Bellator 235 USO Salute to the Troops: Barnett vs. Markes is an upcoming event for Bellator MMA that will take place on December 20, 2019 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.


Fight Card

Main Card (DAZN & PN)

Heavyweight Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes
Welterweight Joey Davis vs. Chris Cisneros
Bantamweight Toby Miesch vs. Erik Perez
Women's Flyweight Alejandra Lara vs. Veta Arteaga
Featherweight Tywan Claxton vs. Braydon Akeo

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Ty Gwerder vs. Joseph Creer
Bantamweight Cass Bell vs. Pierre Daguzan
Welterweight Hunter Eweld vs. Jonathon Pico
Flyweight Tiani Valle vs. Jamie Thorton

Background

The event will feature a heavyweight bout between the former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett and UFC veteran Ronny Markes.


Update

The event was expected to feature a heavyweight bout between the former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett and UFC veteran Ronny Markes. However, the bout was cancelled after Barnett was pulled due to illness just moments before the fight was scheduled to take place. The originally scheduled bantamweight bout between Toby Miesch and Erik Perez was bumped to the main event.