MICHAEL MCDONALD CHALLENGES FORMER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION EDUARDO DANTAS IN CO-MAIN EVENT
LOS ANGELES - 在周五, 七月 13, 朱莉娅·巴德 (11-2) will defend her featherweight world title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace 塔利塔诺盖拉 (7-0), 在主要事件 Bellator 202 at WinStar World Casino and Resort. 此外, the co-headliner will feature former Bellator world champion 爱德华多·丹塔斯 (20-5) 承担 迈克尔·麦克唐纳 (18-4) in a bantamweight clash of top contenders.
Bellator 202: 巴德VS. 核桃 将在Paramount Network上免费现场直播 9 P.M. ET / 8时三十分. CT, 而初步行动将在流 Bellator.com和全球的 Bellator移动应用. 活动事件的门票开始发售本星期五, 四月 20 and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, 以及通过 Ticketmaster 和 Bellator.com. 另外的较量将在未来几周内公布.
朱莉娅·巴德, the only fighter to sit atop Bellator women’s featherweight division, has bested Germaine de Randamie, Arlene Blencowe 和 Marloes Coenen amongst other names over the course of her eight-year mixed martial arts career. “The Jewel” is also the only woman to defeat Gina Carano in Muay-Thai competition. 现在, the Canada-native and former STRIKEFORCE competitor, returns to Oklahoma, where she makes her second title defense since winning the belt last year at Bellator 174.
Talita Nogueira had already been crowned a world champion in jiu-jitsu prior to testing her hand in MMA. “Treta” went undefeated in six MMA contests in her home town of Sao Paulo, Brazil between 2009 和 2013, before signing to compete with Bellator. Originally slated to fight Budd at Bellator 133, Nogueira suffered an injury that forced her to withdraw from the contest. Her highly-anticipated promotional debut ultimately took place at Bellator 182, where the 32-year-old scored a first-round submission over 阿曼达·贝尔. The Demain Maia-trained fighter now gets a second chance to compete against Budd, 而这次, the world championship is on the line.
Former two-time world champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas has proven himself a perennial top-10 bantamweight fighter with impressive performances over 乔·沃伦, 马科斯加尔旺 (x2), Wilson Reis and Zach Makovsky. 该Bellator季 5 tournament champion has strung together an impressive 10-2 record with Bellator during his seven-year tenure with the promotion. The 29-year-old trains alongside the likes of Jose Aldo at the famed Nova Uniao team in his home town of Rio de Janeiro and is looking for another shot at Bellator gold.
Fighting professionally since the age of 16, McDonald has been a mainstay in the bantamweight rankings for the better part of 11 岁月. The exciting Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has amassed an astonishing finishing rate, reaching the judges’ scorecards only three times in his 22 打架. “Mayday” made his Bellator debut in 2017, scoring a victory over 彼得·利吉尔, despite fracturing his hand early in the fight. Now that his hand has fully healed, the former world title challenger from Modesto, 加利福尼亚州. will look to defeat Dantas July 13 on Paramount Network.
更新 Bellator 202: 巴德VS. 核桃 战卡:
女子羽量级世界冠军赛: 朱莉娅·巴德 (11-2) VS. 塔利塔诺盖拉 (7-0)
轻量级主卡布特: 爱德华多·丹塔斯 (20-5) VS. 迈克尔·麦克唐纳 (18-4)
