What’s with Bellator 215?

[Hardcore MMA]

Bellator 215 is a little more than a month out, and the only fight scheduled for the main card so far is Matt Mitrione vs Sergei Kharitonov. Bellator 215 is the Friday night card at the Mohegan Sun double header, with MVP vs Daley being the Saturday night card. With only a month to go before the card, how have no other fights been scheduled? Fighters need more than a month to prepare and train for their opponents. Is Bellator just going to scratch this card, or can we expect some announcements soon?

 

[WallyBear]

From yesterday:

In the atomweight matchup, Connecticut standout prospect Marisa Messer-Belenchiameets Lindsey VanZandt. Messer-Belenchia comes into her Bellator debut undefeated in professional fights. She holds submission stoppages in both. Her opponent, Lindsey VanZandt is a standout prospect in her own right. Hailing from New York, she holds a 3-1 professional record. In her four professional bouts, she has three stoppages. All by way of KO/TKO.


The other matchups added to the Bellator 215 prelims feature Pete Rogers vs. Jason Rine at featherweight and Pat McCrohan vs. Ilya Kotau at middleweight.

https://mmasucka.com/2019/01/09/bellator-215-prelims-216-6-fights-added/

MMAjunkie also mentions Eduardo Dantas vs Manny Vazquez.

https://mmajunkie.com/events/bellator-mitrione-vs-kharitonov

 

[Hardcore MMA]

The entire card is online now. It’s a very weak card. I don’t get why Bellator is doing this double header. This event will flop since MVP/Daley is the following day.

Main card:
Mitrione vs Kharitonov
Eduardo Dante’s vs Manny Vazquez
Mike Kimble vs John Douma
Brandon Girtz vs Pedro Carvalho

No notable names on the prelims.