Daniel Weichel may never reach the top of the Bellator MMA mountain, but he serves as a consistent presence in the company’s ultra-competitive featherweight division.
The longtime Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt look to move up in the 145-pound line when he meets former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder Mads Burnell in a featured Bellator 299 attraction on Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin. Weichel, 38, has compiled an 11-6 record across his 17 appearances in the Scott Coker-led promotion. He last competed at Bellator 288, where he dropped a unanimous decision to Timur Khizriev in their three-round confrontation on Nov.