TICKETS ON SALE THIS Thứ sáu
LOS ANGELES – One year removed from its previous event at the world-famous Forum, Bellator returns to Los Angeles to kick off its 2018 schedule with a championship bout on Saturday, Tháng giêng 20.
The main event features two of the best 170-pounders in the world, as champ Douglas Lima (29-6) defends his Bellator welterweight world title against Rory MacDonald (19-4) in a thrilling five-round matchup.
A special Bellator Nation presale takes place Thứ tư, Bảy. 27 và thứ năm, Bảy. 28, while tickets go on sale to the general public starting Thứ sáu, Bảy. 29 tại 10 a.m. PT and can be purchased at the Forum box office, as well as Ticketmaster.com. The event will be broadcast live and free on Paramount Network (formerly named Spike TV) tại 9 giờ chiều. VÀ/8 giờ chiều. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. Additional bouts will be announced in the coming weeks.
Chiến đấu ra khỏi Atlanta, Ga., Douglas “The Phenom” Lima has been ruling the roost at 170-pounds in Bellator for the better part of three years. With wins against the likes of Lorenz Larkin, Andrey Koreshkov, Paul Daley and Ben Saunders, the 29-year-old has quietly placed himself among division’s elite. A winner of 17 của cuối cùng của ông 19 cuộc thi, the American Top Team product remains set on showing the world how dominant he is.
Over the last several years, “The Red King” Rory MacDonald has become the most popular Canadian mixed martial artist due to his classic stand-up wars and wins over some of MMA’s best in Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley, B.J. Penn and Demian Maia. A training partner of Georges St-Pierre at the world-renowned TriStar Gym in Montreal, the 28-year-old joined Bellator’s welterweight fray in 2016 and immediately made an impact by submittingPaul Daley tại Bellator 179 trong vòng hai.
Updated Bellator Card:
Welterweight World Title Main Event: Douglas Lima (29-6) vs. Rory MacDonald (19-4)
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About Bellator:
Bellator is a leading mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization featuring many of the best fighters in the world. Dưới sự chỉ đạo của cựu chiến binh chiến đấu promoter Scott Coker, Bellator có sẵn đến gần 1 billion people worldwide in over 160 nước. Tại Hoa Kỳ, Bellator can be seen on SPIKE, the combat sports television leader. Bellator is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live dàn nhạc sự kiện, phát triển máy bay chiến đấu / quan hệ, mua sắm địa điểm, tạo tài trợ / phát triển, cấp giấy phép quốc tế, thị trường, quảng cáo, công khai mối quan hệ và hoa hồng. Bellator is based in Hollywood, Calif. and owned by entertainment giant Viacom, nhà để thương hiệu giải trí hàng đầu thế giới kết nối với khán giả thông qua nội dung hấp dẫn trên truyền hình, hình ảnh chuyển động, các nền tảng trực tuyến và điện thoại di động.
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