لوس انجليس– The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s doubleheader return to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, كونيتيكت. في فبراير. 15 and Feb. 16 has been completed with two stacked five-fight main cards and exciting preliminary matchups.
The main event of Friday’s card on Paramount Network, and simulcast on DAZN, will feature a heavyweight headliner, where former Bellator Grand Prix SemifinalistMatt Mitrione (13-6) faces Russian knockout artistسيرجي خاريتونوف (29-7, 1 NC). Rounding out the stacked main card will see undefeatedللشمس. (9-0) meet SBG Dublin’sايون باسكو (18-9) في وزن الوسط, former Bellator bantamweight champإدواردو دانتاس (20-6) return from injury to meet Hawaii’sToby Misech (12-6) at 135-pounds, and the electricمايك كيمبل (2-0) making his main card debut against Rhode Island’s جون دوما (3-1). The opener ofBellator 215will be the promotional debut ofAustin Vanderford (6-0), who looks to remain undefeated againstCody Jones (6-2), a winner of four consecutive fights.
The prelims forBellator 215: Mitrione vs. خاريتونوف will be highlighted by a women’s featherweight contest featuringالعنبر ليبروك(3-2) ضد أماندا بيل (5-5), as well as top heavyweight prospectللشمس. (5-0) أخذ على Darion Abbey(الموالية لاول مرة).
A mere 24-hours later, Bellator 216will take place exclusively on DAZN and will be headlined by one of the most intense grudge matches in MMA history. في.يوم السبت, فبراير. 16,مهزوم مايكل "السم" الصفحة (13-0) will enter the Bellator cage against 58-fight professionalبول "سيمتكس" دالي (40-16-2) in a first-round fight of Bellator’s Welterweight World Grand Prix. The co-main event is a rematch between two heavyweights who undoubtedly will go down in the sport’s history books, متى ميركو كرو الشرطي (37-11-2, 1 NC) makes his Bellator debut againstروي "البلد الكبير" نيلسون (23-16).
بالإضافة, a No. 1 contender’s bout to determine who will face newly crowned heavyweight kingpin Ryan Bader will pitشيخ كونغو (29-10-2) ضد مهزوم, longtime former Bellator heavyweight championفيتالي Minakov (21-0). An intriguing welterweight encounter betweenياروسلاف اموسوف (20-0) and the always-excitingإريك سيلفا (20-9, 1 NC) is also official, as is the professional debut of multi-time taekwondo championفاليري لوريدا, when she meets Oklahoma’sColby Fletcher(1-2) in the main card opener.
As if that wasn’t enough top-flight action, تيريل فورتشن (5-0), one of Bellator’s top homegrown prospects returns to the Bellator cage againstRyan Pokryfky(6-5) in the featured preliminary bout ofBellator 216: MVP مقابل. دالي.
Bellator: Mitrione vs. خاريتونوفwill be broadcast Friday, فبراير 15 on Paramount Network at 9 عصرا. ET / 8 مساءا. CT and will stream LIVE on DAZN. Bellator: MVP مقابل. دالي will stream exclusively on DAZN on Saturday, فبراير 16 في 10 عصرا. ET / 7 مساءا. PT. Preliminary action for both events will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App.
Tickets for both events are available now and can be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, وكذلك Ticketmaster و Bellator.com. Fans can save when they purchase tickets to both events through the “Back-to-Back Pack!” Please visit Ticketmaster.com for more details.
اكتمال Bellator 215: Mitrione vs. خاريتونوف بطاقة الرئيسية:
المباراة التمهيدية للوزن الثقيل: تيريل فورتشن (5-0) مقابل. Ryan Pokryfky (6-5)
خفيفة الوزن الأولي بوت: Patrick Casey (4-0) مقابل. تكمل هذا الحدث الرئيسي المذهل هو اشتباك بين اثنين من أقوى الضربات في الوزن الثقيل على هذا الكوكب (3-2)
وزن الوسط الأولية بوت: Vinicius De Jesus (6-2) مقابل. Rodolpho Barcellos (1-0)
RORY MACDONALD DEFENDS WORLD TITLE AGAINST JON FITCH IN OPENING ROUND OF WELTERWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX
أيضا, UNDEFEATED FLYWEIGHT CHAMP ILIMA-LEI MACFARLANE MEETS VETA ARTEAGA IN THE CO-MAIN EVENT
لوس انجليس– The fourth and final opening round matchup in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix will feature Bellator’s current welterweight championروري ماكدونالد (20-5) defending his title in the tournament againstجون فيتش(31-7-1, 1 NC) when Bellator returns to the Bay Area inside SAP Center at San Jose on Saturday, أبريل 27.
