Bellator 253 has lost a pair of matchups just three days out
from Thursday’s card.
Two lightweight bouts — Shane
Kruchten vs. Lance Gibson
Jr. and Marcus
Surin vs. Ricardo
Seixas – have been canceled, Sherdog.com confirmed with a
promotion official on Monday. MMyMMANews
first reported that Kruchten vs. Gibson Jr. was scrapped due to a
positive COVID-19 test involving Kruchten’s team.
Meanwhile, Mark Glover
is out of a proposed featherweight bout with Jason
Markland and has been replaced by Sullivan
Cauley. The other two updates were initially confirmed by
MMAjunkie.com.
Bellator 253 takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,
Connecticut and is headlined by a featherweight grand prix
semifinal pitting Darrion
Caldwell against A.J. McKee.
The main card airs on CBS Sports and Dazn at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT,
while the prelims stream on Bellator’s YouTube channel and Dazn
beginning at 4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT.