James Irvin out with leg injury, Brett Cooper steps in to face Brian Rogers at Bellator 125
by Andreas Georgiou - @AGeorgiouMMA
An unlucky leg injury for James Irvin, may see him sidelined until 2015, and forces him to withdraw from Brian Rogers bout at Bellator 125 on September 19th. Brian Rogers now gets a tough test in Bellator veteran Brett Cooper.
A highlight reel flying knee knockout of Adrian Miles at Bellator 119, Rogers is a forced to be reckoned with. Meanwhile, Cooper is looking to bounce back from a submission loss to Brandon Halsey at Bellator 122.
With the change, the current fight card for Bellator 125 is listed below:
MAIN CARD:
Middleweight Feature Fight: Doug Marshall (18-7) vs. Melvin Manhoef (28-11-1)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Brett Cooper (20-10) vs. Brian Rogers (11-6)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Martin Stapleton (13-3) vs. Goiti Yamauchi (17-2)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Javy Ayala (7-3) vs. Raphael Butler (8-0-1)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Welterweight Feature Fight: Ron Keslar (11-6) vs. Jesse Juarez (21-9)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Aaron Wilkinson (11-6) vs. Chris Honeycutt (4-0)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Julio Cesar Neves (29-0) vs. Poppies Martinez (29-10)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Granson Clark (2-1) vs. George Zuniga (2-0)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (2-0) vs. Sergio Cortez (9-8)
Flyweight Feature Fight: Oscar Ramirez (3-1) vs. Matt Ramirez (debut)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Joe Neal (3-0) vs. Paul Ruiz (5-1)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Rafael Carvalho (9-1) vs. Anthony Ruiz (33-18)
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