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Bellator, arti marzjali mħallta, MMA, Netwerk Paramount

BELLATOR SIGNS 24 U.K. AND IRELAND-BASED FIGHTERS TO EXCLUSIVE MULTI-FIGHT AGREEMENTS

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LOS ANGELES – Bellator today announced the signing of 24 U.K. and Ireland-based athletes to bolster the roster as the organization continues its growth initiative in the region, following already-announced plans for an exclusive fight series set to take place throughout the U.K., Ireland and western Europe.

 

Notably, former two-division BAMMA champ Terry Brazier, TUF: The Smashes lightweight winner Norman Parke, popular Irish lightweight Paul Redmond, undefeated SBG Ireland product Kiefer Crosbie and TUF season 27-veteran Richie Smullen, are among the names now signed to exclusive multi-fight agreements with Bellator.

 

“Growing the Bellator organization throughout U.K. and Ireland has been a top priority for us for quite some time,”Qal il-President ta’ Bellator Scott Coker. “Adding up-and-coming, as well as established, talent from the region to our roster plays a crucial role in us being able to take the next steps in this market. Our fans in the U.K. and Ireland can anticipate a much stronger Bellator presence and can look forward to seeing some of western Europe’s best MMA fighters inside the Bellator cage in the near future.”

 

Bellator has previously held events throughout the U.K. and Ireland, including London, Dublin, Belfast and Newcastle. Aktar reċentement, historic Bellator 200 emanated from The SSE Arena, Wembley on Mejju 25 and featured Michael "velenu" Page, Linton Vassell, Aaron Chalmers u Mike Shipman among other top talent from the market.

 

Bellator is pleased to welcome the following fighters to the roster:

 

Ħfief:

  • Terry Brazier (10-1; fighting out of England)
  • Pedro Carvalho (8-3; fighting out of Ireland by way of Portugal)
  • Constantin Gnusariev (1-0; fighting out of Ireland by way of Moldova)
  • Luka Jelcic (10-3; fighting out of Ireland by way of Croatia)
  • Charlie Leary (15-9-1; fighting out of England)
  • Lewis Long (16-5; fighting out of Wales)
  • Norman Parke (25-6-1, 1 NC; fighting out of Northern Ireland)
  • Myles Price (10-7, fighting out of Ireland)
  • Paul Redmond (14-8; fighting out of Ireland)
  • Daniele Scatizzi (9-4; fighting out Ireland by way of Italy)
  • Sam Slater (2-0; fighting out of Ireland)
  • Richie Smullen (3-1-1; fighting out of Ireland)
  • Tim Wilde (12-3; fighting out of England)

 

Welterweight:

  • Ruben Crawford (16-3; fighting out of Ireland by way of Germany)
  • Kiefer Crosbie (4-0; fighting out of Ireland)
  • Walter Gahadza (17-3; fighting out of England)
  • Richard Kiely (2-1; fighting out of Ireland)
  • Ion Pascu (18-8; fighting out of Ireland by way of Romania)
  • Jim Wallhead (29-11; fighting out of England)

 

Featherweight:

  • Dylan Logan (2-3; fighting out of Ireland)
  • Nathan Rose (6-1; fighting out of England)

Middleweight:

  • Claudio Conti (7-5-2; fighting out of Ireland by way of Italy)
  • John Redmond (7-13; fighting out of Ireland)

 

Women’s Flyweight:

  • Antonela Orlic - (għall-debutt; fighting out of Ireland by way of Croatia)

 

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FEDOR EMELIANENKO MEETS CHAEL SONNEN IN SEMIFINALS OF BELLATOR HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX AT NYCB LIVE, HOME OF THE NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM ON LONG ISLAND SATURDAY, Ottubru. 13

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TICKETS FOR BELLATOR 208: FEDOR VS. SONNEN ON SALE THIS Il-ġimgħa, Lulju 27

 

 

LOS ANGELES – The greatest heavyweight of all time Fedor Emelianenko (37-5, 1 NC) will battle the trash-talking Chael Sonnen (31-15-1) in the second semifinal of Bellator’s Heavyweight World Grand Prix. The highly anticipated matchup will emanate from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., a aktar 24 hours after Matt Mitrione jieħu fuq Ryan Bader on the opposite side of the bracket.

 

 

 

Biljetti għall Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen are available 24-hours early through a special Bellator Nation pre-sale running exclusively on Thursday, Lulju 26. Il-biljetti se jinbiegħu lill-pubbliku ġenerali nhar il-Ġimgħa, Lulju 27 fi 10 a.m. ET and can be purchased at the NYCB LIVE box office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com. Please note that tickets are not available at the box office on the first day of public on sale.

 

 

 

The event will be broadcast LIVE on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT on Saturday, Ottubru 13 and will stream LIVE on DAZN, filwaqt li azzjoni preliminari se fluss fuq Bellator.com u globalment fuq il-Mobile App Bellator. bouts addizzjonali se jitħabbru fil-ġimgħat li āejjin.

 

 

 

Fighting out of Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russja, Fedor will enter the Bellator MMA cage for the second time this year, and third time overall, meta hu jieħu fuq Sonnen in the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix semifinals on Saturday, Ottubru. 13. The sambo fighter looks to build off of his impressive knockout victory over Frank Mir (18-12) fi Bellator 198, which came just 48 seconds into the bout. A former PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion and PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight World Grand Prix Champion, “The Last Emperor” now has his eyes set on the Bellator MMA Heavyweight belt; a title that he is merely two wins away from. Bil 28 ta 'dmirijietu 37 career victories ending in a finish, Emelianenko will undoubtedly pursue yet another highlight-reel knockout when he squares off with “The American Gangster” for a place in the World Grand Prix final.

 

 

 

Hailing from West Linn, Sigħat., Sonnen is fresh off his first-round victory over “Rampage” Jackson fi Bellator 192 in the opening round of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix earlier this year. With other notable wins over the likes of Wanderlei Silva, Michael Bisping and “Shogun” Rua already under his belt, Sonnen now hopes to add the legendary Fedor to his brilliant resume of renowned victories. After jumping up in weight class to compete in the biggest tournament in the promotion’s history, the former University of Oregon wrestler doesn’t seem to have lost a step. Sonnen will look to join the select few who have ever been able to dethrone Emelianenko when he enters the cage on Oct. 13 at NYCB LIVE.

 

Aġġornat Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen Karta tal-Ġlieda:

Heavyweight World Grand Prix Semifinal Bout: Fedor Emelianenko (37-5, 1 NC) vs. Chael Sonnen (31-15-1)

 

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FNU Sports Ġlieda kontra Show: Lulju 19, 2018: Manny is Back! Junior Dos Santos Cruises to Win At UFC Fight Night, Event Recaps and Fight Previews

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This week on the FNU Combat Sports Show we recap last week’s multiple Bellator cards and the UFC Fight Night card from Boise, Idaho. We start off discussing boxing with an analysis of Manny Pacquiao’s one-sided beating of Lucas Matthysse. We move on to other news this week, including an online spat between Brendan Schaub and Dana White and Dominick Cruz claiming Brock Lesnar will never get through USADA testing to return to the UFC octagon. We also cover upcoming boxing and MMA bouts and discuss the eye poking incidents that occurred during the brief Stipe Micocic vs. Daniel Cormier heavyweight championship bout.

 

Listen to the whole show here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hx5aj4ls1y63vou/tomtonyrichradioshowjuly182018.mp3?dl=0

 

Bellator, arti marzjali mħallta, MMA, Netwerk Paramount

BELLATUR UFFIĊJALI 203: PITBULL VS. ARTAB 2 RIŻULTATI & RITRATTI

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Bellator sħiħ 203 Ritratti // Kreditu: Bellator / Lucas Noonan

 

Bellator 203 Skorecards

 

Bellator 203 Official Results:

Patrick "Pitbull" (27-4) def. Daniel Weichel (39-10) permezz deċiżjoni maqsuma (49-46, 48-47, 47-48)

*"Pitbull" iżomm il-kampjonat tad-dinja Bellator featherweight

Alessio Sakara (20-12, 2 NC) def. Jamie Sloane (8-5, 1 NC) permezz TKO (strajkijiet) fi 1:19 ta round wieħed

Andrey Koreshkov (21-2) def. Ħġieġ Bakocevic (33-18-1) permezz ta 'KO fi 1:06 ta round wieħed

Alen Amedovski (6-0) def. Se Fleury (4-1) permezz ta 'KO fi 1:39 ta round wieħed

Maxim Radu (9-1) def. Simone La Preziosa (3-5) permezz TKO (strajkijiet) fi 4:50 ta round wieħed

Michele Martignoni (4-0) def. Simone D’Anna (4-2) permezz KO (daqqa ta 'ras) fi :06 sekondi tar-rawnd wieħed

*Martignoni jorbot rekord għall-iktar KO veloċi fl-istorja ta ’Bellator

Bellator, arti marzjali mħallta, MMA, Netwerk Paramount

BELLATUR UFFIĊJALI 202: BUDD VS. NOGUEIRA RESULTS & RITRATTI

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Tlesti Bellator 202: Budd vs. Walnut Riżultati:

Julia Budd (12-2) defeated Talita Nogueira (7-1) permezz TKO (puntelli) fi 4:07 tal round tliet

Michael McDonald (19-4) defeated Eduardo Dantas (20-6) permezz KO (puntelli) fi :58 ta round wieħed

Chris Honeycutt (11-2, 1 NC) defeated Leo Leite (10-2) via deċiżjoni unanima (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)

Valentin Moldavsky (8-1) defeated Ernest James (1-1) permezz TKO (puntelli) fi 4:03 of second round

Riżultati Card preliminari:

Daniel Carey (6-2) defeated Aaron Webb (2-1) permezz sottomissjoni (ċowk wara-naked) fi 2:54 ta 'round tnejn

Will Morris (3-0) defeated Charles Williams (3-1) via deċiżjoni unanima (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)

VETA Arteaga (4-2) defeated Emily Ducote (6-5) via deċiżjoni unanima (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Yaroslav Amasov (20-0) defeated Gerald Harris (25-7) via deċiżjoni unanima (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Steve Kozola (9-2) defeated Ryan Walker (7-4) permezz KO (puntelli) fi 1:45 ta round wieħed

Rudy Schaffroth (5-0, 1 NC) defeated Jon Hill (12-7) permezz TKO (puntelli) fi :42 ta round wieħed

Tyler Ingram (2-0) defeated Fernando Gonzalez (3-1) permezz sottomissjoni (ċowk wara-naked) fi 4:13 ta 'round tnejn

Nation Gibrick (2-0) defeated Luis Erives (0-1) permezz sottomissjoni (ganċ għarqub) fi 1:30 ta round wieħed

 

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FNU Sports Ġlieda kontra Show: Pro Boxer Anthony Laureano Interview, Brock Invades the UFC Cage, Cormier gets a Huge Win, Pacquaio Faces a Tough Boxing Test in Malaysia This Weekend

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This week on the FNU Combat Sports Show, Psychic Tom and Rabble Rousin’ Rich start off with a great interview with pro boxer Anthony Laureano. The Connecticut professional boxer is coming off a big win on the undercard of the Joe Smith Jr. fight at the end of June. We also recap last week’s boxing and MMA action, highlighted by Daniel Cormier’s monumental win over Stipe Miocic to become the first two belt holder in the UFC since McGregor. Tony joins the broadcast after the Laureano interview to give his take on Brock’s return to the UFC after going back to the WWE at the end of his first UFC stint. We also touch upon the Danny O’Connor fight being called off due to severe dehydration suffered by O’Connor. Fl-aħħarnett, we preview upcoming events and briefly discuss a rumored rematch between Vitali Klitschko and Lennox Lewis.

 

Listen to the full show right here:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9pj6fsfyhi4kmrj/tomtonyrichfnushowjuly10th2018.mp3?dl=0

Bellator, arti marzjali mħallta, MMA, Netwerk Paramount

BELLATUR UFFIĊJALI 202: BUDD VS. NOGUEIRA WEIGH-IN RESULTS & RITRATTI

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Tlesti Bellator 202 Weigh-in Results:

Women’s Featherweight World Title Main Event: Julia Budd (144.1) vs. Talita Nogueira (144.3)

Bantamweight Co-Main Event: Eduardo Dantas (135.5) vs. Michael McDonald (135.6)

Bout tal-Karta Prinċipali tal-Piż Medju: Chris Honeycutt (185.6) vs. Leo Leite (184.3)

Karta Main Heavy Bout: Ernest James (261.1) vs. Valentin Moldavsky (232.9)

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Gerald Harris (170.5) vs. Yaroslav Amasov (170.2)

Women’s Flyweight Preliminary Bout: Emily Ducote (125) vs. VETA Arteaga (125.7)

Preliminari Ħfief: Steve Kozola (154.6) vs. Ryan Walker (155.9)

Preliminari Bout Featherweight: Aaron Webb (144.7) vs. Daniel Carey (145.4)

Preliminari Ħfief: Charles Williams (153.6) vs. Will Morris (155.5)

Preliminari Ħfief: Nation Gibrick (155.3) vs. Luis Erives (155.9)

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Tyler Ingram (169.9) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (170.7)

Heavyweight Preliminary Bout: Jon Hill (256.2) vs. Rudy Schaffroth (252.4)

Bellator, Kickboxing, Netwerk Paramount

RITRATTI MILL-BELLATUR MONUMENTALI TAL-ILLUM 203 U KICKBOXING BELLATOR 10 KONFERENZA GĦALL-ISTAMPA MILL-GĦOLJA CAPITOL TA ’RUMA

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IKKLIKKJA HAWN GĦAL RITRATTI ADDIZZJONALI // KREDITU: BELLATOR / LUCAS NOONAN

 

L-EWWEL AVVENIMENT TAL-BELLATOR FIL-BELT TA ’DEJJEM JIEĦU S-SIBT, Lulju 14 MINN IR-RUMA ĊENTRALI LIVE - FORO ITALICO

RUMA - Il-ġellieda u l-uffiċjali tal-Bellator inġabru llum fi Piazza del Campidoglio (L-Għolja tal-Kapitolu ta ’Ruma) qabel l-ewwel avveniment tal-kumpanija fl Il-Belt Eterna, li jsir fil-Centrale Live Roma - Foro Italico dan is-Sibt, Lulju 14.

 

 

 

L-irfinar tal-partitarji nhar is-Sibt filgħaxija huwa maħżun għal avveniment ewlieni doppju li fih rematch bejniethom Patrick "Pitbull" (26-4) u Daniel Weichel (39-9) għat-titlu featherweight, kif ukoll l-aktar artist marzjali mħallat tal-Italja, Alessio Sakara(19-12), tieħu fuq Jamie Sloane (8-3) fil heavyweight dawl.

 

 

 

Bellator Kickboxing se jkun ukoll għall-wiri, bħala ċampjin tal-piż tar-rix Kevin Ross (45-13) jiddefendi l-kuruna tiegħu kontra Gabriel Varga (21-6) u sensazzjoni internazzjonali Giorgio Petrosyan (85-2-2) jieħu fuq Chingiz Allazov (53-2).

 

Bellator 203 jixxandar is-Sibt, Lulju 14 b'xejn fuq Paramount Network fuq 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT u jkun immedjatament segwit minn Bellator Kickboxing 10. Biljetti limitati jibqgħu u jinsabu għall-bejgħ issa fuq Bellator.com.

 

Aġġornat Bellator 203 Karta tal-Ġlieda:

Bout tat-Titlu Dinji Featherweight: Patrick "Pitbull" (26-4) vs. Daniel Weichel (39-9)

Avveniment ta 'Karatteristika ta' Piż Ħafif: Alessio Sakara (19-12, 2 NC) vs. Jamie Sloane (8-4, 1 NC)

Welterweight Main Card Bout: Andrey Koreshkov (20-2) vs. Ħġieġ Bakocevic (33-17-1)

Bout tal-Karta Prinċipali tal-Piż Medju: Alen Amedovski (5-0) vs. Se Fleury (4-0)

Bout Karta Ħafifa: Simone La Preziosa (3-4) vs. Maxim Radu (8-1)

Preliminari Bout Featherweight: Simone D’Anna (4-1) vs. Michele Martignoni (3-0)

 

 

 

Aġġornat Bellator Kickboxing 10 Main Card:

Bout tat-Titlu Dinji Featherweight: Kevin Ross (45-13) vs. Gabriel Varga (15-6)

Karatteristika Ħafifa: Giorgio Petrosyan (82-2-2, 1 NC) vs. Chingiz Allazov (56-2)

