James Gonzalez Replaces Cris Lencioni, Meets James Gallagher at Bellator 298

James
Gonzalez will replace Cris
Lencioni and lock horns with James
Gallagher at
Bellator 298.

MMAFighting.com was first to report the new booking. Lencioni
was removed from the card after
suffering cardiac arrest during training earlier this month.
Bellator 298 takes place on Aug. 11 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, and is headlined by a welterweight showdown
pitting Logan
Storley against Brennan
Ward.

Gallagher will compete for the first time since November 2021, when
he had a four-bout winning streak snapped in a third-round
submission loss to Patrick Mix
at Bellator 270. The SBG Ireland product is 8-2 during his Bellator
tenure.

Anchored at Longo and Weidman MMA, Gonzalez is coming off a
decision loss against Aaron Pico
at Bellator 295 on April 22. The 33-year-old known as “The Alley
Cat” owns a 10-6 career mark that includes fights in PFL Challenger
Series, Ring of Combat and Cage Fury Fighting Championships.