Mixed martial arts has returned to Dublin.

The first ever co-promoted event between Bellator and BAMMA takes place today (Friday) in Dublin’s 3Arena, the same venue which hosted the UFC’s historic event in Ireland’s capital city in July 2014 — and with a host of the best up and coming Irish talent peppered through both the BAMMA and Bellator cards, this could well be another watershed moment for mixed martial arts in Ireland.

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You can watch the BAMMA portion of this evening’s card on the Unilad Facebook page.

Bellator 169 

‘King’ Muhammed Lawal def. Satoshi Ishii by unanimous decision

James Gallagher def. Anthony Taylor by submission (rear naked choke), round three.

Sinead Kavanagh def. Elina Kallionidou by unanimous decision.

Daniel Weichel def. Brian Moore by submission (arm triangle), round one.

Cameron Else def. Dylan Tuke by knockout, round one (0:20)

BAMMA 27

Tom Duquesnoy def. Alan Philpott by submission (rear naked choke), round two.

Rhys McKee def Jai Herbert via knockout, round one. McKee wins vacant BAMMA Lonsdale lightweight title.

Nathan Jones def. Walter Gahadza by split decision

Terry Brazier def. Niklas Stolze by unanimous decision.

Richard Kiely def. Keith McCabe by TKO (knee and punches), round one.

Kiefer Crosbie def. Conor Riordan by submission, round two (2:32)

Blaine O’Driscoll def. Neil Ward by unanimous decision.

Ian Cleary def. Andy Lofthouse by unanimous decision.