UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Ricky Bandejas isn’t fighting for the championship Friday, but he gets a pretty good alternative in headlining Bellator’s first event since the coronavirus pandemic, when he takes on Sergio Pettis. Bandejas (13-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) will meet Pettis (19-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) in the bantamweight headliner of Bellator 242, which takes place Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena and marks the organization’s first fight card since March. Bellator president Scott Coker recently told MMA Junkie that a vacant 135-pound title fight between Juan Archuleta and Patrick Mix was targeted to headline, but it didn’t come to fruition. He said he never considered putting a belt on the line for the fight that did materialize, but Bandejas wasn’t bothered.
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