Yahoo Sports Bellator 294: Make your predictions for Liz Carmouche vs. DeAnna Bennett in Honolulu
We want your predictions for Friday’s Bellator 294 event in Honolulu.
Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Wednesday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 294 main card staff predictions we release Thursday ahead of the event. Bellator 294 takes place Friday at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu and is the first of back-to-back events at the venue. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Make your picks for the fights below.
Anthony Adams vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov
Records: Anthony Adams (9-3 MMA, 1-1 BMMA), Sharaf Davlatmurodov (18-4-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA)
Past five: Adams 2-3, Davlatmurodov 4-1
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Cris Lencioni vs. Blake Smith
Records: Cris Lencioni (10-3 MMA, 5-2 BMMA), Blake Smith (7-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Lencioni 4-1, Smith 4-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Sergei Bilostennyi vs. Tyrell Fortune
Records: Sergei Bilostennyi (10-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), Tyrell Fortune (12-3, 1 NC MMA, 12-3 BMMA)
Past five: Bilostennyi 5-0, Fortune 3-2
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Kenneth Cross vs. Killys Mota
Records: Kenneth Cross (13-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), Killys Mota (14-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA)
Past five: Cross 5-0, Mota 3-2
Division: weight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Levan Chokheli vs. Michael Lombardo
Records: Levan Chokheli (11-2 MMA, 2-2 BMMA), Michael Lombardo (13-3 MMA, 2-1 BMMA)
Past five: Chokheli 3-2, Lombardo 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Marcos Breno vs. Danny Sabatello
Records: Marcos Breno (15-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), Danny Sabatello (13-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA)
Past five: Breno 4-1, Sabatello 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Arlene Blencowe vs. Sara McMann
Records: Arlene Blencowe (15-9 MMA, 8-5 BMMA), Sara McMann (13-6 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Blencowe 3-2, McMann 2-3
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: No. 11 women’s bantamweight
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Tim Johnson vs. Said Sowma
Records: Tim Johnson (15-9 MMA, 3-5 BMMA), Said Sowma (8-4 MMA, 2-3 BMMA)
Past five: Johnson 2-3, Sowma 2-3
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Liz Carmouche vs. DeAnna Bennett
Records: Liz Carmouche (18-7 MMA, 5-0 BMMA), DeAnna Bennett (13-7-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA)
Past five: Carmouche 5-0, Bennett 3-2
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: Carmouche No. 3, No. 7 pound-for-pound;
Odds (as of 04.15.23): N/A
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Bellator 294 fight card (as of April 15, 8 a.m. ET)
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Liz Carmouche vs. DeAnna Bennett – for women’s flyweight title
Tim Johnson vs. Said Sowma
Arlene Blencowe vs. Sara McMann
Marcos Breno vs. Danny Sabatello
Levan Chokheli vs. Michael Lombardo
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7 p.m. ET)
Kenneth Cross vs. Killys Mota
Sergei Bilostennyi vs. Tyrell Fortune
Cris Lencioni vs. Blake Smith
Anthony Adams vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov
