LONDON TO HOST HISTORIC BELLATOR 200 ON MAY 25
門票銷售 這個星期五
LOS ANGELES – Bellator is pleased to announce its anticipated return to London for Bellator 200 上 星期五, 五月 25. The landmark event will emanate from The SSE Arena, Wembley and will air on Paramount Network.
The first two fights, of what promises to be one of the most exciting event in company history, features middleweight champion 拉斐爾·卡瓦略 (15-1) defending his crown against Gegard Mousasi (43-6-2) and the return of London’s own 邁克爾“毒液”頁面 (12-0), 誰需要對 大衛的“穴居人”Rickels (19-4, 2 NC). Additional main card bouts will be announced shortly.
Tickets for the event will be available to the general public on 星期五, 三月 2 at The SSE Arena, Wembley Box Office (0844 815 0815), Ticketmaster.com, ssearena.co.uk 和 axs.com. A special SSE pre-sale will take place 星期三, 二月 28, while all other pre-sales, including Bellator Nation, will begin 星期四, 三月 1.
“Bellator continues to place a huge emphasis on its expansion into markets around the globe and creating a strong presence in the U.K. is a very important part of that,“Bellator總裁Scott Coker的說. “Our fans are going to be excited about the card we put together for this monumental event, as Bellator 200 will be one of our greatest to date.”
Quietly flying under the radar as Bellator’s current longest-reigning champion, Rafael Carvalho receives his toughest challenge to date when he meets Mousasi in London. A product of Rio de Janeiro, 巴西, Carvalho joined the Bellator roster in 2014, garnering the attention of fans who tuned into Bellator 125 by emphatically finishing Brian Rogers in the first round. The run hasn’t stopped there, as the 31-year-old has gone onto defeat 喬·希林, 阿萊西奧Sakara, 梅爾文Manhoef (2X) and Brandon Halsey, tying the record for most title defenses in the division’s history in the process.
Gegard Mousasi impressed in his promotional debut over former Bellator middleweight champion 亞歷山大Shlemenko, a win that pushed his current unbeaten streak to six fights. “The Dreamcatcher,” who currently 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. With victories against some of the sport’s best, including Chris Weidman, 維托爾貝爾福, 烏利亞大廳, 丹·亨德森, “Jacare” Souza, Mark Hunt and Ovince Saint-Preux, the Judo black belt will now set his sights on Bellator gold when he enters the cage on May 25.
There are few fighters who in such a short span of time have provided the type of highlight-reel entertainment that Michael Page has. 現在, “MVP” returns to the Bellator cage for the first time since 2016, a year that saw Page go viral for his perfectly-timed flying knee finish against 40-fight-veteran “Cyborg” Santos and the well-orchestrated celebration that included the toss of a Pokéball. 2017 saw Page successfully enter the realm of boxing, where he won his debut via TKO. 在 Bellator 200, the London native will make his ninth appearance for Bellator, going unbeaten and finishing his opponent in the opening frame on five occasions.
David Rickels has competed under the Bellator banner more times than anyone in promotional history with 19 and will extend the record when he returns to 170-pounds for the first time since the Bellator Season Six Welterweight Tournament in 2012. The fighting pride of Derby, Kansas is coming off a unanimous decision victory against 亞當Piccolot 在去年12月, improving his current winning streak to two. Never one to shy away from a scrap, this matchup should produce fireworks when “The Caveman’s” style clashes with the unorthodox swagger of “MVP.”
更新 Bellator 200 戰卡:
中量級世界冠軍爭奪戰: 拉斐爾·卡瓦略 (15-1) VS. Gegard Mousasi (43-6-2)
重量級主卡布特: 邁克爾頁 (12-0) VS. 大衛Rickels (19-4, 2 NC)
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