The lineup for the Bellator 249 main card is now complete, as
Ricky
Bandejas will square off against Leandro
Higo at bantamweight, while Saad Awad
meets Mandel
Nallo at lightweight.
Sherdog.com confirmed the bouts with a promotion official following
an initial report from
MMAjunkie.com. Bellator 249 takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in
Uncasville, Connecticut, on Oct. 15 and is headlined by a women’s
featherweight title bout between Cristiane
Justino and Arlene
Blencowe.
Additionally, a middleweight clash pitting Curtis
Millender against Joe
Schilling has been booked for the preliminary draw. That
contest was initially reported by
The Orange County Register.
Bandejas had a two-bout winning streak snapped in his most recent
outing, when he dropped a three-round verdict to Sergio
Pettis at Bellator 242 on July 24. Higo, meanwhile, halted a
two-fight skid with a second-round submission of Shawn Bunch
at Bellator 228 in September 2019.
The 37-year-old Awad has lost four consecutive promotional
appearances, including a second-round TKO defeat at the hands of
Paul
Daley in his latest bout at Bellator 232. Canado’s Nallo has
won two of his first three appearances with the California-based
promotion but is coming off a TKO loss to Killys Mota
at Bellator 231.
Millender rejoined Bellator after a 3-2 UFC stint and has kicked
off his 2020 campaign with a decision win over Moses
Murrietta at Bellator 238 and a decision loss to Sabah
Homasi at Bellator 243. Schilling saw a two-fight winning
streak come to an end at Bellator 229, where he suffered a
third-round knockout loss to Tony
Johnson.