Leah McCourt is set to compete in the first fight of her new exclusive six-fight deal with Bellator.
The promotion announced Tuesday that McCourt (3-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on Judith Ruis (6-4 MMA) on the main card of Bellator Europe 7 on Feb. 22 in Dublin.
In her last outing, McCourt took out Kerry Hughes at Bellator 227, submitting her in the first round. She was hoping for a quick turnaround in November in London, but instead will compete in her third fight in a year in Dublin’s 3Arena, when she takes on Germany’s Ruis.
Ruis will be making her promotional debut and is coming off back-to-back first-round submission wins.
An array of featherweight bouts have been added to the prelims of the Bellator Dublin card. A matchup between SBG’s Dylan Logan (4-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) and Tom Mearns (6-3 MMA, 0-2 BMMA), SBG’s Ciaran Clarke (1-0 MMA) and Jamie Faulding (1-0 MMA), and former kickboxer Ilias Bulaid (1-0 MMA), who will look to pick up his second pro MMA win, when he takes on pro debutant Diego Freitas (0-0 MMA). Finally, a pair of pro debutants will enter the Bellator cage as Constantin Blanita (0-0 MMA) takes on Asael Adjoudj (0-0 MMA).
The current Bellator Europe 7 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD
- James Gallagher vs. Cal Ellenor
- Aaron Chalmers vs. Austin Clem
- Leah McCourt vs. Judith Ruis
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Oliver Enkamp vs. Lewis Long
- Daniel Crawford vs. Philip Mulpeter
- Chris Duncan vs. Ryan Roddy
- Arunas Andriuskevicus vs. Karl Moore
- Will Fleury vs. Justin Moore
- Danni Neilan vs. Chiara Penco
- Ezzoubair Bouarsa vs. Blaine O’Driscoll
- Ranjeet Baria vs. Richie Smullen
- Dylan Logan vs. Tom Mearns
- Ciaran Clarke vs. Jamie Faulding
- Ilias Bulaid vs. Diego Freitas
- Asael Adjoudj vs. Constantin Blanita
