We want your predictions for Friday’s Bellator 229 event in Temecula, 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 Wednesday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 229 event staff predictions we release Thursday ahead of the event. Bellator 229 takes place Friday at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Make your picks for all four main-card fights inside:
Keri Melendez vs. Mandy Polk
Records: Keri Melendez (3-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA), Mandy Polk (6-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Melendez 3-0, Polk 3-2
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.30.19): N/A
Tony Johnson vs. Joe Schilling
Records: Tony Johnson (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), Joe Schilling (4-5 MMA, 3-2 BMMA)
Past five: Johnson 4-1, Schilling 3-2
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.30.19): N/A
Saad Awad vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Records: Saad Awad (23-11 MMA, 11-8 BMMA) vs. Goiti Yamauchi (23-4 MMA, 9-3 BMMA)
Past five: Awad 3-2, Yamauchi 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.30.19): N/A
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lorenz Larkin
Records: Andrey Koreshkov (22-3 MMA, 13-3 BMMA), Lorenz Larkin (20-7 MMA, 2-2 BMMA)
Past five: Koreshkov 3-2, Larkin 3-2
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 09.30.19): Koreshkov -185, Larkin +150
Next page: Full Bellator 229 fight card
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lorenz Larkin
Saad Awad vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Tony Johnson vs. Joe Schilling
Keri Melendez vs. Mandy Polk
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 8 p.m. ET)
- Joey Davis vs. Jeff Peterson
- Derek Anderson vs. Guilherme Bomba
- Anatoly Tokov vs. Hracho Darpinyan
- Adel Altamimi vs. Salim Mukhidinov
- Jorge Juarez vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Kelvin Gentapanan vs. Sunni Imhotep
- Mauricio Alonso vs. Johnny Eblen
- Riley Miller vs. Jordan Newman
- Brandon Hastings vs. Vladimir Tokov