Bout tal-Karta Prinċipali Featherweight: Gaston Bolanos (11-1) vs. Domenico Lomurno (31-8)

Nisa Flyweight Main Card Bout: Martine Michieletto (21-11-3) vs. Gloria Peritore (13-2-1)

200-lb. Catchweight Main Card Bout: Mattia Faraoni (27-4) vs. Raffaele Vitale (57-9)

 

 

 

Aġġornat Bellator Kickboxing 10 Card preliminari:

183-lb. Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Gabriele Casella (18-2-1) vs. Alex Negrea (11-5)

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Davide Armanini (29-1) vs. Fatmir Gordi (23-3)

Preliminari Ħfief: Antonio Campagna (26-15-3) vs. Florenzo Pesare (31-9)

Fly Weight Savate Bout: Leonardo Caputi (13-8-4) vs. Tarik Totss (3-10-2)

 

*Karta soġġetta għal bidla

 

 

 

Jekk jogħġbok żur Bellator.com għal informazzjoni addizzjonali.

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FNU Sports Ġlieda kontra Show: Ġabra mill-Ġdid tal-UFC Fight Night, Pacquiao vs.. Matthysse still on, “Big Rig” Retires

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This week on the FNU Combat Sports Show, we discuss the latest news in MMA and boxing, recap the past week’s events and preview the upcoming events this week. We also discuss Walter “2 Guns” Wright winning his main event fight against Mark DeLuca a couple days after we interviewed him last week. Wright’s split decision win came in part due to a persistent jab that frustrated DeLuca and left him bloodied, bruised and exhausted by the final bell. Of course bringing up this fact gets us all going on the absolute necessity of the jab in any combat sports fighter’s toolbox.

Among the news we touch on:

The rumors about Manny Pacquiao’s next fight with Lucas Matthysse being in jeopardy, Manny and his team say everything is on track.

Johny “Big Rig” Hendricks retires (also forgot to mention Rashad Evans retired as well).

 

The latest cast for The Contender Series, set to return this August featuring 16 up and coming young boxers in the 160-pound division.

 

Lyoto Machida’s defection from the UFC to Bellator and Bellator’s blockbuster deal with DAZN, a streaming service working to take over new markets this year, including the US and Italy.

 

Here is the link to our full broadcast:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fhh628mp15en9md/tomtonyrichjune282018.mp3?dl = 0

Bellator, DAZN, arti marzjali mħallta, MMA, Netwerk Paramount

Bellator & DAZN SIGN NINE-FIGURE, MULTI-YEAR DISTRIBUTION DEAL

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LIVE SPORTS STREAMING PLATFORM TO DELIVER SEVEN EXCLUSIVE STAR-STUDDED BELLATOR MMA EVENTS PER YEAR

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CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION – GEGARD MOUSASI-RORY MACDONALD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT, PLUS ‘RAMPAGE’ JACKSON-WANDERLEI SILVA IV HIGHLIGHT FIRST EVENT FUQ Settembru. 29 FROM SAP CENTER AT SAN JOSE

 

LOS ANGELES – Bellator, a leading global combat sports franchise owned by Viacom, home to the world’s premier entertainment brands, and DAZN, the world’s largest dedicated live sports streaming service and part of Perform Group, today announced a multi-year landmark distribution agreement.

 

 

 

The nine-figure deal will feature seven exclusive stacked fight cards per year on DAZN and another 15 that are simulcast across Paramount Network and DAZN. All fights will stream in any country where DAZN is available. As part of the platform’s global expansion, DAZN will launch in the U.S. and Italy in 2018, with the service already live in Canada, Il-Ġermanja, Austria, Switzerland and Japan.

 

 

 

“The exciting new partnership with DAZN is a game-changer for Bellator,”Qal il-President ta’ Bellator Scott Coker. “The investment will enable us to continue expanding our roster with free agents that make sense, so we can put on PPV-worthy fight cards that fans want to see. Aktar, on DAZN’s worldwide platform, our fights will be seen live for the first time to new audiences around the globe.”

 

 

 

“It’s simple; fans want to see great fighters in competitive fights so we’ve handed the keys to Scott Coker and his venerable team to go out and recruit even more top-level talent to further stack Bellator fight cards and build on their success,” said DAZN CEO James Rushton. “With the combination of this investment and our recent announcement to bring more than 30 nights of boxing to the platform annually, DAZN will be a must-have for fight fans in the U.S.”

