James Gallagher headlines Bellator 196 in April in Hungary

[AGEZ909]

I really regret buying tickets to this one. With one month to go and no further fights announced, I'm pretty sure there won't be anything interesting besides the same locals that I could see for cheaper anyway without the Bellator banner.

This has always been Bellator’s problem. You know they are going to add filler when you are a month out and there are a couple of slots still open

 

[Falconkick]

Alexey Ignashov (Christ that’s a name I haven’t heard in years) I assume is a kickboxing fight

It has to be. Alexey is a beast

 

[zonaldino]

This has always been Bellator’s problem. You know they are going to add filler when you are a month out and there are a couple of slots still open

Yeah, I guessed I learned the hard way to not buy it too early. I hope the kickboxing part will be good at least, Ignashov is great and John Wayne Parr is also rumored to be there.

 

[executionermma]

Where's the rest of the card?

 

[Meathead Jock]

Where's the rest of the card?

Still just the two fights. It'll probably get three fillers this week and test the low rating threshold and have the rest be kickboxing bouts.

 

[AGEZ909]

Brian Moore vs. Giorgio Belsanti booked for Bellator 196
By Peter Carroll@PetesyCarroll Mar 7, 2018, 7:49am ESTSHARE

Brian Moore in action against A.J. McKee in Dublin
Bellator
Brian Moore will join SBG teammate James Gallagher in Budapest on the Bellator 196 card when he meets Italian featherweight Giorgio Belsanti.

Bellator confirmed the 145-pound fight to MMA Fighting on Wednesday.

Moore (10-6) is coming off a back and forth bout with highly touted prospect A.J. McKee in Dublin. The Wexford fighter’s striking gave “The Mercenary” trouble in the second round of their Bellator 187 main event clash, but ultimately, McKee managed to lock up a rear-naked choke that won him the fight in the third round.

“The Pikeman” scored his sole win under the Bellator banner when he overwhelmed Czech fighter Michal Horejsi on route to a second round TKO at Bellator 177 – the promotion’s first visit to Budapest.

He made his Bellator debut as a short notice replacement for Paul Redmond against perennial featherweight title contender, Daniel Weichel, at the promotion’s first Irish event, Bellator 169. The German submitted the SBG fighter in the first round.

Belsanti (7-6-1) has won his sole outing with Bellator, a unanimous decision win over Portuguese bantamweight, Vando de Almeida, at Bellator 176.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/3/...e-vs-giorgio-belsanti-booked-for-bellator-196

 

[tat2man5k]

Wow this is crazy, Borics is legit. He’s gonna mess Gallagher up. Gallagher is in for a long time.

I hope so, because I can't stand Gallagher

 

[Kinger85]

not a bad fight at all.