天使-A future shot at the BELLATOR Featherweight World Championship will be on the line when No. 2-排名 亚当Borics (17-1) meets a man also ranked No. 2 in the Official BELLATOR Rankings, 麦兹伯内尔 (16-3) 在主要事件 BELLATOR 276 周六, 三月 12 at The Family Arena in St. 圣路易斯.
In the co-main event former BELLATOR Light Heavyweight Champion and No. 2-排名 菲尔·戴维斯 (23-6) 将恢复行动并打开他的 2022 反对“不”的运动. 4-排名 朱利叶斯·Anglickas (10-2), 最近挑战 205 磅冠军的是谁. The main card will also see a pair of skilled lightweights compete, 不败时 奥科威尔逊 (8-0) moves up in weight to meet Dagestan’sGadzhi Rabadanov (16-4-2).
SHOWTIME 将在电视上播出 BELLATOR MMA 276: 鲍里斯 VS. 伯内尔 主卡住在 9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT 另外, 激动人心的预赛将在 BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道上直播, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV 开始于 6 P.M. AND /下午3时. PT.
门票 BELLATOR MMA 276: 鲍里斯 VS. 伯内尔 will go on sale this Friday, 二月. 11 在两个 Ticketmaster.com 和 Bellator.com, with a special presale taking place the day prior.
一 BELLATOR MMA 276 preliminary battle between two heavy-handed light heavyweights No. 8-排名 亚历克斯“轻松”的Polizzi (9-1) and Team Pitbull’s何塞·“古古”·奥古斯托 (7-3, 1 NC) 也是官方的. 其他比赛将在短期内公布.
A multi-faceted fighter with tremendous success in two different combat sports, Adam Borics knocked out all 25 of his amateur opponents en route to compiling 10-0 (跆拳道) 和 15-0 (MMA) records. Holding a three-inch height advantage and tied with upcoming opponent Mads Burnell as the No. 2 featherweight in the BELLATOR rankings, the Ft. Lauderdale featherweight commenced his pro career with 14 straight triumphs, including ten by KO or submission.
Much like his upcoming foe, the nine-time BELLATOR veteran, armed with an 8-1 促销记录, prefers to dispose of his counterparts quickly as evidenced by ten of his 18 career wins culminating in knockout or submission. 另外, the former Hungarian Fight Championship Featherweight kingpin has fought only 41 rounds since turning professional in Aug. 2014, an average of only 2.3 per outing.
Nicknamed “The Kid,” the former Thai and Hungarian Thai Boxing World Titleholder, who lives by the adage “Practice laborious, battle easy,” and holds knockout wins over former BELLATOR featherweight champion Pat Curran and ferocious featherweight Aaron Pico. Born in Budapest, 匈牙利, the Sanford MMA fighter, who signed a multi-fight extension with BELLATOR in January 2021, launched his promotional campaign by submitting Anthony Taylor via rear-naked choke in April 2017. After dropping his lone BELLATOR bout at the hands of former bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell in the quarterfinals of the BELLATOR MMA Featherweight Grand Prix, Borics has outpointed his last three opponents under the company banner.
Currently riding a seven-bout winning streak, Mads Burnell prefers to dispatch of his opponents early. 在 19 职业斗争, the submission specialist has stopped more than half of his adversaries (10), including eight in the opening round. 另外, the Copenhagen, 丹麦, native has not fought past three rounds in his professional career, while averaging a mere two per contest. The Arte Suave Copenhagen product, 谁将会转 28 less than one week prior to his fourth consecutive promotional appearance atBELLATOR MMA 276, opened his vocation by defeating his initial five opponents, including three via submission.
A first-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Burnell captured the Cage Warriors featherweight title by submitting then-champion Dean Trueman by Japanese necktie at 3:04 of the second round on June 29, 2019. Two months after signing with the company, the ferocious featherweight took the mixed martial arts world by storm when he recorded his lone career knockout and floored Darko Banovic at 3:13 of the first stanza in his promotional debut atBELLATOR MMA 248 10月. 10, 2020, 在巴黎, 法国.
Following a second-round destruction of “The Ultimate Fighter: 麦格雷戈队VS. Team Faber” standout Saul Rogers via rear-naked choke atBELLATOR MMA 257, the three-time BELLATOR MMA veteran returned to the cage less than four months later and upset Emmanuel Sanchez via three-round unanimous decision (29-28 和 30-27 两次) in a non-stop battle atBELLATOR MMA 263 七月 31, 2021, 在洛杉矶. A former European No-Gi champion, Burnell hopes to keep his undefeated BELLATOR record intact when he challenges fellow No. 2-ranked Adam Borics.
