Leah McCourt will look to continue her ascent up the featherweight ladder when she meets Jessica Borga.
McCourt (5-1 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) faces Borga (3-3 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) in the Bellator 267 co-main event, Bellator officials announced Wednesday. Bellator 267 takes place Oct. 1 at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Unbeaten in her Bellator tenure, Northern Ireland’s McCourt is coming off a second-round come-from-behind submission of Janay Harding at Bellator 259 in May. Currently No. 5 in Bellator’s featherweight rankings, McCourt will look to make it six straight when she faces Borga.
After scoring a first-round armbar submission of Amber Leibrock in her promotional debut at Bellator 226, Borga went the distance with former title challenger Talita Nogueira at Bellator 256 in April, but dropped a unanimous decision.
With the addition, the Bellator 267 card includes:
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 4 p.m. ET)
- Douglas Lima vs. Michael Page
- Jessica Borga vs. Leah McCourt
- Andrew Fisher vs. Robert Whiteford
- Yves Landu vs. Tim Wilde
- Yannick Bahati vs. Luke Trainer
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 12:30 p.m. ET)
- Uros Jurisic vs. Lewis Long
- Davy Gallon vs. Kane Mousah
- Lucie Bertaud vs. Elina Kallionidou
- Gavin Hughes vs. Charlie Leary
- Fabacary Diatta vs. Nathan Rose
- Katharina Dalisda vs. Chiara Penco
- Mike Ekundayo vs. Khurshed Kakhorov
- Jack Grant vs. Nathan Jones
