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PRESS RELEASE: IRVIN OUT AT BELLATOR 125, COOPER STEPS IN TO FIGHT BRIAN ROGERS

Brian Rogers Now Set To Face Brett Cooper At Bellator 125 From California’s Save Mart Center

James Irvin Suffers Injury, Replaced By Cooper

Newport Beach, Calif. (August 29, 2014) – After originally preparing to face James Irvin at Bellator 125 on September 19th, Brian Rogers will now turn his attention to Bellator veteran Brett Cooper as Irvin has suffered a leg injury that will force the California native out of the fight. The night will be headlined by a middleweight clash as Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef squares off against Doug “The Rhino” Marshall.

Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased at the Save Mart Center Box Office, Ticketmaster.com or Bellator.com.

Rogers is coming off another highlight reel victory after a vicious flying knee knockout over Adrian Miles at Bellator 119. Cooper is looking to bounce back after suffering a submission loss to Brandon Halsey at Bellator 122 that secured a title shot for Halsey against Alexander Shlemenko.

With the change, the current fight card for Bellator 125 is listed below:

MAIN CARD:

Middleweight Feature Fight: Doug Marshall (18-7) vs. Melvin Manhoef (28-11-1)

Middleweight Feature Fight: Brett Cooper (20-10) vs. Brian Rogers (11-6)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Martin Stapleton (13-3) vs. Goiti Yamauchi (17-2)

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Javy Ayala (7-3) vs. Raphael Butler (8-0-1)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Welterweight Feature Fight: Ron Keslar (11-6) vs. Jesse Juarez (21-9)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Aaron Wilkinson (11-6) vs. Chris Honeycutt (4-0)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Julio Cesar Neves (29-0) vs. Poppies Martinez (29-10)

Middleweight Feature Fight: Granson Clark (2-1) vs. George Zuniga (2-0)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (2-0) vs. Sergio Cortez (9-8)

Flyweight Feature Fight: Oscar Ramirez (3-1) vs. Matt Ramirez (debut)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Joe Neal (3-0) vs. Paul Ruiz (5-1)

Middleweight Feature Fight: Rafael Carvalho (9-1) vs. Anthony Ruiz (33-18)