بالإضافة, undefeated Bellator flyweight championIlima-لى ماكفارلين(9-0) will return to action against Boise, Idaho’sفيتا أرتياغا(5-2) in the co-headliner. وسيتم الإعلان عن نوبات إضافية في الأسابيع المقبلة.
An exclusive online presale for this event takes place Wednesday, يناير. 30 through Thursday, يناير. 31, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday, فبراير. 1 في 10 صباحا. PT. Tickets will be available at the ThreatMetrix Ticket Office at SAP Center at San Jose, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.
Bellator: MacDonald vs. Fitchسيجري البث المباشر حصريًا علىDAZN, the fastest-growing sports streaming service in the world, في 10 عصرا. ET / 7 مساءا. PT, بينما العمل الأولي سوف تيار على Bellator.com وعالميا على Bellator موبايل التطبيق.
Inarguably one of the greatest 170-pound fighters walking the planet, Rory MacDonald returns to the welterweight division following a once-in-a-lifetime “champion vs. champion” matchup againstGegard Mousasi في 2018. الآن, “The Red King” sets his sights on one million dollars and clearing the landscape at welterweight, entering a tournament where he will defend his belt each and every time he steps inside the cage. First up for the British Columbia, Canada-native is Jon Fitch, a 40-fight veteran who has gone toe-to-toe with the some of the sport’s best, including Georges St-Pierre, B.J. بن, Jake Shields andبول دالي. الآن, قريب من المنزل, the AKA trained-fighter will have his first shot at Bellator gold.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane closed out 2018 في الاسلوب, remaining undefeated and defending her title in front of a sold-out Blaisdell Arena during Bellator’s debut in Hawaii. Finishingفاليري ليتورنوvia submission was the toughest test of the 28-year-old’s budding career, but now it’s back to business for the only flyweight champion in Bellator history, as she puts her belt on the line against Veta Arteaga in the co-main event. A native of Boise, ايداهو, Arteaga has called Bellator home since 2016, when she made her promotional debut against Macfarlane’s Team Hurricane Awesome teammate Jackie Vandenburgh, a fight she won via unanimous decision. الآن, after racking up three more victories, including wins against Bellator Kickboxing championدينيس كيلهولتزand former flyweight title challengerإميلي دوكوت, 31-year-old Arteaga is ready for her opportunity to become champion.
تحديثBellator: MacDonald vs. Fitchبطاقة المعركة:
Welterweight World Grand Prix Title Bout: روري ماكدونالد (20-5) ضد.جون فيتش (31-7-1, 1 NC)
Flyweight World Title Bout: Ilima-لى ماكفارلين(9-0) ضد.فيتا أرتياغا (5-2)
لوس انجليس– The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s return to the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, كاليفورنيا. في يناير. 26 has been completed with a five-fight main card and 11 preliminary contests.
The main event of the card will feature the Finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix, where the greatest heavyweight of all-timeفيدور إميليانينكو (38-5, 1 NC) faces current light heavyweight champريان بدر (26-5) for the Bellator world heavyweight title. The co-main event will feature the highly touted prospectهارون بيكو (4-1) against the always-toughهنري كوراليس (16-3) في وزن الريشة.
بالإضافة, professional wrestling superstarجيك هاجرbegins his MMA career againstجي دبليو. كيسر (1-1) في الوزن الثقيل, خوان أرتشوليتا (21-1) الساحات قبالة معRicky Bandejas (11-1) in a battle of surging bantamweights andAdel Altamimi(7-5), a coach with Jay Glazer’s Merging Vets and Players program, will make his Bellator debut againstBrandon McMahan (5-6) in the main card opener. The prelims forBellator 214: فيدور مقابل. بدرwill feature the anticipated MMA debut of jiu-jitsu aceA.J. Agazarm (0-0) ضدJesse Roberts(0-0), as well as the Bellator debut of 2016 Greco-Roman Word team memberكريس جونزاليس(1-0) أخذ علىHenry Mendez(0-1) and Lyoto Machida-training partner, Weber Almeida (1-0), التي تواجهOdan Chinchilla(1-0) في وزن الديك.
