Johnny Eblen vs Fabian Edwards Prediction: Johnny Eblen set to defeat Fabian Edwards twice

By Sunday morning, Bellator Men will host the middleweight division bout between Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards. It is set as the Main Card (fight 7 of 9) event in the Octagon enclosure. Johnny Eblen comes into this bout having been unbeaten all through his career, while Fabian Edwards has only lost three times through out all his career. All action will take place at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and can be watched live on ESPN+.

Johnny Eblen is a 24th Current Best MMA Welterweight Fighter and 75th Current Best P4P MMA Fighter. He boasts of fifteen Pro MMA record wins and is currently on an 18-win streak. The 32-year-old fighter is fighting out of Coconut Creek, Florida. Throughout his career, his victories are primarily from the judges  decisions. His last fight was on February 24, 2024, in the PFL vs. Bellator Co-main event against Impa Kasanganay, won by way of split decision. Prior to this, he was on the main card at Bellator 299 and successfully defended his Bellator MMA Middleweight Championship. Johnny faced Fabian Edwards and won via Strikes knockout. On June 24, 2022, he challenged for the Bellator MMA Middleweight Championship against Gegard Mousasi and won via unanimous decision. He later defended the title at the Bellator 290 co-main event against Anatoly Tokov and won via unanimous decision. Other significant victories Daniel has recorded were against John Salter, MCollin Huckbody, Travis Davis, Daniel Madrid, Taylor Johnson, Mauricio Alonso, and Tyler Lee. 

Fabian Edwards boasts of a professional career record of fifteen-three wins and three losses. He is nicknamed “The Assassin” and fights out of Birmingham, England. He last fought on March 22, 2024, in the Bellator Champions Series event and won to Aaron Jeffery via a unanimous decision. Prior to this win, he recorded a loss to Johnny Eblen due to a unanimous decision. This bout cost Edwards his chance to the Bellator MMA Middleweight Championship. He fought against Gegard Mousasi in Bellator 296 and won via unanimous decision after five rounds. In 2022, he fought twice and won against Charlie Ward Lyoto Machida. The years 2020 and 2021 were difficult years for Fabian Edwards, as he lost all the fights within that year. This loss was Austin Vanderford via unanimous decision and Costello Van via split decision after three rounds. Other victories he has recorded are Mike Shipman, Jonathan Bosuku, Falco Neto, Lee Chafdwick, Claudio Conti, Kent Kauppinen, Louis King, Aaron Kennedy, and Rafai Cejrowski.

This bout is an easy one to go at. Johnny Eblen is currently on an unquiet, unbeaten run. He is also favored by the bookies in this bout. The main interest is the mode in which he will execute this victory. In all his five round bouts, Johnny has always utilized the judge decision to get an edge, and this would not be different. The method of victory in this bout will be a unanimous decision.