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Bellator 239 live and official results
Bellator 239 takes place Friday, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results beginning at 6:15 p.m. ET (3:15 p.m. PT).
The event takes place at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
In the main event, Ed Ruth (8-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) takes on Yaroslav Amosov (22-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) in a fight between welterweight contenders. In the co-feature, Brandon Girtz (16-8 MMA, 8-6 BMMA) meets Myles Jury (18-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at lightweight.
Official Bellator 239 results include:
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)
- Ed Ruth vs. Yaroslav Amosov
- Brandon Girtz vs. Myles Jury
- Tyrell Fortune vs. Timothy Johnson
- Valentin Moldavsky def. Javy Ayala via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-24, 30-24)
PRELIMINARY CARD MMA Junkie, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Davion Franklin vs. J.W. Kiser
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Aaron McKenzie
- Adil Benjilany vs. Kevin Croom
- Cris Lencioni vs. Salim Mukhidinov
- Kyle Crutchmer vs. Scott Futrell
- Grant Neal def. Claude Wilcox via TKO (punches) — Round 2, 3:37
- Josh Hill def. Vinicius Zani via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Solo Hatley Jr. def. Gaston Bolanos via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
- Denise Kielholtz def. Kristina Williams via submission (rear-naked choke) — Round 1, 2:15
- Teejay Britton def. Gabriel Varga via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Keith Lee def. Shawn Bunch via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 39-27)
- Christian Edwards def. Marco Hutch via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-25)
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