تذاكر لBellator 214: فيدور مقابل. بدرare on sale now and can be purchased at the Forum box office, as well as Bellator.com and Ticketmaster.com. سيتم بث الحدث مباشرة ومجانيًا على شبكة باراماونت في 9 عصرا. ET / 8 مساءا. CT and will be simulcast live on DAZN. Preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App.
اكتمالBellator: فيدور مقابل. بدربطاقة المعركة:
Heavyweight World Grand Prix Finals Main Event: فيدور إميليانينكو(38-5, 1 NC) ضد.ريان بدر(26-5)
أيضا,TICKETS FOR BELLATOR: KORESHKOV VS. LARKIN ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, ديسمبر 14
لوس انجليس– Bellator returns to Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, كاليفورنيا. يوم الجمعة, مارس 29 with an exciting welterweight clash, as former 170-pound world championأندري Koreshkov (21-3) squares off against Southern California nativeلورينز اركن (20-7, 1 NC) in the headliner.
تذاكر لهذا الحدث ستطرح للبيع يوم الجمعة, ديسمبر 14 and will be available at the Pechanga box office, وكذلك Bellator.com, Ticketmaster.com and Pechanga.com. سيتم بث الحدث مباشرة ومجانيًا على شبكة باراماونت في 9 عصرا. ET / 8 مساءا. CT and simulcast on DAZN.com, بينما العمل الأولي سوف تيار على Bellator.com وعالميا على Bellator موبايل التطبيق. وسيتم الإعلان عن نوبات إضافية في الأسابيع المقبلة.
Hailing from Omsk, روسيا, 28-year-old Andrey Koreshkov will enter this bout on the heels of a 23-minute marathon withدوغلاس ليماin the opening round of the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix only a few months ago. “Spartan” will be making his 16th career appearance for Bellator and his first of his 2019 حملة. Since joining Bellator, Koreshkov has tallied a dozen victories over his six-year stint, emphasized by a welterweight world title win over former division kingدوغلاس ليما فيBellator 140. Training alongside another former Bellator champion inالكسندر Shlemenko, Koreshkov has earned 21 career wins over 24 نهايات, بما فيه 15 finishes since making his professional debut in 2010. Of his 15 التشطيبات, 12 have come by way of knockout and 10 via first-round KO, making the Russian knockout artist one of the toughest tests Larkin has ever faced. Koreshkov will look to add to an already impressive professional resume when he returns to action at Pechanga Resort Casino on March 29.
Larkin enters a pivotal main event matchup following a pair of victories overفرناندو جونزاليس فيBellator 193وايون باسكو فيBellator 207. The official alternate in Bellator’s Welterweight World Grand Prix, “Da Monsoon” has held his own against the promotion’s elite, also competing againstدوغلاس ليما وبول دالي. Proudly hailing from Riverside, كاليفورنيا., Pechanga Resort Casino provides an ideal site for the Millenia MMA-product to extend his current winning streak and put on a show for a raucous partisan crowd. مع 11 من له 20 career victories coming via knockout, the 32-year-old striker hopes to add yet another former champion to his list of victims when he takes on Koreshkov in Temecula.
FRIDAY NIGHT HEADLINED BY MATT MITRIONE VS. SERGEI KHARITONOV IN HEAVYWEIGHT CLASH
SATURDAY’S CARD TO FEATURE ‘MVP’ VS. PAUL DALEY IN WELTERWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX GRUDGE MATCH & A HEAVYWEIGHT NO. 1 CONTENDER’S BOUT PITTING CHEICK KONGO AGAINST VITALY MINAKOV
لوس انجليس -في فبراير 15 و 16, Bellator returns to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, كونيتيكت. for two back-to-back nights of exciting MMA action.
