We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 226 event in San Jose, Calif.
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 226 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. Bellator 226 takes place Saturday at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Make your picks for all six main-card fights inside:
Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey
Records: Gaston Bolanos (5-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA), Daniel Carey (6-3 MMA, 2-2 BMMA)
Past five: Bolanos 4-1, Carey 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.02.19): N/A
Pedro Carvalho vs. Sam Sicilia
Records: Pedro Carvalho (10-3 MMA, 3-0 BMMA), Sam Sicilia (16-9 MMA, 2-1 BMMA)
Past five: Carvalho 5-0, Sicilia 2-3
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.02.19): N/A
Tywan Claxton vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
Records: Tywan Claxton (5-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA), Emmanuel Sanchez (18-4 MMA, 10-3 BMMA)
Past five: Claxton 5-0, Sanchez 4-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.02.19): N/A
Adam Borics vs. Pat Curran
Records: Adam Borics (13-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA), Pat Curran (23-8 MMA, 13-5 BMMA)
Past five: Borics 5-0, Curran 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.02.19): N/A
Derek Campos vs. Daniel Straus
Records: Derek Campos (19-9 MMA, 8-7 BMMA), Daniel Straus (26-8 MMA, 12-5 BMMA)
Past five: Campos 2-3, Straus 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.02.19): N/A
Ryan Bader vs. Cheick Kongo
Records: Ryan Bader (27-5 MMA, 5-0 BMMA), Cheick Kongo (30-10-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA)
Past five: Bader 5-0, Kongo 5-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: Bader No. 2 light heavyweight, No. 15 heavyweight, No. 6 pound-for-pound; Kongo No. 14
Odds (as of 09.02.19): N/A
Next page: Full Bellator 226 fight card
MAIN CARD (DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Ryan Bader vs. Cheick Kongo – for heavyweight title
- Derek Campos vs. Daniel Straus – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Adam Borics vs. Pat Curran – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Tywan Claxton vs. Emmanuel Sanchez – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Pedro Carvalho vs. Sam Sicilia – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6:45 p.m. ET)
- Ashleigh Grimshaw vs. John Teixeira
- Ivan Batinich vs. Daniel Compton
- Evan Gubera vs. Cornelius Savage
- Cass Bell vs. Isaiah Rocha
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Luis Vargas
- Jessica Borga vs. Amber Leibrock
- Alan Benson vs. Favian Gutierrez
- Adam Piccolotti vs. Jake Smith
- Jonathan Adams vs. Daniel Gonzalez
- Batsumberel Dagvadorj vs. James Terry
- Elias Anderson vs. Peter Ishiguro
- Hyder Amil vs. Ignacio Ortiz
- Renato Alves vs. Abraham Vaesau
- Albert Gonzales vs. Tyson Miller
