We want your predictions for this week’s Bellator 237 event in Japan.
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 237 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. Bellator 237, the promotion’s debut in Japan, takes place Saturday (Sunday locally) at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, near Tokyo. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Make your picks for all six main card fights inside.
Daron Cruickshank vs. Goiti Yamauchi
Records: Daron Cruickshank (22-12 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), Goiti Yamauchi (24-4 MMA, 10-3 BMMA)
Past five: Cruickshank 3-2, Yamauchi 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 12.23.19): Yamauchi -335, Cruickshank +245
Ilara Joanne vs. Kana Watanabe
Records: Ilara Joanne (9-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), Kana Watanabe (8-0-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Joanne 3-2, Watanabe 5-0
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 12.23.19): N/A
Lorenz Larkin vs. Keita Nakamura
Records: Lorenz Larkin (21-7 MMA, 3-2 BMMA), Keita Nakamura (35-10-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Larkin 3-2, Nakamura 3-2
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 12.23.19): Larkin -530, Nakamura +350
Shinsho Anzai vs. Michael Page
Records: Shinsho Anzai (11-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), Michael Page (16-1 MMA, 12-1 BMMA)
Past five: Anzai 3-2, Page 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 12.23.19): Page -810, Anzai +470
Michael Chandler vs. Sidney Outlaw
Records: Michael Chandler (19-5 MMA, 16-5 BMMA), Sidney Outlaw (14-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA)
Past five: Chandler 3-2, Outlaw 5-0
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 12.23.19): Chandler -430, Outlaw +310
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Quinton Jackson
Records: Fedor Emelianenko (38-6 MMA, 2-2 BMMA), Quinton Jackson (38-13 MMA, 5-2 BMMA)
Past five: Emelianenko 3-2, Jackson 3-2
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 12.23.19): Emelianenko -170, Jackson +130
Next page: Full Bellator 237 fight card
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Quinton Jackson
- Michael Chandler vs. Sidney Outlaw
- Shinsho Anzai vs. Michael Page – 173-pound contract weight
- Lorenz Larkin vs. Keita Nakamura
- Ilara Joanne vs. Kana Watanabe
- Daron Cruickshank vs. Goiti Yamauchi
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie)
- Andy Nguyen vs. Ai Shimizu
- Ryuichiro Sumimura vs. Jon Tuck
- Jarred Brooks vs. Haruo Ochi
- Hiroto Uesako vs. Yusuke Yachi
- Kanna Asakura vs. Jayme Hinshaw
- Sergey Shemetov vs. Shoma Shibisai
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