Three preliminary card bouts have been added to Belllator’s return to Oklahoma.
A featherweight matchup between [autotag]Gabriel Varga[/autotag] and [autotag]Teejay Britton[/autotag], a light heavyweight fight between [autotag]Grant Neal[/autotag] and [autotag]Claude Wilcox[/autotag], and a heavyweight bout between [autotag]J.W. Kiser[/autotag] and [autotag]Davion Franklin[/autotag] have all been added to the Bellator 239 lineup.
The event takes place Feb. 21 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
A decorated kickboxing champion, Varga (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) looks to make it two-for-two against LFA veteran and Bellator debutant Britton (5-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
As for Neal (2-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), the highly-touted NCAA athlete’s football career was derailed due to later-dropped sexual assault accusations. He aims to continue his MMA success against Arkansas’ Wilcox (1-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA).
A fan-favorite, Kiser (5-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) was unsuccessful in his promotional debut against Jake Hager at Bellator 214 in January 2019. However, the 41-year-old heavyweight has another opportunity to pick up a victory under the promotion’s banner against a wrestling-based fighter, Franklin (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
With the additions, the Bellator 239 lineup includes:
- Yaroslav Amosov vs. Ed Ruth
- Brandon Girtz vs. Myles Jury
- Tyrell Fortune vs. Timothy Johnson
- Cris Lencioni vs. Salim Mukhidinov
- Denise Kielholtz vs. Kristina Williams
- Javy Ayala vs. Valentin Moldavsky
- Lucas Brennan vs. Jamese Taylor
- Adil Benjilany vs. Kevin Croom
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Aaron McKenzie
- Christian Edwards vs. Marco Hutch
- Carlo Pedersoli Jr. vs. Mark Lemminger
- Teejay Britton vs. Gabriel Varga
- Grant Neal vs. Claude Wilcox
- Davion Franklin vs. J.W. Kiser
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