{"id":54049,"date":"2015-07-13T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54049"},"modified":"2015-07-13T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:04:06","slug":"roger-the-leprechaun-carroll-steps-up-on-short-notice-to-face-irish-brennan-ward-bellator-140-breaking-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54049","title":{"rendered":"Roger “The Leprechaun” Carroll Steps Up on Short Notice to Face “Irish” Brennan Ward- BELLATOR 140 BREAKING NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"B140_PR_banner\"<\/a>Connecticut\u2019s own \u201cIrish\u201d Brennan Ward (10-3) will compete against a new opponent at \u201cBellator: Lima vs. Koreshkov,\u201d which takes place this Friday, July 17 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Roger \u201cThe Leprechaun\u201d Carroll (16-11) has agreed to face the dangerous welterweight on seven days\u2019 notice, in the place of Gavin Sterritt, who withdrew from the contest and was subsequently cut from the promotional roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cBellator: Lima vs. Koreshkov\u201d features five world-class 170-pound bouts including world champion Douglas Lima (26-5) and Andrey Koreshkov (17-1), Chris Honeycutt (6-0) vs. Paul Bradley (22-6), Michael \u201cVenom\u201d Page (7-0) taking on Rudy Bears (16-13), and knockout artist Paul \u201cSemtex\u201d Daley (36-13-2) challenging Dennis Olson (14-8). <\/p>\n

The main card airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. CT, while the announced preliminary bouts stream on Spike.com at 7 p.m. ET. Limited tickets for “Bellator MMA: Lima vs. Koreshkov,” which start at just $25, remain on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office or Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n

Having won Bellator\u2019s Season 9 Middleweight tournament, Ward decided to test himself in the welterweight division, and shined in his 170-pound debut with a first-round rear-naked choke submission victory over Curtis Millender at \u201cBellator: The British Invasion\u201d this past February.<\/p>\n

The Waterford, Conn. native has an affinity for the finish, having ended nine of his ten professional tilts before reaching the judges\u2019 scorecards. With his hometown a mere ten miles away from the venue, \u201cIrish\u201d is sure to have a strong home cage advantage over his short notice opponent.<\/p>\n

Carroll rides into Connecticut in the midst of a three-fight winning streak. The Claremont, N.C. resident has spent most of his seven year mixed martial arts career competing at 185-pounds, but will make the move to welterweight for his Bellator MMA debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leprechaun\u201d fits the description of a \u201csubmission specialist,\u201d with 15 of his 16 wins as a professional coming by way of making his opponent quit. One half of Carroll Brothers BJJ, Roger also doubles as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor alongside his brother Joseph at Superior Martial Arts Academy in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Main Card (9 P.M. EST)<\/p>\n

Bellator Welterweight Title Fight: Douglas Lima (26-5) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (17-1)<\/p>\n

Bellator Welterweight Feature Fight: Chris Honeycutt (6-0) vs. Paul Bradley (22-6)<\/p>\n

Bellator Welterweight Feature Fight: Michael Page (7-0) vs. Rudy Bears (16-13)<\/p>\n

Bellator Welterweight Feature Fight: Brennan Ward (10-3) vs. Roger Carroll (16-11)
\nBellator Welterweight Feature Fight: Paul Daley (36-13-2) vs. Dennis Olson (14-8)<\/p>\n

Preliminary Card (7 P.M. EST)<\/p>\n

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: Blair Tugman (7-5) vs. Kin Moy (6-2)<\/p>\n

Bellator Welterweight Prelim Fight: Ilya Kotau (debut) vs. Nicolas Sergiacomi (1-0)<\/p>\n

Bellator Heavyweight Prelim Fight: Parker Porter (5-4) vs. Eric Bedard (6-5)<\/p>\n

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: Billy Giovanella (8-3) vs. Remo Cardarelli (4-2)<\/p>\n

Bellator Lightweight Prelim Fight: Dean Hancock (1-0) vs. Alex Dunworth (2-1, 1 NC)<\/p>\n

Bellator Flyweight Prelim Fight: Kaline Medeiros (4-4) vs. Sarah Payant (1-0)<\/p>\n

Bellator Featherweight Prelim Fight: Waylon Lowe (15-6, 1 NC) vs. Ryan Quinn (10-5, 1 NC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Connecticut\u2019s own \u201cIrish\u201d Brennan Ward (10-3) will compete against a new opponent at \u201cBellator: Lima vs. Koreshkov,\u201d which takes place this Friday, July 17 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Roger \u201cThe Leprechaun\u201d Carroll (16-11) has agreed to face the dangerous welterweight on seven days\u2019 notice, in the place of Gavin Sterritt, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10374],"tags":[13260],"class_list":["post-54049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mma-2","tag-roger-the-leprechaun-carroll-steps-up-on-short-notice-to-face-irish-brennan-ward-bellator-140-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54049"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}