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fights @DerekBarbaric
on 10/1 at
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pic.twitter.com/bba8KCbOHB— BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA)
September 22, 2020
The first Bellator
MMA card on CBS Sports is now set. On Thursday, the promotion released the full lineup for the event
that will take place at the Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy.
Bellator 247 on Oct. 1 – a Thursday, breaking with standard
tradition of Bellator shows on Friday or Saturday – will be topped
by a welterweight thriller between Paul Daley
(41-17-2) and Derek
Anderson (16-3, 1 NC). Unlike previous Bellator fight nights
that take place in Europe, there will be no tape delay to
international audiences. The 10-fight preliminary card will be
aired on CBSSports.com and Bellator’s YouTube channel, while the
four-fight main card will be the first Bellator offering on the CBS
Sports Network.
The event, an officially numbered Bellator card instead of part of
the European Series, will feature a mix of up-and-coming prospects,
European talents, members off the Bellator Kickboxing ranks and
even a few MMA newcomers. Drawing the co-main assignment is a
middleweight affair pitting unbeaten Hungarian Norbert
Novenyi (5-0) against Laid
Zerhouni (5-4), with the latter never reaching the scorecards
across nine bouts.
Also on the main card is a women’s flyweight tilt which sees
Bellator Kickboxing standout Denise
Kielholtz (5-2) continue her way through the Bellator ranks
against former title challenger Kate
Jackson (11-4-1). Opening the four-fight main portion that
takes place at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT/9 p.m. UK is a lightweight bout
of Moroccan kickboxer Ilias
Bulaid (2-0) against MMA newcomer Ivan
Naccari (0-0).
Bellator 247:
Paul
Daley vs. Derek
Anderson – welterweight
Norbert
Novenyi vs. Laid
Zerhouni – middleweight
Kate
Jackson vs. Denise
Kielholtz – women’s flyweight
Ilias
Bulaid vs. Ivan
Naccari – lightweight
Brian
Moore vs. Simone
D’Anna – featherweight
Justin
Burlinson vs. Bobby
Pallett – welterweight
Lewis
Long vs. Giovanni
Melillo – welterweight
Mandy
Bohm vs. Griet
Eeckhout – women’s flyweight
Chris
Duncan vs. Iamik
Furtado – 160-pound catchweight
Walter
Gahadza vs. Uros
Jurisic – welterweight
Kywan
Gracie vs. Constantin
Gnusarev – welterweight
Lee
Chadwick vs. Ederson
Cristian Macedo – light heavyweight
Blaine
O’Driscoll vs. Salah Elkas
– flyweight
Jade
Jorand vs. Monika
Chochlikova – women’s atomweight