Bellator 87 is taking place at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The main card features the four quarter final fights in the Lightweight Tournament, and features some names like David Rickels and Patricky Pitbull.
Delorenzi vs. Pitbull
The main event features the Canadian prospect Delorenzi fighting out of the world famous Tristar camp, against the always entertaining Patricky Pitbull. At a glance this fight would be easy to call in the favor of Pitbull, but if you look closely this is actually a close fight. Pitbull is coming off of two straight losses, and not decisions one is a KO and the other is a submission. Pitbull has not won a fight since 2011. Delorenzi on the other hand is on a five fight win streak with his one loss coming at the hands of Warmachine. I think the Canadian is going to get the upset and win by TKO.
Woodard vs. Rickels
This in my opinion is going to be a phenomenal fight. You have two men with a majority of their wins by submission, and I think it is going to end up being a stand up fight. In my opinion Rickels’ is the better striker, and I think most would agree. I don’t see Woodard winning this fight unless he gets Rickels on his back, but then he needs to be careful of Rickels’ great triangle. I see this being a submission win for Rickels.
Michel vs. Sarnavskiy
This fight has two up and comers fighting out of Brazil and Russia. The Brazilian Michel is a pro kick boxer turned MMA fighter and he is coming off a spit decision loss to Weedman. Sarnavskiy is only 24 years old and holds an impressive record of 21-1. This is going to come down to one simple point, can Michel keep it standing? Sarnavskiy is a very well rounded fighter, of his 21 wins 6 are by KO, 11 by Submission, and 4 by decision. Michel is a finisher with 9 wins by KO but has not found a way to do so in Bellator. I think Sarnavskiy takes this one by submission.
Tirloni vs. Brooks
Both these men are very well rounded; Brooks is coming off a TKO win in the Japanese promotion Dream, while Tirloni is coming off a split decision loss to Dave Jansen. Brooks is a very good up and comer with an undefeated record, but he has not been tested enough. Tirloni has had four fights in Bellator and while he is by no means the favorite in this tournament I believe he will take a decision over Brooks.
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– Josh Leduc