Although he lost his original opponent just a week before the show, Nate Jolly will remain on Saturday’s Bellator 120 lineup.
Officials today announced Jolly (13-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who was scheduled to fight Will Brooks (13-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) until Brooks replaced Eddie Alvarez in a main-card fight with Michael Chandler (12-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA), will now meet fellow Marcin Held (18-3 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) on Saturday’s card.
The fight is scheduled as a 158-pound catchweight affair.
Bellator 120 takes place at Landers Center in Southaven, Miss. Jolly vs. Held is part of the Spike TV-televised prelims, which precede the night’s pay-per-view main card.
Jolly, an Ohio-based fighter, makes his promotional debut at the event. The 31-year-old XFC vet is 3-1 in his past four fights, and most recently, he scored a decision victory over Gerric Hayes in October. Although he suffered losses against the bigger names he’s faced, Jolly has already tested himself against top-level competition like Jamie Varner and Dustin Poirier.
Held, meanwhile, is a noted submission specialist who tapped out Derek Anderson this past month in a Season 10 lightweight tournament semifinal (he meets Patricky Freire in the tourney final later this year). It was the third straight win for the 22-year-old Polish fighter, who has 10 submissions in 18 career wins.
The official Bellator 120 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV, 8 p.m. ETP
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 6 p.m. ET)
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(Pictured: Marcin Held)
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