{"id":281659,"date":"2018-07-27T08:29:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281659"},"modified":"2018-07-27T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T15:29:33","slug":"bellator-mma-signs-a-whopping-22-european-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-mma-signs-a-whopping-22-european-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator MMA signs a whopping 22 European fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator MMA is not messing around. According to a report from ESPN, the promotion has signed a whopping 22 European fighters to its roster \u2014 including a few UFC veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full list of the promotion&#8217;s new European talent, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/24208700\/bellator-mma-signs-22-european-fighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Featherweight<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dylan Logan (2-3; fighting out of Ireland)<br \/>\n\u2022 Nathan Rose (6-1; fighting out of England)<\/p>\n<p><b>Lightweight<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Terry Brazier\u00a0(10-1; fighting out of England)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pedro Carvalho\u00a0(8-3; fighting out of Ireland, by way of Portugal)<br \/>\n\u2022 Constantin Gnusariev (1-0; fighting out of Ireland, by way of Moldova)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Luka Jelcic\u00a0(10-3; fighting out of Ireland, by way of Croatia)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Charlie Leary\u00a0(15-9-1; fighting out of England)<br \/>\n\u2022 Norman Parke (25-6-1, 1 NC; fighting out of Northern Ireland &#8212; first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt.com<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Myles Price\u00a0(10-7, fighting out of Ireland)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Daniele Scatizzi\u00a0(9-4; fighting out Ireland, by way of Italy)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sam Slater (2-0; fighting out of Ireland)<br \/>\n\u2022 Richie Smullen (3-1-1; fighting out of Ireland)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Tim Wilde\u00a0(12-3; fighting out of England)<\/p>\n<p><b>Welterweight<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Ruben Crawford\u00a0(16-3; fighting out of Ireland, by way of Germany)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kiefer Crosbie (4-0; fighting out of Ireland &#8212; first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Walter Gahadza\u00a0(17-3; fighting out of England &#8212; first reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/whoatv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhoaTV<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Richard Kiely\u00a0(2-1; fighting out of Ireland &#8212; first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Ion Pascu\u00a0(18-8; fighting out of Ireland, by way of Romania)<br \/>\n\u2022 Jim Wallhead (29-11; fighting out of England)<\/p>\n<p><b>Middleweight<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Claudio Conti (7-5-2; fighting out of Ireland, by way of Italy)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0John Redmond\u00a0(7-13; fighting out of Ireland)<\/p>\n<p><b>Women&#8217;s Flyweight<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Antonela Orlic &#8211; (pro debut; fighting out of Ireland by way of Croatia)<\/p>\n<p>These new pickups come at a time when Bellator is clearly very invested in advancing in Europe. The promotion has recently hosted shows in England, Italy, Hungary, Ireland and more.<\/p>\n<p>Which of these fighters are you most excited to see in the Bellator cage? Do you see any future champions on this list? Join the conversation in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/27\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator MMA is not messing around. According to a report from ESPN, the promotion has signed a whopping 22 European fighters to its roster \u2014 including a few UFC veterans. Here is the full list of the promotion&#8217;s new European talent, via ESPN. Featherweight \u2022 Dylan Logan (2-3; fighting out of Ireland) \u2022 Nathan Rose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":275862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bellator MMA signs a whopping 22 European fighters | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-mma-signs-a-whopping-22-european-fighters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bellator MMA signs a whopping 22 European fighters | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bellator MMA is not messing around. 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