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Liam McGeary Now Fights Brett McDermott In Bellator 173 Main Event

February 22, 2017 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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MMA Junkie reports that Vladimir Filipovic (8-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has been forced out of Bellator 173 and will now be replaced by Brett McDermott (7-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a fight with Liam McGeary (11-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA). McDermott steps up on two days notice, replacing Filipovic, who was himself a replacement for Chris Fields. Filipovic had visa issues which forced him out of the fight. McDermott will make his promotional debut at the event, which happens Friday at the SSE Arena Belfast in Northern Ireland. It airs on Spike via tape delay. Here’s the card:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET via tape delay)

Liam McGeary vs. Brett McDermott
James Gallagher vs. Kirill Medvedovsky
Sinead Kavanagh vs. Iony Razafiarison
Colin Fletcher vs. Alex Lohore
PRELIMINARY CARD (Broadcast info TBA)

Norman Parke vs. Paul Redmond
Dominique Wooding vs. Andy Young – for BAMMA interim world flyweight title
Damien Lapilus vs. Ronnie Mann – for vacant BAMMA world featherweight title
Rhys McKee vs. Myles Price – for BAMMA Lonsdale lightweight title
Pelu Adetola vs. John Redmond
Jai Herbert vs. Steve Owens
Daniel Rutkowski vs. Niall Smith
Ross McCorriston vs. Blaine O’Driscoll
Stephen Kilifin vs. Andrew Murphy
Daniel Olejniczak vs. Jonathan Reid
Glenn Irvine vs. Keith McCabe