After Bellator made their return to the pay-per-view circuit last night at Madison Square Garden, the leading promotion returns to action with the octagon rolling into Oklahoma City at the Chesapeake Arena on Sunday evening.
Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee meet in the main event after clashing at the Summer Kickoff press conference in May with a high level submission game set to be at the forefront of the lightweight bout.
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Johny Hendricks failed to make weight yet again in the co-main event as he meets Tim Boetsch at middleweight. Hendricks has failed to make weight on four occasions in two different weight classes leaving his future in doubt.
Hall of Famer BJ Penn takes on Dennis Siver with Penn looking for his first win since 2010 whilst Denmark's Joachim Christensen meets unbeaten prospect Dominick Reyes in the light-heavyweight division.
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Women's strawweights also make the main card with Felice Herrig taking on Justine Kish whilst Tim Means and Alex Garcia compete in a welterweight match up.
Our man Darren Russell (DRussellMMA) looks at the bets to make to ensure you wake up with a healthy balance on Monday morning.
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Michael Chiesa vs. Kevin Lee
In the main event, we see two submission specialists face off with Chiesa winning ten of his fourteen fights by submission whilst Kevin Lee has won seven of his fifteen professional fights by various submissions.
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There's some bad blood between them and while both men will be keen to settle the feud on Sunday evening, but both Chiesa and Lee will also be keen to infiltrate the top of the rankings at 155lbs with the former ranked #6 and the latter ranked #11.
Chiesa has won five of his last six fights but has been out of action since April 2016 with a back injury whilst Lee has won eight in his last nine including his victory at UFC Fortaleza in March 2017.
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In truth, this is a difficult fight to call and the bookies have Chiesa as the underdog at 11/10 with Lee priced at 8/11. I can't see the fight lasting the full five rounds.
Either man to win by submission - 10/11 at BetVictor
Clay Guida vs. Erik Koch
As a veteran of twenty-three UFC fights, Clay Guida is no stranger to the octagon and only four men have been involved in more fight of the nights than the former Strikeforce lightweight champion.
Erik Koch has been plagued with injuries of late and had previously been at the wrong end of a couple of heavy knockouts by Ricardo Lamas and Daron Cruickshank. He returns to continue his move to lightweight against another man moving up a weight class.
Clay Guida fights are normally fun fights. He has never lost three fights in a row and this will mark the fiftieth occasion he makes the walk to a professional mixed martial arts bout. An incredible achievement!
I can see this being a potential fight of the night, with there not being a plethora of exciting fights on the card. There could well be a lot of blood here!
Guida vs. Koch awarded Fight of the Night Bonus - 8/1 at BetVictor
Joachim Christensen vs. Dominick Reyes
Joachim Christensen will be looking to bolster his current 1-2 UFC record against promotional newcomer and late replacement, Dominick Reyes.
Christensen's last five fights have all ended inside the distance, with only one of those going to the third round whilst Reye's last three fights have ended in under three minutes combined.
Looking at the six-fight main card, there isn't much potential for quick fights but this seems to represent the best opportunity of an early finish, with Reyes keen to impress on his UFC debut whilst Christensen will be desperate to get back to winning ways.
Christensen vs. Reyes to be quickest main card bout of the night - 2/1 at BetVictor
ODDSbible's Longshot - Moroz (to beat Esparza), Stansbury (to beat Kimball) & Miranda (to beat Vettori) - £10 returns £170 at BetVictor
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