We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 225 event in Bridgeport, Conn.
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 Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 225 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. Bellator 225 takes place Saturday at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Make your picks for all five main-card fights inside:
Alejandra Lara vs. Taylor Turner
Records: Alejandra Lara (7-3 MMA, 1-2 BMMA), Taylor Turner (4-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA)
Past five: Lara 3-2, Turner 3-2
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 08.19.19): N/A
Yaroslav Amosov vs. David Rickels
Records: Yaroslav Amosov (21-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), David Rickels (21-5 MMA, 15-5 BMMA)
Past five: Amosov 5-0, Rickels 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 08.19.19): N/A
Tyrell Fortune vs. Rudy Schaffroth
Records: Tyrell Fortune (6-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA), Rudy Schaffroth (6-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA)
Past five: Fortune 5-0, Schaffroth 5-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 08.19.19): N/A
Javy Ayala vs. Vitaly Minakov
Records: Javy Ayala (11-7 MMA, 6-4 BMMA), Vitaly Minakov (21-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA)
Past five: Ayala 3-2, Minakov 4-1
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: Minakov No. 11
Odds (as of 08.19.19): N/A
Matt Mitrione vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Records: Matt Mitrione (13-6 MMA, 4-1 BMMA), Sergei Kharitonov (29-7 MMA, 2-1 BMMA)
Past five: Mitrione 4-1, Kharitonov 5-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 08.19.19): Mitrione -135, Kharitonov +110
Next page: Full Bellator 225 fight card
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)
- Matt Mitrione vs. Sergei Kharitonov
- Javy Ayala vs. Vitaly Minakov
- Tyrell Fortune vs. Rudy Schaffroth
- Yaroslav Amosov vs. David Rickels
- Alejandra Lara vs. Taylor Turner
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 5:45 p.m. ET)
- Austin Vanderford vs. Joseph Creer
- Azunna Anyanwu vs. Timothy Johnson
- Corey Browning vs. Nick Newell
- Sabah Homasi vs. Micah Terrill
- Rodolfo Neves Rocha vs. Kastriot Xhema
- Grant Neal vs. Alpha Toure
- Chris Disonell vs. Mike Kimbel
- Ricky Bandejas vs. Ahmet Kayretli
- Khonry Gracie vs. Oscar Vera
- Aviv Gozali vs. Eduard Muravitskiy
- Jon Manley vs. Thiago Rela
