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Here we go again: Filipovic out, Liam McGeary now meets Brett McDermott in Bellator 173 main event

BAD MMA News — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:53:58 +0000

For the second time in 48 hours, Bellator 173 headliner Liam McGeary has a new opponent for Friday’s card. On Monday, Bellator officials announced that Chris Fields had been forced out of the Bellator 173 main event against former light heavyweight champion McGeary (11-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) and would be replaced by promotional newcomer Vladimir Filipovic (8-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA). But today, Filipovic is out, too. Stepping up on two days’ notice to take his place will be Brett McDermott (7-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who like Filipovic will be making his promotional debut. A Bellator official confirmed the change to MMAjunkie today and said visa issues for Filipovic were the culprit for taking him off the card. The news of McDermott’s short-notice assignment first was reported by SevereMMA’s Peter Carroll

Here we go again: Filipovic out, Liam McGeary now meets Brett McDermott in Bellator 173 main event – MMA Junkie

With Chris Fields injured, Liam McGeary now meets Vladimir Filipovic at this week’s Bellator 173

BAD MMA News — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 21:23:33 +0000

It’s a little less dramatic than this past weekend, but Bellator is dealing with a headliner change for the second consecutive week. Bellator officials today announced that Chris Fields has been forced out of this weekend’s Bellator 173 event, and promotional newcomer Vladimir Filipovic (8-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has stepped in to face Liam McGeary (11-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA). Bellator 173 takes place Friday at SSE Arena Belfast in Northern Ireland. The night’s main card airs on Spike via tape delay in the U.S. McGeary, a 34-year-old English fighter who’s No. 9 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings , won his first 11 pro bouts – 10 via stoppage – before ceding his title to current champ Phil Davis

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With Chris Fields injured, Liam McGeary now meets Vladimir Filipovic at this week’s Bellator 173 – MMA Junkie