يوم الجمعة, the event will be anchored by a heavyweight battle betweenMatt Mitrione (13-6) وسيرجي خاريتونوف (29-7, 1 NC), while Saturday’s show will see the long-awaited matchup betweenمايكل "السم" الصفحة (13-0) وبول دالي (40-16-2) headline in a Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix opening round pairing. بالإضافة, the card will also see a heavyweight No. 1 contender’s bout betweenشيخ كونغو (29-10-2) and undefeated former Bellator heavyweight championفيتالي Minakov (21-0).
Tickets for both events are available early through an exclusive Bellator Nation pre-sale beginning Wednesday, ديسمبر. 5 في 10 صباحا. و. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday, ديسمبر. 7 في 10 صباحا. و. Tickets can be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, وكذلك Ticketmaster و Bellator.com. Fans can save when they purchase tickets to both events through the “Back-to-Back Pack!” Please visit Ticketmaster.com for more details.
Bellator: Mitrione vs. خاريتونوفwill be broadcast Friday, فبراير 15 on Paramount Network at 9 عصرا. ET / 8 مساءا. CT and will stream LIVE on DAZN.
Bellator: MVP مقابل. داليwill stream exclusively on DAZN on Saturday, فبراير 16 في 10 عصرا. ET / 7 مساءا. PT. Preliminary action for both events will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App. وسيتم الإعلان عن نوبات إضافية في الأسابيع المقبلة.
Fresh off an impressive semi-final run in Bellator’s Heavyweight World Grand Prix, Matt Mitrione returns to action on February 15 against a true veteran in Sergei Kharitonov. The former Purdue football defensive lineman splits his training between Indianapolis and Combat Club in South Florida, and is in the best shape of his fighting career. مؤخرا, Mitrione has defeatedروي نيلسون وفيدور إميليانينكو, adding to an already-impressive list of career victories.The man dubbed “The Paratrooper,” Kharitonov is the owner of an equally notable MMA resume, with the 38-year-old scoring wins against some of the sport’s most marquee names, including an incredible performance against Roy Nelson, as well as Fabricio Werdum, اندريه Arlovski, بيدرو ريزو, Murilo “Ninja” Rua and Alistair Overeem.
One of the most unorthodox strikers to ever compete for Bellator, “MVP” has steadily worked his way up the welterweight ranks since signing with the organization in 2013. Known for his antics both inside the cage and out, every Michael Page fight is must-see entertainment. With an undefeated record of 13-0, و 11 of those victories coming by stoppage, the 31-year-old out of London Shootfighters finally meets up with fellow Brit and longtime rival, بول دالي. A veteran of Strikeforce, UFC and BAMMA, Nottingham’s Daley has competed professionally since 2003. Throughout his career, “Semtex” has been one half of some of the most memorable bouts in MMA history, بما في ذلكknockout of the year over Brennan Ward in 2017.
A rematch ofBellator 115, Cheick Kongo will look for redemption against Bellator’s longest reigning heavyweight champion, when Vitaly Minakov returns for his first fight with the promotion since 2014. A winner of seven straight, including two consecutive first-round knockouts overتيموثي جونسونوJavy أيالا, Kongo has earned the opportunity to compete in a No. 1 contender’s bout. Undefeated as a professional, Minakov earned a victory against Alexander Volkov, as well as a previous win against Kongo, in his previous Bellator stint, and later continued his winning ways in Russia against “Bigfoot” Silva and Tony Johnson. The two now meet to determine who will go on to face the winner of Fedor Emelianenko andريان بدر.
Updated Bellator: Mitrione vs. خاريتونوفبطاقة المعركة:
Heavyweight Main Event Bout:Matt Mitrione (13-6) ضد.سيرجي خاريتونوف(29-7, 1 NC)
Updated Bellator: MVP مقابل. داليبطاقة المعركة:
Welterweight World Grand Prix Matchup:مايكل الصفحة (13-0) ضد.بول دالي(40-16-2)
الوزن الثقيل مباراة البطاقة الرئيسية: شيخ كونغو(29-10-2) ضد.فيتالي Minakov (21-0)
لوس انجليس -Following his exciting back-and-forth championship bout atBellator 209 في وقت سابق من هذا الشهر, ايمانويل سانشيز (17-4) quickly returns to featherweight action on Friday, مارس 22 at WinStar World Casino and Resort against one of Bellator’s newest European signings, Ashleigh Grimshaw (20-10-1, 3 NC).