 

 

 

“The DAZN partnership speaks to the incredible growth of Bellator into a global sports powerhouse and high-valued franchise in the Viacom portfolio,” said Kevin Kay, President, Netwerk Paramount, TV Land and CMT.

 

 

 

The deal begins with an epic event on IS-SIBT, Seba. 29 from SAP Center at San Jose. The card features a highly anticipated middleweight title fight pitting Gegard Mousasi (44-6-2) kontra Rory MacDonald (20-4), who is moving up a weight class for a title shot against the 185-pound champ, along with the fourth fight in the legendary rivalry between Quinton "rewwixta" Jackson (37-13) u Wanderlei Silva(35-13).

 

 

 

Also included on Seba. 29, will be the opening fight of Bellator’s first-ever Welterweight World Grand Prix, which will feature eight of the best welterweight fighters on the planet. The Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix will be a major component of the first year of the multi-year agreement between Bellator and DAZN.

 

 

 

An exclusive online presale for this event takes place tomorrow, Ġunju 27 through Thursday, Ġunju 28, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Il-ġimgħa, Ġunju 29 fi 10 a.m. PT. Tickets start at just $30 and will be available at the ThreatMetrix Ticket Office at SAP Center at San Jose, kif ukoll Bellator.com and Ticketmaster.

 

 

 

The event will air live on DAZN at 10 p.m. U/7 p.m. PT. Additional bouts will be announced in the coming weeks. DAZN, which now streams 15,000 live events and 100 million hours of sports content globally each year, will be available in the U.S. this September with exact pricing and dates being announced this summer.

 

Mousasi vs. MacDonald:

 

 

 

Gegard Mousasi impressed in his promotional debut over former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko, a win that earned him a shot at Rafael Carvalho, where 185-pound gold was on the line. Issa, after a decisive victory against Carvalho at Bellator 200, Mousasi will defend his crown against Rory MacDonald, entering the bout with his current unbeaten streak at seven fights. “The Dreamcatcher,” who trains out of The Netherlands, holds one of the most impressive resumes in all of the sport, at one time winning the STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight title, as well as the DREAM light heavyweight and middleweight titles.

 

 

 

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 Paul Daley, Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley, B.J. Penn and Demian Maia. Bellator’s welterweight champion joined the Viacom-owned promotion in 2016 and went on to defeat Douglas Lima for the welterweight title at Bellator 192. Issa, the Tristar Gym-trained fighter sets his sights on winning gold in not one, but two separate weight classes.

 

“Rampage” vs. Silva:

 

 

A six-fight veteran of Bellator, “Rampage” Jackson’s legendary career has seen him compete against some of the top names in the sport, generating a loyal army of fans along the way. The former PRIDE and UFC champion is the proud owner of many epic highlight reel slams and knockouts that he has racked up throughout his epic battles with the likes of Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, “King Mo,” Kevin Randleman and, perhaps most-notably, his trilogy with fellow Bellator athlete Wanderlei Silva, who he now meets at heavyweight on Seba. 29.

 

 

Wanderlei Silva’s wars with “Rampage,” Tito Ortiz, Mirko Cro Cop, Vitor Belfort, Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Chuck Liddell and Michael Bisping remain some of the more memorable bouts in MMA history. “The Axe Murderer” is far from ready to close the book on his illustrious career, returning to action against a man he has already competed against three times before. In addition to the PRIDE middleweight title, Silva’s trophy case includes awards for “Fight of the Year” (2003, 2004, 2007), KO tas-Sena (2008) and multiple “Fight of the Night” awards. Aktar reċentement, the Brazilian native made his Bellator debut against Chael Sonnen in the main event of Bellator: NYC.

 

Updated Bellator Fight Card:

Middleweight World Title Bout: Gegard Mousasi (44-6-2) vs. Rory MacDonald (20-4)

Heavyweight Feature Bout: Quinton "rewwixta" Jackson (37-13) vs. Wanderlei Silva (35-13)

Welterweight World Grand Prix First Round Bout

 

 

*Karta soġġetta għal bidla.