A featherweight showdown pitting Leah
McCourt against Dayana
Silva has been added to the Bellator
285 main card.
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Promotion officials announced the booking on Monday. Bellator 285
takes place at 3Arena in Dublin and is headlined by a lightweight
clash between Benson
Henderson and Peter
Queally. The main card airs on Showtime in the United States at
4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while prelims stream on the Bellator MMA
YouTube channel, the Showtime Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV
beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT.
McCourt had a six-bout professional winning streak snapped in her
last outing, when she dropped a unanimous decision to Sinead
Kavanagh at Bellator 275 on Feb. 25. The 29-year-old Northern
Ireland native is 4-1 in Bellator and also owns a notable win
against UFC flyweight contender Manon
Fiorot under the Cage Warrior banner.
A former competitor on the Brazilian version of Dana White’s
Contender Series, Silva fell to Julia Budd
and Arlene
Blencowe in her first two promotional appearances before
outpointing Janay
Harding in her most recent bout at Bellator 279 on April 23.
The 31-year-old Nova Uniao product is 10-7 over the course of her
professional tenure.