Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held October 15, 2020 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (CBS Sports Network)
Cris Cyborg (c) vs. Arlene Blencowe Featherweight Championship
Lightweight Patricky Freire vs. Jeleel Willis
Bantamweight Ricky Bandejas vs. Leandro Higo
Lightweight Saad Awad vs. Mandel Nallo
Preliminary Card
Welterweight Albert Gonzales vs. Kastriot Xhema
Light Heavyweight Christian Edwards vs. Hamza Salim
Welterweight Kyle Crutchmer vs. Kemran Lachinov
Middleweight Joseph Creer vs. Andrew Kapal
Catchweight (140 lb) Mike Kimbel vs. Da'mon Blackshear
Heavyweight Steve Mowry vs. Shawn Teed
Lightweight Aviv Gozali vs. Logan Neal
Background
The event will feature a Bellator Women's Featherweight World Championship bout between the champion Cris Cyborg and former title challenger Arlene Blencowe.
A middleweight prelim bout between Curtis Millender and Joe Schilling was canceled after it was revealed by Schilling that one of his cornermen tested positive for COVID-19.