Bellator 230/Bellator Europe 5 predictions: Manhoef or Bahati, Carvalho or Nemkov?

	Manhoef vs. Bahati	Paterno vs. Reece	Grigsby vs. Sakara	Macedo vs. Mousah	Carvalho vs. Nemkov	Barros vs. Sidelnikov	Gerges vs. Zubko	Fusi vs. Pugliesi
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2019: 169-98 (63%)	Manhoef (69%)	Reece (73%)	Sakara (89%)	Mousah (81%)	Nemkov (61%)	Barros (77%)	Zubko (74%)	Fusi (81%)
Simon Head @simonhead 2019: 84-41 (67%)	Bahati	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2019: 178-89 (67%)	Bahati	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Nolan King @mma_kings 2019: 78-42 (65%)	Manhoef	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Zubko	Fusi
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2019: 174-93 (65%) 2018 Champion	Bahati	Paterno	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Zubko	Fusi
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2019: 173-94 (65%)	Manhoef	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2019: 171-96 (64%) 2017 Champion	Bahati	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2019: 171-96 (64%) 2014 Champion	Manhoef	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Carvalho	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2019: 169-98 (63%)	Bahati	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2019: 71-43 (62%)	Manhoef	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2019: 163-104 (61%)	Bahati	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2019: 159-108 (60%)	Bahati	Reece	Sakara	Macedo	Nemkov	Barros	Gerges	Fusi
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2019: 98-77 (56%)	Manhoef	Reece	Sakara	Mousah	Nemkov	Barros	Zubko	Fusi
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2019: 142-125 (53%)	Bahati	Paterno	Grigsby	Macedo	Carvalho	Sidelnikov	Gerges	Pugliesi

Bellator is back in Europe for another double event in Dublin this week.

Bellator Europe 5 and Bellator 230 take place Saturday at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy. The Bellator Europe 5 card streams on the Bellator app and MMA Junkie. The Bellator 230 main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN via tape delay.

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In one main event, Melvin Manhoef (31-14-1 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) takes on Yannick Bahati (9-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in a light heavyweight bout. The oddsmakers have made Manhoef a decent favorite around -225, but our 13 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are siding with Bahati at an 8-5 clip.

In the Bellator 230 portion of the card, former middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho (16-3 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) is moving up to light heavyweight to take on Vadim Nemkov (10-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA). Our pickers don’t have much confidence in the Brazilian’s move up, apparently. They’re taking Nemkov at a hefty 11-2 landslide.

Also at Bellator Europe 5, Stefano Paterno (12-3-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has only two pickers siding with him in his welterweight fight against Ashley Reece (8-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA).

Late replacement Rafael Macedo (9-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) only has two pickers going with him in his lightweight fight against Kane Mousah (12-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA).

And home-country fan favorite Alessio Sakara (19-13 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) is a heavy favorite at 12-1 against Canaan Grigsby (8-7 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in their light heavyweight bout.

At Bellator 230, Hesdy Gerges (0-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) is a 10-3 pick at heavyweight against Dragos Zubko (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA). Domingos Barros (6-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) is an overwhelming 12-1 pick against Kirill Sidelnikov (11-6 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at heavyweight.

And Andrea Fusi (8-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) is a heavy 12-1 pick against Walter Pugliesi (4-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in their welterweight bout.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Manhoef (69%), Reece (73 percent), Sakara (89 percent), Mousah (81 percent), Nemkov (61 percent), Barros (77 percent), Zubko (74 percent) and Fusi (81 percent) are the choices.

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