Joe Pacheco (right) punching Brennan Ward (photo via Bellator)

By FCF Staff

Bellator has announced that this Friday’s reserve bout between Brandon Halsey and Joe Pacheco has been changed to a middleweight semifinal match-up.

The move comes not long after Jeremy Kimball failed to make weight for his semifinal bout with Dan Cramer last week.

Bellator 116 will be hosted by the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California, and will feature a heavyweight semifinal between Lavar Johnson and Blagoi Ivanov in the main event.

Here is the updated line-up for Friday’s event. The main card will be broadcast on SPIKE.

MAIN CARD:

Bellator Heavyweight Semifinal: Blagoi Ivanov (10-0) vs. Lavar Johnson (18-8)

Bellator Welterweight Semifinal: Nathan Coy (14-4) vs. Adam McDonough (10-0)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Joey Beltran (14-10) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (27-7)

Bellator Heavyweight Semifinal: Mighty Mo (6-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (19-4)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Bellator Middleweight Semifinal: Joe Pacheco (7-1) vs. Brandon Halsey (5-0)

Middleweight Feature Fight: Dave Vitkay (13-12-1) vs. Keith Berry (15-12)

Lightweight Feature Fight: Josh Smith (9-6) vs. Poppies Martinez (28-9)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Brandon Bender (11-1) vs. Mario Navarro (4-3)

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Joe Taimanglo (19-5-1) vs. Rob Emerson (15-10)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Ron Keslar (11-5) vs. Karo Parisyan (22-10)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Carlos Eduardo (11-2) vs. Rodney Wallace (19-8)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Philipe Lins (7-1) vs. Travis Clark (7-2)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Ricky Rainey (6-2) vs. Andy Murad (6-1)