Zane Simon, Eddie Mercado, & Victor Rodriguez of return to breakdown this week’s Bellator events in Thackerville and Rome. With picks and odds for the main cards.
Bellator takes a page from the UFC’s International Fight Week this week, with back-to-back events on Friday & Saturday. Altogether what would make one really decent card gets spread out over two events, with Julia Budd defending her featherweight title against Talita Nogueira and Patricio Freire re-matching Daniel Weichel with the featherweight belt on the line. Throw former welterweight champ Andrey Koreshkov in a showcase and former bantamweight champ Edurado Dantas in against Michael McDonald and there should be plenty of action over two days.
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Bellator 202: Budd vs. Nogueira goes down this Friday in Thackerville, OK, with the main card starting at 9pm Eastern & Pacific. Bellator 203: Pitbull vs. Weichel 2 takes place Saturday, July 14th in Rome, Italy, and starts at 8pm Eastern. Here’s a look at the cards, as they stand right now.
BELLATOR 202
PARAMOUNT TV CARD
Julia Budd vs. Talita Nogueira
Eduardo Dantas vs. Michael McDonald
Chris Honeycutt vs. Leo Leite
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Ernest James
ONLINE PRELIMS
Emily Ducote vs. Veta Arteaga
Gerald Harris vs. Yaroslav Amosov
Will Morris vs. Charles Williams
Nation Gibrick vs. Luis Erives
Aaron Webb vs. Daniel Carey
Stephanie Geltmacher vs. Deborah Kouzmin
Steve Kozola vs. Ryan Walker
Jon HIll vs. Rudy Schaffroth
Fernando Trevino vs. Tyler Ingram
Bellator 203
PARAMOUNT TV CARD
Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Weichel
Alessio Sakara vs. Jamie Sloane
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Vaso Bakocevic
PRELIMS
Simone La Preziosa vs. Maxim Radu
Michele Martignoni vs. Simone D’Anna
Will Fleury vs. Alen Amedovski