FORMER CHAMPS PHIL DAVIS AND LYOTO MACHIDA COLLIDE IN LONG-AWAITED REMATCH ATBELLATOR 245 සිකුරාදා, සැප්,. 11 JUAN ARCHULETA FACES UNDEFEATED PATCHY MIX FOR THE VACANT BELLATOR BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD TITLE ATBELLATOR 246 සෙනසුරාදා, සැප්,. 12
තව, THE BELLATOR DEBUTS OF FORMER TITLE CHALLENGERS CAT ZINGANO AND LIZ CARMOUCHE
ලොස් ඇන්ජලීස්— For the first time, Bellator MMA’s “FightSphere” atMohegan ඉරිදා Arena Uncasville දී, ඇවොන්. will host a stacked doubleheader weekend on Friday, හත. 11 and Saturday, හත. 12. On night one, Bellator 245is headlined by former world champsෆිල් ඩේවිස්(21-5, 1 එන්.සී.) හාLyoto Machida (26-9) in a light heavyweight rematch, අතරBellator 246on night two sees a bantamweight world championship fight featuring top contenderJuan Archuleta(24-2) taking on the undefeatedPatchy Mix (13-0) for the vacant title.
Two former world title challengers also make their long-awaited Bellator debuts, ලෙසCat Zingano(10-4)ගනීGabby Holloway(6-5)in a featherweight matchup atBellator 245,අතරLiz Carmouche (13-7) meets the newly signedDeAnna Bennett(10-6-1) at flyweight during the main card ofBellator 246.
Bellator 245: ඩේවිස් එදිරිව. Machida 2සිකුරාදා, හත. 11 හාBellator 246: Archuleta vs. Mixසෙනසුරාදා, හත. 12 air live onපරම ජාලය හාDAZN දී 10 ප.ව.. ET/9 p.m. සී.ටී.. Preliminary action will stream onBellator MMA’s YouTube channel. Additional bouts will be announced in the coming days.
A former Bellator light heavyweight world champion, Phil Davis returns to the Bellator cage for the first time since stoppingකාල් Albrektsson දීBellator 231in October of last year.A four-time NCAA D-I All-American wrestler at Penn State University, "මහතා. Wonderful” has earned professional victories over Brian Stann, ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් Gustafsson, ඇන්ටෝනියෝ Rogerio Nogueira, and the man he will face again on Sept. 11, Lyoto Machida. With eight Bellator appearances already, the San Diego-based fighter has his sights set on reclaiming his world title in the sport’s toughest light heavyweight division.
After signing with Bellator in 2018, Lyoto Machida made his highly anticipated promotional debut with a victory over former champරෆායෙල් කර්වල්හොදීBellator 213and would later go on to defeat the now-retiredChael Sonneninside the famed Madison Square Garden atBellator 222. The former UFC light heavyweight champ, known to fans around the globe as “The Dragon,” owns notable career wins over Tito Ortiz, “Shogun” Rua, Dan Henderson, Rashad Evans and Randy Couture. Having lost to Davis in the first matchup in Brazil, the native ofSalvador, Bahia, Brazil is looking for redemption and a future shot at Bellator gold.
Fresh off of an impressive victory overහෙන්රි Corrales දීBellator 238 මීට පෙර මෙම වසරේ, Juan Archuleta will look to capture the promotion’s vacant bantamweight strap. Fighting out of Hesperia, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ., the 32-year-old knockout artist will once again drop down a weight class for a shot at the world title, something he successfully accomplished on four separate occasions while competing for regional promotion King of the Cage (light welterweight, සැහැල්ලු, flyweight and bantamweight). Following a hard-fought featherweight world title bout withPatricio පිට්බුල්last September, “The Spaniard” returns to bantamweight, where he has been undefeated for over five years.
Currently fighting out of Jackson Wink MMA in Albuquerque, N.M., Patchy Mix will make his fourth appearance for Bellator, where he has tallied three first-round submission victories. The 26-year-old Buffalo, N.Y.-native hopes to remain undefeated and build off of his most recent win on New Year’s Eve, which saw “No Love” earn a guillotine choke-submission over Yuki Motoya at Bellator’s co-promotional event with Rizin atRizin.20ජපානයේ. Prior to his time with the Scott Coker-led promotion, Mix dominated his competition in all nine of his fights with King of the Cage, collecting five first round finishes. දැන්, the submission specialist will face the toughest test of his young career, a matchup with the former Bellator featherweight world title contender and a shot at Bellator’s vacant 135-pound strap.
Also announced forBellator 245…“Easy” Ed Ruth (8-2) returns to middleweight against the debutingTaylor “Tombstone” Johnson (5-1) on the main card; current Bellator Kickboxing welterweight world champRaymond “The Real Deal” Daniels(2-1) returns to MMA againstPeter Stanonik(5-4); former middleweight champරෆායෙල් කර්වල්හො(16-4) squares off with undefeatedAlex “Easy” Polizzi(6-0) ආලෝකය හෙවිවේට් දී; hard-hitting heavyweightsTyrell Fortune(8-1) හාJack May(11-6) collide; “Killa” Keith Lee (6-3) මුහුණුDominic “The Honey Badger” Mazzotta (15-3) in a 140-lb. contract weight preliminary matchup.
Also announced forBellator 246…top welterweight contendersජෝන් ෆිච් (32-7-2, 1 එන්.සී.) හාNeiman Gracie (9-1) square off in the co-main event; ඩෙරෙක් "ද Stallion" Campos(20-10) හාRoger “El Matador” Huerta(24-12-1, 1 එන්.සී.) go toe-to-toe in a lightweight battle; Jackson Wink MMA heavyweight prospectDavion “The Don” Franklin (1-0) ගනීRas “The Jamaican Shamrock” Hylton (6-4) on the prelims; Hawaii’sTy “Savage” Gwerder(4-1) meets London’sGeorge “Tuco” Tokkos(4-1) in a middleweight contest.
