Ahead of Bellator 217, Andy Ryan underlined his belief that his fighter, Paul Redmond, would have been given a main card slot had he fought under the SBG banner, but the legendary Irish coach felt further slighted on fight night at the 3 Arena.
In the co-main event, Team Ryano’s Myles Price took victory over SBG’s Peter Queally in one of the most high-profile fights of the night given Price’s history with SBG and his time spent at AKA ahead of UFC 229. Out of all of the victorious fighters on the event’s main card, Price was the only one who did not receive a post-fight interview in the cage.