OS ANJOS -BELLATOR MMA confirmou o card de luta completo paraBELLATOR MMA 274: Gracie vs. Storleyneste sábado, Fevereiro. 19, na Arena Mohegan Sun em Uncasville, Conn. SHOWTIME will televise the phenomenal main card live at9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Adicionalmente, nine thrilling preliminary fights will stream live three hours earlier on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, Canal SHOWTIME Sports no YouTube e Pluto TV começando em6 p.m. ET/3p.m. PT.
No evento principal da noite, Não. 4-classificadosNeiman Gracie(11-2) will strap on the BELLATOR gloves for the 12thconsecutive time when he takes on former four-time collegiate All-American wrestler and No. 5-classificadosLogan Storley(12-1) in a five-round clash of top-5 welterweights. Na luta co-featured, former BELLATOR Welterweight Champion and No. 9-classificadosAndrey Koreshkov (24-4) will return to action and open his 2002 campaign against Alliance MMA product and owner of seven first-round finishesO acaso encontra(16-4) of Pawhuska, Okla.
The updated and complete listing of bouts can be found below.
BELLATOR’S NO. 4-RANKED WELTERWEIGHT NEIMAN GRACIETO TAKE ON NO. 5 LOGAN STORLEY IN AN INTERNATIONAL BATTLE OF TOP-10 CONTENDERS IN MAIN EVENT OF BELLATOR MMA 274 NO SÁBADO, Fevereiro. 19, Vivo no canal Showtime
FORMER BELLATOR CHAMPION ANDREY KORESHKOV FACES FELLOW RUSSIAN STAR MUKHAMED BERKHAMOV IN CO-HEADLINER WHEN BELLATOR RETURNS TO MOHEGAN SUN ARENA IN UNCASVILLE, CONN., WITH AN ACTION-PACKED NIGHT OF FIGHTS
OS ANJOS -Fresh off an 87-second destruction of Mark Lemminger in the co-main event ofBELLATOR MMA 266, Não. 4-classificadosNeiman Gracie(11-2) will strap on the BELLATOR gloves for the 12thconsecutive time when he takes on once-beaten and No. 5-classificadosLogan Storley(12-1) in a clash of top-10 170-pounders atBELLATOR MMA 274: Gracie vs. Storley no sábado, Fevereiro. 19.
In the co-featured bout inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., former BELLATOR Welterweight Champion and No. 8-classificadosAndrey Koreshkov (24-4) will return to action and open his 2022 campaign againstMukhamed Berkhamov(15-1), a winner of his last seven contests. The main card will also see undefeatedKeri Taylor Melendez (5-0) compete at flyweight against former title challenger and No. 6-classificadosVeta Arteaga (6-4) and a pair of heavyweights who find themselves tied at No. 8 in the official rankings will open the main card, when undefeated prospectDavion Franklin (4-0) lutasDisse Sowma (8-2).
SHOWTIME will televise theBELLATOR MMA 274: Gracie vs. Storleymain card live at9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.Adicionalmente, the thrilling preliminary fights will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, Canal SHOWTIME Sports no YouTube e Pluto TV começando em6 p.m. ET/3p.m. PT.
Os ingressos paraBELLATOR MMA 274: Gracie vs. Storleywill go on sale Friday, Jan. 7 at bothTicketmaster.com eBellator.com, with a special presale taking place Thursday, Jan. 6.
Five preliminary contests are also official forBELLATOR MMA 274,three lightweight bouts, the first pitting 44-fight veteranGeorgi Karakhanyan(31-12-1) against Northern California’sAdam Piccolot(12-4), a battle between two of the best nicknames in MMA, Mandel “Rat Garbage” Nallo (8-1, 1 NC) eNick “Nyquil” Browne(12-1), bem comoCorey Samuels (3-2), who won in ten seconds in his BELLATOR debut, returning to face undefeatedJustin montalvo(4-0).
The final two preliminary contests will seeIsaiah Hokit (0-1) will move down to featherweight in his second BELLATOR outing, quando ele assumeAlbert Birckhead (0-1) em sua estréia promocional. Por fim, top-flight bantamweight prospectJaylon Bates (4-0) acolheChris Disonell (6-4) back to BELLATOR for the first time since 2019.
Originating from the exalted Brazilian jiu-jitsu family, Gracie scored his first professional TKO when he backed his opponent against the fence and unleashed a barrage of unanswered punches to Lemminger’s head, forcing referee Jason Herzog to stop the contest at 1:27 of the opening round on Sept. 18, 2021, em San Jose, Califa.
The great grandson of Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu founder Carlos Gracie, nephew of MMA icon Royce Gracie, and cousin to Renzo Gracie, Neiman Gracie opened his outstanding MMA career by recording nine consecutive wins of then-undefeated opponents, including eight by submission.
A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, the 33-year-old BELLATOR veteran currently holds a 9-2 promotional record. While others his age were learning to speak their native language, Gracie began jiu-jitsu training at age four. Fast forward to 18 years later when the multi-faceted fighter earned the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt at 22. Adicionalmente, the Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Kings MMA fighter captured the 2011 U.S National Jiu-Jitsu title, 2008 Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu crown, e 2007 American National Jiu-Jitsu championship during an illustrious amateur career.
Hailing from Webster, SD., the hard-hitting Storley commenced his pro vocation with six consecutive knockouts, including five in the initial stanza, en route to 11 straight triumphs overall. Além disso, “The Storm” will make his ninth consecutive BELLATOR appearance where he currently holds a magnificent 7-1 registro.
Like his counterpart on Feb. 19, Storley began wresting at a young age, albeit one year later at age five. Adicionalmente, the Sanford MMA product and former folkstyle wrestler completed a fabled amateur career as a four-time NCAA Division-I champion at the University of Minnesota, as well as a six-time South Dakota High School Activities Association titlist.
The 29-year-old Storley, who holds academic degrees in both business and marketing, thrilled his hometown crowd in his last turn by earning a split-decision victory over Dante Schiro in the co-featured bout ofBELLATOR MMA 265in Sioux Falls, SD.
BELLATOR MMA 274: GRACIE VS. STORLEYCARD PRINCIPAL:
Sábado, Fevereiro. 19 - viver emALTURA DE COMEÇAR
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
Welterweight Main Event: #4-Neiman Gracie (11-2) vs. #5-Logan Storley (12-1)
Evento Principal Co-Principal: #8-Andrey Koreshkov (24-4) vs.Mukhamed Berkamov (15-1)
flyweight Bout: #6–Veta Arteaga (6-4) vs.Keri Taylor Melendez (5-0)
TAMBÉM,TICKETS FOR BELLATOR: KORESHKOV VS. LARKIN ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, Dezembro 14
LOS ANGELES– Bellator returns to Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Califa. na sexta-feira, Março 29 with an exciting welterweight clash, as former 170-pound world championAndrey Koreshkov (21-3) squares off against Southern California nativeLorenz Larkin (20-7, 1 NC) in the headliner.
Os ingressos para o evento começam a ser vendidos nesta sexta-feira, Dezembro 14 and will be available at the Pechanga box office, bem como Bellator.com, Ticketmaster.com and Pechanga.com. O evento será transmitido ao vivo e gratuitamente pela Paramount Network em 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT and simulcast on DAZN.com, enquanto a ação preliminar irá transmitir em Bellator.com e globalmente no Bellator Mobile App. Lutas adicionais serão anunciadas nas próximas semanas.
Hailing from Omsk, Rússia, 28-year-old Andrey Koreshkov will enter this bout on the heels of a 23-minute marathon withDouglas Limain 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 campanha. Since joining Bellator, Koreshkov has tallied a dozen victories over his six-year stint, emphasized by a welterweight world title win over former division kingDouglas Lima emBellator 140. Training alongside another former Bellator champion inAlexander Shlemenko, Koreshkov has earned 21 career wins over 24 extremidades, Incluindo 15 finishes since making his professional debut in 2010. Dele 15 acabamentos, 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 overFernando Gonzalez emBellator 193eIon Pascu emBellator 207. The official alternate in Bellator’s Welterweight World Grand Prix, “Da Monsoon” has held his own against the promotion’s elite, also competing againstDouglas Lima ePaul Daley. Proudly hailing from Riverside, Calif., 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. Com 11 da sua 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.
AtualizadoBellator: Koreshkov vs.LarkinCartão de luta:
TAMBÉM, BRENNAN DA CONNECTICUT RETORNA CONTRA FERNANDO GONZALEZ EM COMBATE EXPLOSIVA
LOS ANGELES — Seguindo Bellator NYC no Madison Square Garden, O Bellator MMA retorna ao Empire State para fazer sua estréia no norte do estado de Nova York para invadir o Turning Stone ResortCasino em Verona, N.I.. com um evento principal meio-médio colocando o ex-campeão do Bellator Andrey Koreshkov (19-2) contra Chidi Njokuani (17-4, 1 NC) na sexta-feira, 25 de agosto para Bellator 182.
Além, uma segunda luta do meio-médio servirá como o co-confronto principal da noite, quando Brennan Ward (14-5) atenda Fernando Gonzalez (26-14) em uma luta que certamente produzirá fogos de artifício, enquanto pena A.J. McKee retorna para a gaiola recém-saído de um ESPN “SportsCenter” Final dos dez primeiros de Dominic Mazzotta em sua última apresentação.
Bellator 182: Koreshkov vs. Njokuani será transmitido ao vivo e gratuitamente no SPIKE em 9 p.m. E/8 p.m. CT, enquanto a ação preliminar será transmitida no Bellator.com e no aplicativo Bellator Mobile. Os ingressos para Bellator 182 ir à venda Sexta-feira, Junho 2 em 10:00 a.m. E para $85, $65, $47 e $37 e podem ser adquiridos pessoalmente na Bilheteria da Turning Stone, ligando para 877.833.SHOW, ou online em Ticketmaster.com.
Lutas adicionais de card principal e preliminar serão anunciadas nas próximas semanas.
O fenômeno russo Koreshkov, de 26 anos, está em ascensão desde sua primeira luta profissional, reivindicando 19 vitórias na carreira sobre 21 extremidades, incluindo vitórias em cada um de seus primeiros 13 concursos. Lutando fora de Omsk, Rússia, “Spartan” fará sua 13ª participação na carreira sob a bandeira do Bellator MMA e sua primeira de 2017. Sob a direção do Bellator MMA, Koreshkov acumulou um total de 10 vitórias ao longo de quatro anos, destacado por um triunfo do título mundial meio-médio sobre o atual campeão Douglas Lima e uma defesa de título bem-sucedida sobre Benson Henderson em Bellator 153. Desde sua estreia profissional em 2010, Koreshkov coletou 13 acabamentos, Incluindo 10 nocautes, oito dos quais vieram na primeira rodada, tornando-o um dos mais perigosos lutadores de 170 libras do jogo.
Lutando fora de Las Vegas, Nev., Njokuani entra no impulso da gaiola de uma sequência impressionante que o viu vencer oito lutas consecutivas e 12 de sua última 13. Desde que entrou na briga Bellator MMA em 2015, Njokuani, de 28 anos, obteve quatro vitórias, incluindo um par de acabamentos nocaute. Mais recentemente, “Chidi Bang Bang” derrotado Melvin Guillard em Bellator 171 em janeiro, adicionando à sua atual corrida de sucesso.
Ward entra na competição como um dos lutadores mais temidos da classe de 170 libras do Bellator MMA. Com 13 termina sobre o dele 14 vitórias na carreira, incluindo nove nocautes, “Irlandês” possui a combinação perfeita de pura força e destemor. Um veterano de 14 lutas no Bellator MMA, o Waterford, Conn. nativo buscará conquistar sua décima vitória sob a direção da promoção liderada por Scott Coker. Desde que ingressou no Bellator MMA em 2012, Ward ainda não viu uma luta entrar no terceiro quadro e terminou seis de seus nove oponentes na rodada de abertura. Os fãs podem esperar ver fogos de artifício quando Ward estiver dentro da jaula do Bellator no Agosto 25.
Vindo de Menifee, Calif., Gonzalez, de 33 anos, vai entrar na jaula do Bellator pela oitava vez em seus 14 anos de carreira profissional. Gonzalez teve um grande sucesso desde que uniu forças com o Bellator MMA; coletando seis vitórias em sete lutas, período de três anos, destacado por um nocaute no primeiro round de Karo Parisyan. Gonzalez está forte nos últimos tempos, contabilizando nove vitórias sobre o seu último 12 extremidades, incluindo um par de nocautes no primeiro round e uma sequência de cinco vitórias consecutivas de 2014-16. Com 16 da sua 26 vitórias na carreira por nocaute ou finalização, o veterano de 40 lutas vai tentar aumentar esse total enquanto se prepara para enfrentar um dos talentos mais inabaláveis que a divisão do meio-médio tem a oferecer.
