Bellator 171 adds 3 Fights including Guillard-Njokuani Headliner

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In the recent days, 3 new fights have been added to January 27th’s Bellator 171 including a 175 lbs. Catchweight bout between Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard and Chidi “Bang Bang” Njokuani, that will serve as the night feature contest.

Guillard is returning to the cage following a Bellator 159 win over David Rickles, that was changed to a no contest after Guillard tested positive for a recreational drug in the post fight screening. Guillard who has 21 of 32 win by knock out, has lost 4 of his last 6 fights, with 2 being by split decision.

Njokuani has 10 of his 16 wins by knock out and is on a 6 fight win streak. At Bellator 167 Njokuani scored a 21 second TKO of Andre Fialho, but Njokuani also missed weight for the fight by more then 3 lbs.

The main card has also gained undefeated AJ McKee, who coming off fighting for the full 15 minutes for the first time, taking a unanimous decision from Ray Wood at Bellator 166, against Oklahoma’s Brandon Phillips. Phillps has 4 of 6 wins by knock out, but is 1-2 in his last 3 with losses to Ray Wood (ud) and Bryce Mitchell (sub).

The prelims gained a woman’s Flyweight bout that will see Jessica Middleton, coming off a pro debut unanimous decision win over Bruna Ellen, taking on the much more experienced Alice Smith Yauger, who won back to back decisions over Kathina Catron amd Roxanne Ceasear.

Bellator 171 take place on January 27th at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas.

Updated Bellator 171: Guillard vs. Njokuani Main Card:
175 lb. Catchweight Main Event: Melvin Guillard (32-16-2, 3 NC) vs. Chidi Njokuani (16-4, 1 NC)
Lightweight Bout: Dave Rickels (17-4, 2 NC) vs. Aaron Derrow (14-8)
Featherweight Bout: AJ McKee (6-0) vs. Brandon Phillips (6-2)
Updated Preliminary Card:
Middleweight Bout: Chris Harris (7-0) vs. Jordan Young (5-0)
Woman’s Flyweight Bout: Jessica Middleton (1-0) vs. Alice Smith Yauger (4-4)

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