Bellator 200

Bellator 200:

Bellator 200 as seems the normal practice these days in MMA, has had to amend it’s fight card in the final days leading up to the show.

Several fights have been lost this week including the proposed Main Event between Mirko Cro Cop and Roy Nelson in a battle of heavyweight veterans. Cro Cop has suffered multiple injuries to his left leg including: an ACL tear, a partial MCL tear, a meniscofemoral ligament (MFL) tear, an LCL sprain, and a median arcuate ligament (MAL) tear.

Despite efforts to secure a last minute opponent for Nelson, he is now officially off the card.

The Main Event is now the Bellator middleweight title fight between Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Carvalho, which most people will agree was the fight that should have been the headliner to start with.

Bellator 200 Fight Card:

Middleweight World Title Main Event: Rafael Carvalho (15-1) vs. Gegard Mousasi (43-6-2)
Welterweight Co-Main Event: Michael Page (12-0) vs. David Rickels (19-4, 2 NC)
163-Pound Catchweight Bout: Aaron Chalmers (3-0) vs. Ash Griffiths (4-5)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Phil Davis (18-4) vs. Linton Vassell (18-6)
Women’s Flyweight Bout: Anastasia Yankova (5-0) vs. Kate Jackson (9-3-1)
Middleweight Bout: Anatoly Tokov (25-3) vs. Vladimir Filipovic (10-2)
Featherweight Bout: Daniel Crawford (10-1) vs. Pedro Carvalho (6-3)
Lightweight Bout: Ryan Scope (11-1) vs. Martyn Harris (4-4)
Middleweight Bout: Mike Shipman (11-1) vs. Carl Noon (7-2)
Middleweight Bout: Charlie Ward (4-3) vs. Louis King (1-1)
Middleweight Bout: Kevin Fryer (6-2) vs. Costello Van Steenis (9-1)
Lightweight Bout: Charlie Leary (14-8-1) vs. Tom Green (12-2)
Welterweight Bout: Kent Kauppinen (10-3) vs. Walter Gahadza (16-3)
Welterweight Bout: Jahreau Shephard (0-1) vs. Marcin Zywica (2-0)
Featherweight Bout: Mike Ekundayo (5-0) vs. Tom Mearns (6-0)
Flyweight Bout: Amir Albazi (10-0) vs. Iurie Bejenari (6-2)