سيتم بث الحدث مباشرة ومجانيًا على شبكة باراماونت في 9 عصرا. ET / 8 مساءا. CT, as well as DAZN.com, بينما سيتم تشغيل الإجراء الأولي Bellator.comand globally on theBellator Mobile App. تذاكرare on sale now and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, as well as through Ticketmaster and Bellator.com. وسيتم الإعلان عن نوبات إضافية في الأسابيع المقبلة.
اللاعب البالغ من العمر 28 عاما, nicknamed “El Matador,” will serve as Bellator’s headliner for the second consecutive time in his 13th fight with the promotion. A homegrown fighter from the famed Roufusport MMA Academy in Milwaukee has defeated a who’s who of 145-pounders including former championsدانييل شتراوس وماركوس جالفاو, as well as standoutsسام صقلية, Justin Lawrence and Georgi Karakhanyan. الآن, Sanchez looks to immediately put himself back into contender status with a tough test on March 22.
Based out of London, Ashleigh “The White Wolf” Grimshaw has competed professionally since 2003, amassing more than 30 professional bouts across the European MMA scene. Unbeaten in his last four contests, Grimshaw has finished his opponent 18 times in his 20 انتصارات. الآن, set for his promotional debut with Bellator, the 36-year-old will be looking to make noise in a division currently championed byباتريسيو "بيتبول" فريري.
لوس انجليس -Bellator is pleased to announce that the organization’s current bantamweight titleholderDarrion كالدويل (13-1) will represent the promotion in an exciting matchup against 2017 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix winner Kyoji Horiguchi (25-2). The two will compete for the inaugural Rizin bantamweight championship atRizin 14 في يوم الاثنين, ديسمبر. 31 from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, اليابان.
In the three-round (15-minute) Rizin FF world championship bout – which will be held in a ring under Rizin’s unique rule set – the victor of Caldwell vs. Horiguchi will leave Japan’s historic combat sports venue a Rizin FF champion. Caldwell’s Bellator bantamweight title will not be on the line in the contest.
The latest agreement between Bellator and Rizin FF furthers a collaboration between the two companies which has seen multiple athletes, بما فيه فيدور إميليانينكو, "الملك مو" لاوال وHisaki كاتو من بين أمور أخرى, compete interpromotionally, but never before has a title from either promotion been on the line.
“Working for the Japanese fight company K-1 was a magical time during my promotional career and I have always felt strongly that MMA in the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ would rise again. It truly is amazing to see what Nobuyuki Sakakibara has been able to do thus far with Rizin FF, so when he reached out to me about putting Darrion Caldwell against Kyoji Horiguchi for Rizin’s belt, we spoke to Darrion and he jumped at the opportunity,قال رئيس Bellator سكوت كوكر. “Bellator wants to support Rizin, and by sending our bantamweight champion to compete during their New Year’s Eve event, we look forward to this leading towards more collaboration between the two promotions in 2019. I want to wish Darrion luck in his quest to prove he is the best 135-pound fighter on the planet.”
“I am very grateful and honored that Bellator and Scott Coker would send us their unarguable bantamweight champion to fight for Rizin’s first-ever world title fight. This title fight will be a true champion vs. champion to determine the world’s best bantamweight fighter,” Rizin FF President Nobuyuki Sakakibara said. “We hope this kind gesture will kick off of a series of exciting matchups between both promotions in 2019. My dream would be that eventually we can co-promote a mega event in both countries with a ‘Champion Carnival’ taking place where stories and rivalries can be built and told.”
كالدويل, a 30-year-old Rahway, N.J. native and the current Bellator bantamweight champion, most recently moved up a weight class to challenge himself, successfully finishing veteranNoad جميع. القتال من سان دييغو, كاليفورنيا., “The Wolf” has emerged as one of the most well-rounded fighters in the world, collecting 10 victories since signing with Bellator in 2013. ال 2009 NCAA D-1 National Champion wrestler from NC State boasts a resume that includes five first-round finishes, a 25-minute war againstإدواردو دانتاسto claim the world title and a textbook guillotine choke submission victory overلياندرو هيغوin his first career title defense earlier this year. Caldwell will look for fifth consecutive win and a second world title belt when he enters the ring against Kyoji Horiguchi on New Year’s Eve in Japan.
