Bellator MMA have revealed the finalised fight cards for BAMMA 27 and Bellator 169 on 16th December 2016 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
The collaboration event will feature 5 fights on the Bellator portion of the card and 14 bouts on the BAMMA undercard.
The main event of the Bellator main card sees King Mo Lawal (19-5) taking on Satoshi Ishii (14-6-1), with SBG Ireland’s James Gallagher (4-0) taking on Anthony Taylor (1-1) in the co-main event.
Also on Bellator’s main card, as reported first on SevereMMA, Wexford’s Brian Moore (9-4) steps in to replace Paul Redmond who was forced to withdraw due to injury against Daniel Weichel (37-9).
In the BAMMA main event, highly touted prospect Tom Duquesnoy (13-1) will attempt to defend his BAMMA bantamweight championship against Northern Ireland’s Alan Philpott (16-8). The co-main sees Dubliner Chris Fields (11-7-1) take on Andy Clamp (8-1) for the vacant BAMMA light-heavyweight strap.
Undefeated Irish pros like Dylan Tuke (3-0), Rhys McKee (4-0), Kiefer Crosbie (1-0), Sinead Kavanagh (3-0), Richie Smullen (2-0) and Will Fleury (1-0) will also appear on the BAMMA portion of the card.
Here is the full card:
Complete “Bellator 169: King Mo vs. Ishii” Main Card:
Heavyweight Main Event: Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (19-5, 1 NC) vs. Satoshi Ishii (14-6-1)
Featherweight Co-Main Event: James Gallagher (4-0) vs. Anthony Taylor (1-1)
Featherweight Feature Bout: Daniel Weichel (37-9) vs. Brian Moore (9-4)
Flyweight Feature Bout: Bruna Vargas (2-1) vs. Helen Harper (4-1)
Bantamweight Feature Bout: Shay Walsh (14-4) vs. Luiz Tosta (9-2)
Updated “BAMMA 27” Card:
Bantamweight World Title Bout: Tom Duquesnoy (13-1, 1 NC) vs. Alan Philpott (16-8)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Chris Fields (11-7-1) vs. Andy Clamp (8-1)
Featherweight Bout: Ronnie Mann (25-8-1) vs. Niklas Backstrom (10-2)
Featherweight Bout: Dylan Tuke (3-0) vs. Cameron Else (3-3)
Lightweight Bout: Rhys McKee (4-0) vs. Jai Hebert (4-0)
Welterweight Bout: Kiefer Crosbie (1-0) vs. Conor Riordan (Debut)
Welterweight Bout: Nathan Jones (9-5) vs. Walter Gahadza (16-0)
Bantamweight Bout: Ian Cleary (Debut) vs. Andrew Lofthouse (Debut)
Welterweight Bout: Terry Brazier (6-1) vs. Niklas Stolze (7-1)
Bantamweight Bout: Sinead Kavanagh (3-0) vs. Eeva Siiskonen (5-4-2)
Bantamweight Bout: Richie Smullen (2-0) vs. Conor Dillon (5-8)
Bantamweight Bout: Blaine O’Driscoll (2-1) vs. Neil Ward (2-2)
Welterweight Bout: Keith McCabe (1-1) vs. Richard Kiely (Debut)
Welterweight Bout:Will Fleury (1-0) vs. Kyle Mclurkin (Debut)