Two more bouts have been added to the
Bellator 263 lineup, as Jared
Scoggins will square off agains Brian Moore
at bantamweight, while Georgi
Karakhanyan will face Kiefer
Crosbie at lightweight.
Promotion officials announced both bouts, which are part of the
preliminary draw, on Wednesday. Bellator 263 takes place on July 31
at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., and is headlined by a
featherweight grand prix final matchup between reigning champion
Patricio
Freire and A.J. McKee.
The main card will air on Showtime.
Scoggins has twice previously had his Bellator debut scheduled only
to have bouts against Toby Misech
and Magomed
Magomedov fall through. “Psycho” is a former Cage Fury Fighting
Championships title holder who will enter the matchup with Moore on
a five-bout winning streak.
Anchored at SBG Ireland, Moore is 4-3 under the Bellator banner and
is coming off back-to-back victories against Binh Son Le
and Simone D’Anna. The 33-year-old Irishman is 13-7 over the course
of a well-traveled career.
Karakhanyan has won two of his last three outings, including a
split verdict over Bryce Logan
at Bellator 251 this past November. The former World Series of
Fighting Champion owns notable wins over the likes of Bubba
Jenkins (twice), Lance
Palmer, Daniel
Pineda, Din Thomas and
Micah
Miller, to name a few.
Crosbie, another SBG Ireland member, had a two-bout winning streak
snapped at Bellator Milan, when he fell to Charlie
Leary via first-round TKO. The British Association of Mixed
Martial Arts veteran is 8-2 over the course of his pro tenure.