As we prepare for the upcoming Bellator 138: “Unfinished Business” card from St. Louis on June 19th the following event is starting to fill up. Bellator 139 takes place on June 26th from the Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, KS. In the main event we have a heavyweight clash between two strikers in Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander ”Drago” Volkov (24-5). The main card is now filled with the announcements earlier this week of lightweights Dave "The Caveman" Rickels (16-3) vs. John "The Natural" Alessio and also former featherweight champion Pat "Paddy Mike" Curran (20-7) who will face Goiti Yamauchi (18-2). The main card feature bout will be a nice little stand up affair between middleweights Joe "Stitch 'Em Up" Schilling (2-4) vs. Hisaki Kato (4-1). Now the first preliminary bout for Bellator: Kongo - Volkov has been announced.

It will be a battle in the featherweight division between Bubba "The Highlight Kid" Jenkins (8-2) and Joe "The Nose" Wilk (18-10). Jenkins is looking to restart another run for the title as he came up short in a contender's bout against Georgi Karakhanyan back in January at Bellator 132. He faces a man with 28 career fights under his belt in Wilk. A regional mainstay in the Midwest he recently came up short in his last appearance in Bellator against Ricky Musgrave. The veteran fighter is dangerous on the ground as he has won 15 of his 18 victories by way of submission. Both of these fighters should put on a great performance and will be a great fight for the preliminary rounds. More fights will be announced very soon but the updated card for Bellator 139: Kongo - Volkov is listed below.

"Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov" – Friday, June 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, Mulvane, Kansas

Main Card (9 p.m. ET)

Bellator Heavyweight Main Event: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)

Bellator Lightweight Feature Fight: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. John Alessio (35-17)

Bellator Featherweight Feature Fight: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Goiti Yamauchi (18-2)

Bellator Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Schilling (2-4) vs. Hisaki Kato (4-1)

Preliminary Card

Bellator Featherweight Prelim Fight: Bubba Jenkins (8-2) vs. Joe Wilk (18-10)

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