Bellator Champions Series 5
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Bellator Champions Series 5: McCourt vs. Collins (also known as Bellator Champions Series London) was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on September 14, 2024, at OVO Arena Wembley in London, England.
This is the last event to be promoted by Bellator MMA as the company ceased operations in January 2025.
Background
The event marked the promotion's eighth visit to London and first since Bellator 281 in May 2022.
A Bellator Middleweight World Championship rematch between current champion Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards was expected to headline the event. The pairing previously met at Bellator 299 in September 2023, which Eblen won by third-round knockout. However on September 3, the bout was rescheduled for a later date with a women's featherweight title eliminator bout between Leah McCourt and Sara Collins served as the new main event.
A women's featherweight bout between Eman Almudhaf and Daiane Silva was removed from the event at the weigh-ins for unknown reasons.
Results
| Fight card (MAX / DAZN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Featherweight | Sara Collins | def. | Leah McCourt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:25 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Simeon Powell | def. | Rafael Xavier | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Luke Trainer | def. | Laurynas Urbonavicius | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Lightweight | Marc Diakiese | def. | Tim Wilde | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (MAX) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Archie Colgan | def. | Manoel Sousa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Mike Shipman | def. | Eslam Abdul Baset | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 2:32 | |
| Catchweight (175 lb) | Joseph Luciano | def. | Steven Hill | Submission (anaconda choke) | 2 | 1:22 | |
| Catchweight (140 lb) | Ciarán Clarke | def. | Tuomas Grönvall | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Darragh Kelly | def. | Dmytrii Hrytsenko | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 |