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Three prelims complete Bellator 204 lineup Friday in South Dakota

With the addition of three more preliminary-card bouts, the lineup for Bellator’s Friday event in South Dakota now is complete.

Romero Cotton (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) meets Willie Whitehead (2-2 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) in a middleweight bout; Lloyd McKinney (12-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) fights Robiel Tesfaldet (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at flyweight; and Wyatt Meyer (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) takes on Jeff Nielsen (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at middleweight.

Bellator 204 takes place at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The main card airs on Paramount following prelims streamed on MMAjunkie.

In the main event, Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (12-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA), No. 9 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA bantamweight rankings, moves up to featherweight to take on Noad Lahat (12-3 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) in a non-title bout.

The rest of the main card is filled with Bellator prospects: Unbeaten welterweight Logan Storley (8-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) takes on A.J. Matthews (9-7 MMA, 5-5 BMMA), Conor McGregor teammate James Gallagher (7-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) fights Ricky Bandejas (10-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at bantamweight, and Tywan Claxton (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) meets Cris Lencioni (4-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) in a featherweight bout.

The full Bellator 204 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Paramount, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Darrion Caldwell vs. Noad Lahat
  • Logan Storley vs. A.J. Matthews
  • Ricky Bandejas vs. James Gallagher
  • Tywan Claxton vs. Cris Lencioni

PRELIMINARY CARD, MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Corey Davis vs. David Michaud
  • Romero Cotton vs. Willie Whitehead
  • Omar Morales vs. Troy Nawrocki
  • Demarques Jackson vs. Bryce Logan
  • Jason Jackson vs. Jordon Larson
  • Seth Bass vs. Tyler Ray
  • Micah Peatrowsky vs. Keith Phathaem
  • Lloyd McKinney vs. Robiel Tesfaldet
  • Wyatt Meyer vs. Jeff Nielsen

For more on Bellator 204, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

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