Irish Favorites Added to Bellator 299 Lineup in Dublin

A quartet of Irish fan favorites will compete on the Bellator 299 draw in Dublin on Sept. 23.

The California-based promotion announced the following four bouts on Monday: Peter Queally vs. Daniele Miceli at welterweight; Ciaran Clarke vs. Przemyslaw Gorny at featherweight; Darragh Kelly vs. Jelle Zeegers at featherweight and Charlie Ward vs. Gregory Babene at middleweight. All four contests are currently slated for the Bellator 299 preliminary card.

Bellator 299 takes place at 3Arena in Dublin and is headlined by a middleweight championship clash between Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards. The main card airs on Showtime at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while prelims stream on the Bellator MMA YouTube channel and Pluto TV at 11 .m. ET/8 a.m. PT.

A former lightweight title challenger, Queally has lost his last three promotional appearances, including a second-round TKO defeat against Bryce Logan at Bellator 291 on Feb. 25. Italy’s Micele will be fighting with the organization for the first time since April 2016, when he suffered a first-round TKO loss against Daniele Scatizzi at Bellator 152.

Anchored at SBG Ireland, Clarke is unbeaten in seven professional outings — all under the Bellator banner. Poland’s Gorny enters the matchup on the three-bout winning streak on regional circuit.

Kelly, another SBG Ireland export, has won his first three bouts with the promotion, including a third-round stoppage of Jordan Dorval at Bellator 291. The Netherland’s Zeegers owns a 2-2 career mark with his last fight taking place in November 2021.

The 42-year-old Ward was unsuccessful in his first fight of 2023, when he dropped a unanimous verdict to Mike Shipman at Bellator 291 on Feb. 25. Babene, a native of Paris, is in the midst of a seven-bout winning streak that includes four triumphs under the Bellator banner.