| Gallagher vs. Ellenor |
Manzolo vs. Ward |
Crosbie vs. Leary |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 106-68 |
 Gallagher (57%) |
 Ward (76%) |
 Crosbie (83%) |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 117-57 |
Gallagher |
 Manzolo |
Crosbie |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 116-58 |
Gallagher |
Manzolo |
Crosbie |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 116-58 |
Gallagher |
Manzolo |
Crosbie |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 114-60 |
Gallagher |
Manzolo |
Crosbie |
| Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 113-61  2019 Champion* |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 113-61 |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 113-61 2017 Champion |
Gallagher |
Manzolo |
Crosbie |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 110-64 2014 Champion |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 109-65 |
Gallagher |
Manzolo |
Crosbie |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 107-67 |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 106-68 |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 105-69 2018 Champion |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 103-71 |
Gallagher |
Ward |
Crosbie |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 73-101 |
 Ellenor |
Manzolo |
 Leary |
Bellator has its second event in three days Saturday with bantamweights at the top of the card.
Bellator Europe 9 takes place Saturday at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy. The card streams on MMA Junkie and Bellator’s YouTube channel.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
In the main event, James Gallagher (10-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) takes on Cal Ellenor (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA). Our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts are nearly unanimous with just one picker taking Ellenor in an upset.
In the co-feature, Andy Manzolo (23-8 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) takes on Gallagher’s SBG Ireland teammate Charlie Ward (8-4 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) at middleweight. Our pickers are split down the middle at 7-7.
To open up the main card, another SBG Ireland product, Kiefer Crosbie (8-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA), takes on Charlie Leary (16-11-1 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) in a 160-pound contract weight bout. Only one picker is taking Leary.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Gallagher (57 percent), Ward (76 percent) and Crosbie (83 percent) are the choices.
Check out all the picks above.