The MMA Vivisection - Bellator 226 'Bader vs. Kongo' Picks, Odds & Analysis

Zane Simon, Eddie Mercado & Victor Rodriguez are here to breakdown this Saturday's, September 7th., 2019, Bellator 226 event from San Jose, California - with Prelims starting at 6:30PM CDT and the Main Card culminating at 9PM CDT on DAZN.

That's right, Bellator is back this week for the first leg of their featherweight Grand Prix. And that means a fight card that promises some fantastic action bouts all the way through the main card. Topping off the night’s fights, is a heavyweight title defense for ‘double champ’ Ryan Bader, as he takes on the seemingly ageless Cheick Kongo. Otherwise Pat Curran, Daniel Straus, and Emmanuel Sanchez will fill out the card in their respective opening round bouts.

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Here’s a look at the Bellator 226 fight card as it stands right now, via tapology.com (bout order subject to change):

DAZN MAIN CARD | 10PM/7PM ETPT
Ryan Bader vs. Cheick Kongo
Daniel Straus vs. Derek Campos
Pat Curran vs. Ádám Borics
Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Ty-wan Claxton
Sam Sicilia vs. Pedro Carvalho
Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey

PRELIMS | 7:30PM/4:30PM ETPT
Ivan Batinich vs. Daniel Compton
Chris Gonzalez vs. Luis Vargas
Jake Smith vs. Adam Piccolotti
Hyder Amil vs. Ignacio Ortiz
Cornelius Savage vs. Evan Gubera
Cass Bell vs. Isaiah Rocha
Amber Leibrock vs. Jessica Borga
Favian Gutierrez vs. Alan Benson
Daniel Gonzalez vs. Jon Adams
James Terry vs. B. Dagvadorj
Peter Ishiguro vs. Elias Anderson
Ashleigh Grimshaw vs. John Macapá
Abraham Vaesau vs. Renato Alves
Albert Gonzales vs. Tyson Miller

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