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We want your predictions for Friday’s Bellator 298 event in South Dakota.
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 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 298 main card staff predictions we release Thursday ahead of the event. Bellator 298 takes place Friday at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Make your picks for the main card fights below.
Islam Mamedov vs. Sidney Outlaw
James Gallagher vs. James Gonzalez
Aaron Jeffery vs. Dalton Rosta
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
Logan Storley vs. Brennan Ward
Bellator 298 fight card (as of Aug. 7, noon ET)
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)
- Logan Storley vs. Brennan Ward
- Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
- Aaron Jeffery vs. Dalton Rosta
- James Gallagher vs. James Gonzalez
- Islam Mamedov vs. Sidney Outlaw
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Weber Almeida vs. Lucas Brennan
- Enrique Barzola vs. Jaylon Bates
- Diana Avsaragova vs. Justine Kish
- Jairo Pacheco vs. Vladimir Tokov
- Katerina Shakalova vs. Dayana Silva
- Sullivan Cauley vs. Hamza Salim
- Aalon Cruz vs. Alfie Davis
- Bryce Meredith vs. Alberto Rodriguez
- Leandro Higo vs. Nikita Mikhailov
- Josh Hill vs. Kasum Kasumov
- Marcirley Alves da Silva vs. Jerrell Hodge
- Jordan Oliver vs. Andrew Triolo
- Michael Blockhus vs. Eli Mefford