (3-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in their welterweight bout.

On the Bellator 240 portion of the card, former lightweight champ [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] (9-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) is a 14-0 pick against [autotag]Chris Bungard[/autotag] (15-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA). And Kiefer Crosbie (7-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) is our fifth unanimous pick in his 160-pound contract weight bout against Iamik Furtado (6-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).

[autotag]Ricky Bandejas[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) nearly made it a sixth unanimous nod in his bantamweight bout against [autotag]Frans Mlambo[/autotag] (8-4 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), but had to settle for 13-1 in the picks.

Our only truly contentious fights in the picks come in the way of [autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] (7-9 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in her women’s flyweight bout against [autotag]Elina Kallionidou[/autotag] (7-3 MMA, 0-3 BMMA). Rawlings, looking to snap a five-fight skid, has a 9-5 edge in the picks.

And to open the Bellator 240 portion of the event, [autotag]Oliver Enkamp[/autotag] (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) also has a 9-5 picks lead in his welterweight fight against [autotag]Lewis Long[/autotag] (17-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA).

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, McCourt (93 percent), Ward (82 percent), Chalmers (78 percent), Primus (92 percent), Crosbie (70 percent), Rawlings (63 percent), Bandejas (77 percent) and Enkamp (53 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

4 burning questions heading into Bellator Dublin

MMA Junkie’s Simon Head picks out four key storylines to follow through Bellator’s first Euro series event of the year.

Bellator returns to one of the hotbeds of European MMA as Dublin’s 3Arena plays host to the first European Series event of 2020.

Following an injury to main event star James Gallagher, Bellator’s European matchmaker Jude Samuel has shuffled the deck, with Northern Irish women’s MMA pioneer [autotag]Leah McCourt[/autotag] set to take center stage in the biggest fight of her career.

The former IMMAF amateur world champion will headline the reshuffled fight card against Germany’s [autotag]Judith Ruis[/autotag] in a women’s featherweight main event, while a card packed with Irish and British prospects will look to wow the passionate and knowledgable Irish crowd on what is sure to be another wild night in Dublin.

Without further ado, here are four burning questions heading into Bellator Europe 7/Bellator 240.

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Will ‘The Curse’ be a main-event blessing for the Irish fight fans?

McCourt’s promotion from main card notable to main event star represents a huge jump in exposure for the affable Northern Irish starlet, and the fighter playfully nicknamed “The Curse” is looking to complete a hat-trick of wins at the 3Arena on Feb. 22.

McCourt’s first two appearances inside the Bellator cage both produced stoppage wins, with both fights taking place inside Dublin’s famously atmospheric venue. Now she faces Ruis (6-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) looking to make it three in a row in Bellator, and three in a row in the 3Arena.

Ruis will have other plans, of course. The German now faces a monumental occasion on her Bellator debut as she will not only face one of the stars of women’s MMA on this side of the pond, but she’ll have to do it under the glare of the main event spotlight.

It’s a daunting prospect, but she’ll head into the bout with confidence having picked up a pair of first-round submission finishes in her last two bouts prior to being snapped up by Bellator.

It promises to be a night to remember for one of these unexpected main event fighters, but who will get their hand raised at the end of the night? Will McCourt (3-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) rise to the occasion on the biggest stage of her career, or will Ruis step in and spoil the party with a dream performance on her debut?

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Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 pre-event facts: Can Bec Rawlings snap MMA skid?

Check out the key facts and figures about Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7, which takes place Saturday in Dublin.

Bellator continues a busy weekend on Saturday with a split event showcase at 3Arena in Dublin featuring Bellator 240 and Bellator Europe 7.

The Bellator 240 portion of the card is headlined by former lightweight champion [autotag]Brent Primus[/autotag] (9-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) vs. [autotag]Chris Bungard[/autotag] (15-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), while the Bellator Europe 7 portion sees Northern Ireland’s [autotag]Leah McCourt[/autotag] (3-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) fight [autotag]Judith Ruis[/autotag] (6-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a women’s featherweight affair.

For more on the numbers behind all the festivities, check below for 15 pre-event facts about Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7.

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Primus’ five stoppage victories in Bellator lightweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Michael Chandler (nine) and Patricky Freire (nine).

Primus is the only fighter in Bellator history to earn a submission victory by omoplata choke. He accomplished the feat at Bellator Europe 1.

Bungard has earned both of his Bellator victories by first-round submission. He finished both fights by rear-naked choke.

[autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag]’ (7-9 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) five-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn’t earned a victory since March 2016.

Rawlings is 0-3 since she returned to the women’s flyweight division in November 2017.

[autotag]Elina Kallionidou[/autotag] (7-3 MMA, 0-3 BMMA), 21, is the youngest of the 16 fighters scheduled for the Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 main cards.

[autotag]Ricky Bandejas[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) has earned both of his Bellator victories by first-round knockout.

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McCourt has earned both of her Bellator victories by first-round stoppage.

Ruis, 35, is the oldest of the 16 fighters scheduled for the Bellator 240/Bellator Europe 7 main cards.

Ruis has earned five of her six career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Charlie Ward[/autotag] (7-4 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) is 4-1 since he returned to the middleweight division in November 2017. He’s 6-1 overall in his career at the weight class.

Ward’s four knockout victories in Bellator middleweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Alexander Shlemenko (six).

[autotag]Kyle Kurtz[/autotag] (10-7 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) returns to Bellator for the first time since June 2015. He went 6-7 between stints with the organization.

MMA Junkie reader predictions: Make your picks for Bellator Europe 7/Bellator 240 in Dublin

We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator Europe 7/Bellator 240 event in Dublin.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator Europe 7/Bellator 240 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. Bellator 240 and Bellator Europe 7 take place Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin. The Bellator Europe 7 card streams on MMA Junkie. The Bellator 240 portion airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN via tape delay.

Make your picks for all eight main card fights inside:

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