O filho do respeitado veterano do MMA Antonio McKee, A.J. McKee passou toda a sua infância na academia absorvendo cada pedaço de conhecimento e experiência disponível para ele. O prodígio de 22 anos aplicou esse conhecimento dentro da gaiola do Bellator e fez sucesso em suas primeiras oito lutas como profissional de MMA, acumulando seis finalizações em oito partidas. The Long Beach, Califa. nativo segue para a Costa Leste em busca de se manter invicto com outra finalização impressionante.
Nacionalmente reconhecido por hospedar lendários, eventos de boxe de nível de luta do ano, locais rivais em grandes cidades, como Las Vegas, Miami e Nova York, Turning Stone foi uma das primeiras casas de show em Nova York a receber MMA profissional depois de ser legalizado pelo Estado no ano passado, distinguindo-o ainda mais como o principal destino para esportes de combate ao vivo. O Agosto 25 O evento Bellator MMA marcará o terceiro evento profissional de MMA da Turning Stone em menos de um ano.
Atualizado Bellator 182: Koreshkov vs. NjokuaniCartão Principal:
Welterweight Main Event: Andrey Koreshkov (19-2) vs. Chidi Njokuani (17-4, 1 NC)
Evento Principal Co-Principal: Brennan Ward (14-5) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (26-14)
Combate Recurso Peso Pena: A.J. McKee (8-0) vs. TBD
Julia Budd (10-2) derrotado Marloes Coenen (23-8) por TKO (socos) em 2:42 da quarta rodada
Citações: “I have dreamt about this moment forever. Quando eu era 21 and first started kickboxing, I dreamt about being a champion and I didn’t make it, I lost.” Budd said. “Assim, this is my dream come true. The moment I signed with Bellator, I saw all the champions up there on the banners and I said to myself that i want to be up there with them some day. Now it feels like everything has come together.”
“Theres only one message that I want to give out to all the fighters out there and that’s please listen to your body. I’m very proud of all the women in MMA and I’m very grateful for Bellator,” Coenen said. “This company picked me up when I was in a dark place and Scott Coker has given me so many opportunities throughout my career. Bellator MMA will always be my home.”
Fernando Gonzalez (26-14) derrotado Brandon Girtz (14-6) por decisão unânime (29-28, 29-27, 30-26)
Citar: “Everything I thought was going to happenhoje à noite, happened. Every time he was going to go for a take down, I wanted to make him pay for it.” Gonzalez disse. “I had to keep him busy and make him scramble. My plan was to box with him and then keep him away with the leg kicks. I wanted to make him work and get him tired and it proved to be effective in the third round. My next fight, Eu queria Andrey Koreshkov. He is one of the best and Bellator’s former champion. I think I will win that fight, which will put me right in line withDouglas Lima Próximo.”
Justin Wren (13-2) derrotado Roman Pizzolato (8-9) por finalização (triângulo de braço) em 2:35 de uma rodada
Citar:“I’m so grateful for Bellator and Spike to be able to come out here, do what I love and perform. Mas, para mim, it’s about so much more than the competition, it’s all about knocking some dude out, so that we can knock out the water crisis with my team out there in the Congo,” Wren said. “They are so incredible. I just train them and put the tools in their hands. They are much better fighters than I ever could be in this cage, so I want to be as good as I can, so that I can give them a voice.”
Rafael Lovato Jr. (5-0) derrotado Charles Hackman(4-5) via TKO em 0:13 de uma rodada
Citar:“I was completely prepared for this fight and had an incredible camp," Lovato Jr. dito.“I’m just so happy and thankful to be with Bellator now. I’m so excited about my future, so let’s ride this wave.
Cody Pfister (13-6-1) derrotado Jonathan Gary (12-8-2) por finalização (mata-leão) em 4:04 de uma rodada
Citar:"Jonathan Garyis a class act, a great guy, and I’m glad that I had the chance to compete against himhoje à noite. My retirement caught a lot of people by surprise," Pfister said.“I’m going to take time off to focus on other aspirations, but who knows, maybe I’ll be back. Bellator is a class company and I’m honored that my last fight will be with them. Scott Coker and Bellator know how to take care of the fighters and I really like what they’ve done with the company.”