Bellator 274 is down one fight following the cancellation of a
light heavyweight pairing between Christian
Edwards and Kevin
Haley.
MMAjunkie.com initially reported that the bout was off due to
Edwards testing positive for COVID-19, and the bout was no longer
present on an official lineup released by the promotion Monday. As
a result, the card will move forward with 13 bouts.
Bellator 274 takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.,
on Saturday and is headlined by a welterweight clash between
Neiman
Gracie and Logan
Storley. The main card is televised on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6
p.m. ET, while prelims air on the Bellator MMA YouTube channel, the
Showtime Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m.
PT.
Edwards suffered the first loss of his professional career at
Bellator 266, when he was knocked out by Ben Parrish
38 seconds into the opening round of their encounter last
September. The 23-year-old Jackson-Wink MMA product was victorious
in his first five professional appearances prior to that
defeat.
Haley is a CES MMA veteran with a 6-6 career mark that includes a
victory over Mike
Zichelle under the Bellator banner in 2015.