Two local fan favorites will be making their professional debuts on Friday March 9th at Bellator 60. Team Curran’s Cory Galloway will be taking on Torres Martial Arts’s Jake Nauracy. Bellator 60 takes place at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, just outside of Chicago, Illinois. Sources close to the fight broke the news to MMA Recap.

Galloway is the current XFO featherweight champion after defeating Pedro Velasco at XFO 42. Galloway, a Team Curran standout spent his entire amateur career fighting for Xtreme Fighting Organization. He compiled a record of 7-1 while fighting under the XFO banner fighting in both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions.

Nauracy meanwhile fought for several amateur organizations around the Chicagoland area including Total Fight Challenge and Cut Throat MMA. He is the current bantamweight champion for Cut Throat, and will be relinquishing his title for his pro debut.

Bellator 60 will be headlined by two time Bellator tournament winner Pat Curran as he tries to defeat Joe Warren to claim the Bellator featherweight title. The event will also showcase the opening round of the season six featherweight tournament as well as several other Chicago area fighters.

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