Bellator’s next card is set for Friday night, March 13, at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, with the broadcast set for DAZN. The main event will pit champion Patricio Freire against challenger Pedro Carvalho for the Bellator Featherweight World Championship belt. The co-headliner is a quarterfinal bout in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix tournament, with Daniel Weichel taking on Emmanuel Sanchez. We have the full fight card and Bellator Odds for you along with sports betting insights on some of the top tilts.
Bellator 241 Preview & Odds
Main Card (DAZN)
- Patricio Freire vs Pedro Carvalho (Bellator Featherweight World Championship)
- Daniel Weichel vs Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal)
- Paul Daley vs Sabah Homasi (Welterweight)
- Matt Mitrione vs Ronny Markes (Heavyweight)
- Anatoly Tokov vs Fabio Aguilar (Middleweight)
Preliminary Card (DAZN)
- Leandro Higo vs Dominic Mazzotta (Featherweight)
- Killys Mota vs Nathaniel Andrews (Lightweight)
- Nick Newell vs Zachary Zane (Lightweight)
- Leslie Smith vs Jessy Miele (Women’s Featherweight)
- Robson Gracie Jr vs Billy Goff (Welterweight)
- Romero Cotton vs Justin Sumter (Middleweight)
- Jordan Newman vs Pat McCrohan (Middleweight)
- Michael Kimbel vs Kenny Rivera (Catchweight – 140 lbs)
- Kevin Ferguson Jr vs Kaheem Murray (Catchweight – 160 lbs)
- Ion Pascu vs Mark Lemminger (Welterweight)
- Vladimir Tokov vs Marcus Surin (Lightweight)
Patricio Freire vs Pedro Carvalho meet in a fight that is both a matchup for the belt and a fight in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. Bellator allowed Freire to pick his choice in the first round, and he went with Carvalho. Freire has belts in two divisions and has taken apart some of Bellator’s top fighters. Carvalho comes in on a four-fight winning streak in Bellator, including a win in September over Sam Sicilia, a UFC veteran.
Freire has 30 wins in 34 career professional fights. His victims have include Henry corrales, Emmanuel Sanchez and Michael Chandler. He beat Daniel Straus three times in four meetings, and he has beaten Wilson Reis twice. His rare struggles have come against fighters who are primarily wrestlers, such as Benson Henderson, Joe Warren and Pat Curran. Carvalho is not a wrestler; he is a kickboxer who trains in the same gym as Conor McGregor. He hopes that he will be able to use his kickboxing to get the win. Carvalho only has two knockouts in his career – but he has six submissions, so if Freire tries to turn this into a ground fight, Carvalho could surprise him. Freire has 11 knockouts and ten submission wins, though, so he can thrive no matter where the fight goes.
Final Prediction: Freire wins via decision
Daniel Weichel vs Emmanuel Sanchez is a rematch of a fight that took place at Bellator 159. Weichel won that via split decision back in 2016. Weichel has a 3-2 record since then, with three of those fights ending up as split decision. Sanchez has gone 6-1 since that fight, with his only setback coming against Freire in a championship bout.
Weichel does not do enough to separate himself form the competition, which is why he has suffered split decision losses against Goiti Yamauchi and Freire. He has a wealth of skills, but he has a difficult time bringing them to bear. We have a pair of grapplers in this match, which means that there should be plenty of action. Sanchez has improved, while Weichel has remained static.
Final Prediction: Sanchez wins via decision
Paul Daley vs Sabah Homasi gives us a big bomber in Daley, who either finishes with a knockout or ends up getting taken apart. Homasi has lost three consecutive fights, all either by KO or TKO, against UFC competition. Can he fare better against Bellator competition, or will Daley make it four in a row?
Final Prediction: Daley wins via knockout
Anatoly Tokov vs Fabio Aguiar features a dominant fighter in Tokov, who has only three losses in 32 pro fights. He has won five fights in Bellator, with his top win coming against one-time champion Alexander Shlemenko. Aguiar has only one career loss, but none or his pro fights have been in elite circles, and he makes his debut here.
Final Prediction: Tokov vis via decision
