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Bellator 278: Make your predictions for Velasquez vs. Carmouche

Matt Erickson
·4 min read

We want your predictions for Friday’s Bellator 278 event in Honolulu

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Wednesday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 278 main card staff predictions we release Thursday ahead of the event. Bellator 278 takes place Friday at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. It is the first of back-to-back nights of Bellator events in Hawaii’s capital city. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.

Make your picks for the fights below.

Scotty Hao vs. Dante Schiro

Records: Scotty Hao (5-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), Dante Schiro (8-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA)
Past five: Hao 2-3, Schiro 2-3
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Makoa Cooper vs. Blake Perry

Records: Makoa Cooper (1-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), Blake Perry (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Cooper 1-0, Perry 0-0
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Toliq Musayev vs. Zach Zane

Records: Toliq Musayev (18-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), Zach Zane (15-11 MMA, 1-0 BMMA)
Past five: Musayev 4-1, Zane 2-3
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Cee Jay Hamilton vs. Erik Perez

Records: Cee Jay Hamilton (15-9 MMA, 0-2 BMMA), Erik Perez (20-8 MMA, 1-2 BMMA)
Past five: Hamilton 2-3, Perez 3-2
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Weber Almeida vs. Fabricio Franco

Records: Weber Almeida (5-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA), Fabricio Franco (8-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Past five: Almeida 4-1, Franco 4-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Nate Andrews vs. Manny Muro

Records: Nate Andrews (16-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), Manny Muro (12-7 MMA, 3-1 BMMA)
Past five: Andrews 2-3, Muro 3-2
Division: 160-pound contract weight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Christian Edwards vs. Grant Neal

Records: Christian Edwards (5-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA), Grant Neal (6-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA)
Past five: Edwards 4-1, Neal 4-1
Division: Light heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Jornel Lugo vs. Danny Sabatello

Records: Jornel Lugo (8-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA), Danny Sabatello (11-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA)
Past five: Lugo 5-0, Sabatello 5-0
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Enrique Barzola vs. Nikita Mikhailov

Records: Enrique Barzola (17-5-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), Nikita Mikhailov (9-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA)
Past five: Barzola 2-2-1, Mikhailov 5-0
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Juliana Velasquez vs. Liz Carmouche

Records: Juliana Velasquez (12-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), Liz Carmouche (16-7 MMA, 3-0 BMMA)
Past five: Velasquez 5-0, Carmouche 4-1
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: Velasquez No. 2, No. 11 pound-for-pound; Carmouche No. 4, No. 14 pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 04.17.22): N/A

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Bellator 278 fight card (as of April 17, 1 p.m. ET)

MAIN CARD (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ A.J. McKee vs. Patricio Freire – for featherweight title

  • Champ Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson – for light heavyweight title; light heavyweight tournament final

  • Adli Edwards vs. Aaron Pico

  • Tim Johnson vs. Linton Vassell

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey

  • Rakim Cleveland vs. Tyrell Fortune

  • Rafael Carvalho vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov

  • Kyle Crutchmer vs. Michael Lombardo

  • Calob Ramirez vs. Bobby Seronio III

  • Rhalan Gracie vs. Tyson Miller

  • Edwin De Los Santos vs. Alberto Mendez

  • Socrates Hernandez vs. Rogelio Luna

  • Laird Anderson vs. JT Donaldson

  • Alan Benson vs. Theo Haig

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