Goiti Yamauchi will no longer be competing at Bellator 139 and instead former Featherweight champion Pat Curran (20-7) will tangle with Emmanuel “El Matador” Sanchez (10-1).
Curran the 2-time Bellator Featherweight champion, is 1-3 in his last 4 coming off consecutive decision losses to current champion Patricio Freire and number one contender Daniel Weichel.
Sanchez has won 6 in row including defeating Stephen Banaszak (sub) and Alejandro Villalobos (ud) inside the Bellator cage.
Bellator 139 is on June 19th at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas; and is headlined by French MMA vet Cheick Kongo colliding with former Bellator Heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov.
Spike Main Card
Heavyweight: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
Lightweight: John Alessio (35-17) vs. David Rickles (16-3)
Featherweight: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (10-1)
Middleweight: Joe Schilling (2-4) vs. Hisaki Kato (4-1)
Prelims
Featherweight: Bubba Jenkins (8-2) vs. Joe Wilk (18-10)
Bantamweight: Aaron Wly (4-2) vs. Jeimeson Saudino (8-4)
Lightweight: Bobby Cooper (11-5) vs. Psablo Villaseca (9-0)
Heavyweight: Daniel Gallemore (4-2) vs. Augusto Sakai (7-0)
Featherweight: Iony Razafiarison (2-0) vs. Bryanna Fissori (1-0)
Heavyweight: Javy Ayala (8-3) vs. Alex Huddleston (5-1)
Heavyweight; Derek Bohi (5-4) vs. Frederick Brown (2-1)
Lightweight: Cody Carillo (8-11) vs. Marcio Navarro (13-11)
