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Bellator 252: Make your predictions for Patricio Freire vs. Pedro Carvalho
We want your predictions for Thursday’s Bellator 252 event in Connecticut.
We want your predictions for Thursday’s Bellator 252 event in Connecticut.
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 Wednesday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 252 event staff predictions we release Wednesday ahead of the event. Bellator 252 takes place Thursday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card airs on CBS Sports Network and streams on DAZN following three main card fights below.
Logan Storley forced off Bellator 242 due to undisclosed injury
An injury has forced the four time NCAA wrestling All-American out of his fight at Bellator’s return to action on July 24.
An undisclosed injury has forced undefeated prospect [autotag]Logan Storley[/autotag] out of his upcoming fight.
Storley (11-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) was slated to meet [autotag]Mark Lemminger[/autotag] in the featured preliminary bout of Bellator 242 on July 24 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Sources tell MMA Junkie, however, that Storley must bow out of the bout after sustaining the injury. No further details are available, other than to specify that Storley does not have COVID-19.
In Storley’s place, Jake Smith will compete against Lemminger (10-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a welterweight matchup. Known as “The Half-Black Attack,” Smith (7-3 MMA, 1-1 BMMA), who is based in Vancouver, Wash., dropped his most recent Bellator appearance, a second-round submission to Adam Piccolotti at Bellator 226.
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No word yet on a return timetable for Storley, a four-time NCAA wrestling All-American out of the University of Minnesota who is 6-0 in Bellator competition.
Updated lineup for Bellator 242, which marks the promotion’s return after shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic:
The full Bellator 242 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Ricky Bandejas vs. Sergio Pettis
- Jason Jackson vs. Jordan Mein
- Tywan Claxton vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Chris Hatley Jr. vs. Aaron Pico
PRELIMINARY CARD Bellator’s YouTube channel, 8:45 p.m. ET)
- Mark Lemminger vs. Jake Smith
- Cass Bell vs. Raufeon Stots
- Steve Mowry vs. Rudy Schaffroth
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Sergio Pettis vs. Ricky Bandejas headliner, Aaron Pico highlight Bellator’s July 24 return
Bellator is back for the first time in five months due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Bellator is ready to roll out fights once again.
The promotion announced Wednesday that it’s set to return July 24 after a five-month absence because of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Bellator 242 will take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and will be headlined by a bantamweight title eliminator bout between [autotag]Sergio Pettis[/autotag] (19-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and [autotag]Ricky Bandejas[/autotag] (13-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA).
The event will be co-headlined by welterweights [autotag]Jason Jackson[/autotag] (11-4 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) and UFC veteran [autotag]Jordan Mein[/autotag] (31-12 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
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Kicking off the main card will be top featherweight prospect [autotag]Aaron Pico[/autotag] (5-3 MMA, 5-3 BMMA), who snapped a two-fight losing streak with a knockout of Daniel Carey at Bellator 238 in January. He takes on [autotag]Solo Hatley Jr.[/autotag] (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), who defeated Gaston Bolanos by split decision in his promotional debut in February.
Featured on the three-fight preliminary card is undefeated four-time All-American wrestler [autotag]Logan Storley[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA), who faces the debuting [autotag]Mark Lemminger[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
The full Bellator 242 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Ricky Bandejas vs. Sergio Pettis
- Jason Jackson vs. Jordan Mein
- Tywan Claxton vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Chris Hatley Jr. vs. Aaron Pico
PRELIMINARY CARD Bellator’s YouTube channel, 8:45 p.m. ET)
- Mark Lemminger vs. Logan Storley
- Cass Bell vs. Raufeon Stots
- Steve Mowry vs. Rudy Schaffroth
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Video: Relive Bellator 204 on MMA Junkie
Check out a live replay of Bellator 204, which featured a Darrion Caldwell win and a stunning finish.
You can watch a live replay of Bellator 204 right here on MMA Junkie, beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT).
Bellator 204, which took place Aug. 17, 2018 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., featured then-bantamweight champion [autotag]Darrion Caldwell[/autotag] competing at featherweight.
In the main event, Caldwell knocked out Noad Lahat in the second round of their 145-pound bout. And in the co-main event, [autotag]Logan Storley[/autotag] won a by second-round TKO against A.J. Matthews. The night also featured [autotag]James Gallagher[/autotag] suffering is first loss at the hands of [autotag]Ricky Bandejas[/autotag], who won stunning first-round knockout.
You can catch all of the action in the video above.
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Logan Storley: Win over D-I wrestler E.J. Brooks at Bellator 233 speaks to my wrestling ability
Logan Storley thinks taking out a D-I wrestler in E.J. Brooks at Bellator 233 speaks to his own elite wrestling ability.
THACKERVILLE, Okla. – [autotag]Logan Storley[/autotag]’s win Friday at Bellator 233 was a major feather in his cap.
Storley (11-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA), a four time All-American wrestler, took on former Division-I wrestler E.J. Brooks. He picked up a TKO win when Brooks didn’t come back out for the second round with an apparent broken arm.
Storley was able to hurt Brooks early, throwing a couple of kicks that hurt Brooks’ arm. He was then able to use his wrestling to take the fight to the mat, and after the end of Round 1, Brooks’ corner stopped the fight with Brooks unable to continue due to the injury.
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The game plan for Storley was to come out aggressive and put pressure on Brooks, which he was able to do. The arm injury suffered by Brooks made it that much harder for him to get off the mat when Storley was all over him.
“I knew that first kick, I think it was the first or second kick that hurt him,” Storley told MMA Junkie after the fight. “I felt him underneath when I kept putting it on him, and forcing him to push off of it – and that was a hard, grinding pace, the first five. That’s what I wanted to do because I felt him slowly losing that energy and me just getting into more dominant positions, but it takes a while to get to that. You don’t just get to go land big shots right away. You have to wear these guys out, then you can set the pace and fight your fight.”
Storley thinks taking out an accomplished wrestler in Brooks proves how good his wrestling is.
“It took a little longer than I wanted, getting to those positions, but he’s a former Division-I wrestler,” Storley said. “He’s beat really good guys in wrestling, and that’s what people don’t understand is, that guy was a really good Division-I wrestler. So for me to go out there and dominate a former Division-I wrestler like that, I think that speaks to my wrestling ability.”