Bellator will be returning to the Pechanga Resort and Casino on October 3rd and a bantamweight bout between Rafael Silva and Rob Emerson is among the additions to the finalized fight card announced by Bellator.
The complete fight card was announced by the promotion in a press release on Monday afternoon.
Silva and Emerson will meet in one of the four main card fights on Spike TV, which will be headlined by a featherweight bout as former Bellator champion Daniel Straus will step into the cage for the first time since losing the time as he meets former tournament finalist Justin Wilcox.
The preliminary card will be streamed on Spike.com and will feature several notable names including former lightweight tournament finalist Saad Awad facing Sergio Rios, Justin Baesman meeting Fernando Gonzalez in a welterweight bout, and Ricky Rainey returning to Bellator to face Johnny Cisneros in a catchweight bout of 177 pounds.
The current Bellator 127: Straus vs. Wilcox
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Daniel Straus (22-5) vs. Justin Wilcox (14-6)
Marius Zaromskis (20-8) vs. Karo Parisyan (24-10-1)
Rafael Silva (21-4) vs. Rob Emerson (16-10-1)
Christian M’Pumbu (18-6-1) vs. Kendall Grove (19-14-1)
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Thierry Sokoudjou (15-12) vs. Malik Merad (19-11)
Justin Baesman (14-5) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (21-12)
Johnny Cisneros (8-3) vs. Ricky Rainey (8-3) *
Sergio Rios (8-0) vs. Saad Awad (15-6)
Nick Moghaddam (6-7) vs. Ray Sloan (7-0)
Keith Berry (15-13) vs. Joe Pacheco (7-2)
Shawn Bunch (2-1) vs. TBA
* – Catchweight bout of 177 pounds