Bellator London predictions: Is anyone picking Lovato to take Mousasi's title?

	Mousasi vs. Lovato	Daley vs. Silva	Gallagher vs. Labiano	Kauppinen vs. Manhoef	Shipman vs. Van Steenis	Bosuku vs. Edwards	Chalmers vs. Freeman	Moore vs. Ward
Nolan King @mma_kings 2019: 5-1 (83%)	Mousasi	Daley	Gallagher	Manhoef	Van Steenis	Edwards	Chalmers	Moore
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2019: 103-50 (67%)	Mousasi	Daley	Gallagher	Kauppinen	Van Steenis	Edwards	Chalmers	Ward
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2019: 100-53 (65%)	Mousasi	Daley	Gallagher	Manhoef	Van Steenis	Edwards	Chalmers	Ward
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2019: 97-56 (63%) 2014 Champion	Mousasi	Daley	Gallagher	Kauppinen	Shipman	Edwards	Chalmers	Ward
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2019: 94-59 (61%)	Mousasi	Daley	Gallagher	Manhoef	Van Steenis	Edwards	Chalmers	Ward
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2019: 91-62 (59%)	Mousasi	Daley	Gallagher	Kauppinen	Van Steenis	Edwards	Chalmers	Ward
Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2019: 35-27 (56%)	Mousasi	Silva	Gallagher	Kauppinen	Van Steenis	Edwards	Chalmers	Ward

Bellator is back in London this week, and the middleweight title is on the line.

Bellator London takes place Saturday at The SSE Arena in London. The Bellator Europe 3 main card streams on MMA Junkie. The Bellator 223 main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN via tape delay following live prelims on MMA Junkie.

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In the Bellator Europe 3 main event, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi (45-6-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) puts his title on the line against the undefeated Rafael Lovato Jr. (9-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA). Mousasi is more than a 5-1 favorite from the oddsmakers, and he is a unanimous choice to retain his belt from our 14 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

Also on the Bellator Europe 3 portion of the show, Kent Kauppinen (11-4 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) takes on veteran light heavyweight Melvin Manhoef (30-14-1 MMA, 2-3 BMMA). It’s a close fight at the betting window, and our pickers are right down the middle at 7-7.

And Aaron Chalmers (4-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) is a unanimous pick in his 160-pound catchweight fight against Fred Freeman (2-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA).

The top fight on the Bellator 223 portion of the show is a welterweight fight between the hard-hitting Paul Daley (40-17-2 MMA, 6-4 BMMA) and Erick Silva (20-10 MMA, 0-1 BMMA). Only two of our staff pickers are taking Silva to upset the more than 3-1 favorite, Daley.

Another unanimous pick is James Gallagher (8-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) in his 140-pound catchweight fight with Jeremiah Labiano (12-6 MMA, 3-2 BMMA), which picked up some new bad blood earlier this week. And Fabian Edwards (7-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) has a 14-0 nod over Jonathan Bosuku (7-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in their middleweight bout.

Mousasi protege Costello van Steenis (11-1 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) has a heavy 10-4 edge over Mike Shipman (13-1 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) in their middleweight bout. And Charlie Ward (6-3 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) is a near-unanimous pick at 13-1 in his middleweight fight with Justin Moore (7-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Mousasi (81 percent), Daley (75 percent), Gallagher (81 percent), Manhoef (63 percent), Van Steenis (53 percent), Edwards (90 percent), Chalmers (88 percent) and Ward (81 percent) are the choices.

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