A nine-fight lineup is set for Thursday's Bellator 30 event following the preliminary-card additions of middleweights Josh Clark (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. John Troyer (10-6 MMA, 0-2 BFC) and heavyweights Ron Sparks (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Greg Maynard (2-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC). Bellator 30 takes place Sept. 23 at Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, Ky.
The main card, including a Jeremy Horn vs. Bryan Baker headliner, airs on FOX Sports Net.
Also set for the televised main card are the organization's bantamweight-tournament semifinals of Ed West (14-4 MMA, 1-0 BFC) vs. Jose Vega (9-3 MMA, 2-0 BFC) and Bryan Goldsby (12-12 MMA, 1-1 BFC) vs. Zack Makovsky (10-2 MMA, 2-0 BFC). The two winners meet next month to determine a tournament winner and Bellator's first-ever 135-pound champion.
The other televised bout pits Jacob McClintock (6-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) against Brent Weedman (16-5-1 MMA, 2-0 BFC), who's won eight straight fights. The winner gets a spot in Bellator's upcoming season-four welterweight tournament.
As as is typical with Bellator cards, Thursday's event is heavy on local talent. The "Local Main Event" pits Louisville-based Troyer against Clark, who hails from the Lexington area.
Sparks, meanwhile, fights for the first time in more than a year after numerous bouts fell apart. The most recent was slated to take place this past weekend in King of the Cage, but opponent and boxer Ray Mercer was forced out of the HDNet-televised headliner with an injury.
Rounding out the prelims are featherweights Thomas "T.J." Barber (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. B.J. Ferguson (5-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC), middleweights Mike Fleniken (3-2 MMA, 0-1 BFC) vs. Jeremiah Riggs (1-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC), and middleweights Stoney Hale (3-1 MMA, 1-0 BFC) vs. Mike O'Donnell (2-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
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(Pictured: Ron Sparks)
