| Mitrione vs. Kharitonov |
Pascu vs. Storley |
Dantas vs. Misech |
Douma vs. Kimbel |
Jones vs. Vanderford |
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MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2019: 19-6 |
 Mitrione (56%) |
 Storley (88%) |
 Dantas (85%) |
 Kimbel (77%) |
 Vanderford (85%) |
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Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2019: 20-5 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2019: 18-7 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2019: 18-7  2014 Champion
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 Kharitonov |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2019: 18-7 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2019: 18-7 2016 Champion
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Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2019: 18-7 |
Kharitonov |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Brian Garcia @thegoze 2019: 18-7 2017 Champion
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Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2019: 17-8 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2019: 17-8 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2019: 17-8 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Simon Samano @SJSamano 2019: 16-9 |
Kharitonov |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
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Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2019: 15-10 2018 Champion
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Kharitonov |
Storley |
Dantas |
 Douma |
Vanderford |
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George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2019: 15-10 |
Mitrione |
Storley |
Dantas |
Kimbel |
Vanderford |
Bellator is back on familiar turf in Connecticut this week for back-to-back shows.
Bellator 215 takes place Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMAjunkie.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, Matt Mitrione (13-6 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) takes on Sergei Kharitonov (28-6 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) in a heavyweight bout. The oddsmakers have made this fight a virtual pick’em, but our 13 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers have given Mitrione a 9-4 edge in the picks.
In the welterweight co-feature, Logan Storley (9-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) is one of three unanimous picks on the main card in his fight against Ion Pascu (18-9 MMA, 0-2 BMMA). Former bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (20-6 MMA, 10-4 BMMA) also has a 13-0 nod from our pickers over Toby Misech (11-6 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), as does welterweight Austin Vanderford (6-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) against Cody Jones (6-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
Connecticut’s own Mike Kimbel (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) nearly is a unanimous pick against John Douma (3-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), but he’ll have to settle for a 12-1 romp in the predictions.
In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Mitrione (56 percent), Storley (88 percent), Dantas (85 percent), Kimbel (77 percent) and Vanderford (85 percent) are the choices.
Check out all the picks above.
For more on Bellator 215, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
