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Bellator 139 Main Card Finalized with Joe Schilling vs. Hisaki Kato Slugfest

A card loaded with explosive contests has received one more potential slugfest, as middleweight sluggers Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling (2-4) and Hisaki Kato (4-1) will clash in the fourth and final main-card match-up of next month’s “Bellator 139: Kongo vs. Volkov” event, which airs live on Spike.

Headlined by a heavyweight contest between French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov (24-5), “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” takes place June 26 at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Kan.

Additional match-ups include lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. John “The Natural” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA Featherweight Champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) taking on Goiti Yamauchi (18-2).