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The first two fights – the main event and co-main event – are set for Bellator 205.

Officials today announced former featherweight champion Pat Curran (23-7 MMA, 13-4 BMMA) meets undefeated contender A.J. McKee (11-0 MMA, 11-0 BMMA) in the headliner.

Bellator 205 takes place Sept. 21 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, and the main card airs on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Since a 1-3 skid that cost him his belt with a Bellator 123 loss to Patricio Freire, Curran has rebounded with three straight wins, though he’s averaged just one bout per year since 2015. Now making his 2018 debut, the 30-year-old looks to build off recent decision wins over Emmanuel Sanchez, Georgi Karakhanyan and John Teixeira.

He meets McKee, who’s 11-0 since turning pro with Bellator in 2015. The 23-year-old, who holds the promotional record for consecutive victories, is fresh off a unanimous-decision win over Justin Lawrence in April’s Bellator 197 co-headliner.

In the Bellator 205 co-main event, undefeated Rafael Lovato Jr. (8-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA), a 35-year-old jiu-jitsu ace who recently submitted Gerald Harris, meets fellow middleweight contender John Salter (15-3 MMA, 5-0 BMMA), a 33-year-old vet who’s riding a seven-fight winning streak, in a likely title eliminator.

Additional Bellator 205 fights will be announced in the coming weeks.

For more Bellator 205, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

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