BELLATOR MMA 276: 鲍里斯 VS. 伯内尔 主卡: 星期六, 三月 12 – 活下去 开演时间 9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT
羽量级主赛事: #2-亚当Borics (17-1) VS. #2-麦兹伯内尔 (16-3) 轻重量级的合作主要事件: #2-菲尔·戴维斯 (23-6) VS. #4-朱利叶斯·Anglickas (10-2) 轻量级回合: 奥科威尔逊 (8-0) VS. Gadzhi Rabadanov (16-4-2)
除了前面提到的比赛, 伦敦人 阿尔菲“斧头人”戴维斯(14-4) 当他接替同胞时，他也准备回家 蒂姆“实验”王尔德(14-4) 在轻量级预赛中. 两人原定于 2020 但将在他们的主场球迷面前发生冲突，这场国内冲突肯定会引起英国格斗迷的注意. “斧头人”将寻找在上次在贝拉托输掉一致决定之前看到他四场不败的状态 259. 王尔德却不会心情舒畅, as he aims to string together three consecutive victories for the first time in his Bellator career.
There is another English talent on show in the women’s flyweight division as former title challenger凯特·杰克逊(11-5-1) takes on Greek athleteElina “Gunner” Kallionidou(8-4). Jackson will be backed all the way by the London crowd but faces an opponent who was victorious on her last appearance in Wembley with a first-round stoppage victory at Bellator 267.
New deal sees 2022 European events air live on new broadcast channel BBC Three with USA events airing live on BBC iPlayer
London UK– Leading mixed martial arts promotion BELLATOR MMA has today announced an exciting new partnership with BBC Sport which will see events emanating from outside America air live on the newly launched BBC Three channel and BBC iPlayer.
The ground-breaking broadcast deal will see BELLATOR MMA become one of the staples of the new channel. BBC Three and BBC iPlayer will have live broadcast of BELLATOR events taking place outside of the USA throughout 2022 whilst the promotion’s USA events will be available to watch live on BBC iPlayer.
The deal represents a commitment from the BBC to continue showing all BELLATOR events live across its platforms in 2022 following the promotion’s hugely successful partnership with the broadcaster in 2021. BELLATOR news, features and results will also be regularly featured across BBC Sport’s digital platforms such as the BBC Sport website and app.
BELLATOR MMA is home to some of the most entertaining and skilled mixed martial artists in the world including Ryan Bader, AJ麦基, Gegard Mousasi, Cris “Cyborg,” Yaroslav Amosov and London’s own Michael “Venom” Page.
The BBC Three tie-up will kick off in style with a triple-header of exciting European cards, starting with BELLATOR’s highly anticipated return to Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday, 二月 25. The card features a middleweight title fight between MMA legend Gegard Mousasi and the undefeated Austin Vanderford.
Following Dublin is another huge night in Paris on Friday, 五月 6, as BELLATOR Heavyweight World Champion Ryan Bader defends his title against iconic French mixed martial artist Cheick Kongo. The promotion made history in the capital in 2020 by becoming the first major MMA promotion to hold an event in France, which was also the first time an MMA event was shown live on the BBC.
Rounding out the first three massive European events live on BBC Three will be BELLATOR’s return to London on Friday, 五月 13, with another world title fight topping the bill. After an electric London show in October, the UK’s Michael “Venom” Page takes on the undefeated welterweight champion, 雅罗斯拉夫Amosov, as he aims to become just the second British BELLATOR MMA champion.
Head of BELLATOR MMA Europe, David Green, 说: “We’re thrilled to be renewing our relationship with the BBC and to be on BBC Three. We’ve enjoyed an incredibly successful first year partnered with the broadcaster and we’re looking forward to reaching millions more UK homes as part of an exciting new channel. We’ve worked incredibly hard to bring live action from this amazing sport to as many people in the UK as possible, and this is yet another landmark step on that journey.”
President of BELLATOR MMA, 斯科特·科克尔, 额外: “I’m so excited by the continued growth of MMA in the UK and delighted that we’ll continue to enjoy the support of the BBC by bringing our events live to existing British fans and new audiences in 2022.”
Ryan Bader defends his heavyweight title: ““明显, it was a really close fight and at the end there I’m like man that’s a toss up. I felt like I did more damage but it felt so good considering the last fight was a fight I lost. But it was a back and forth, even fight the whole five rounds. It’s just anticlimactic to go out there and have a exciting heavyweight championship five-rounder with a tough dude in Arizona. I wanted that bad!
I’m never too confident, going to judges you know. It’s the first time in my life that I was hoping that they weren’t scoring for the wrestling. I was rocking him pretty good with my punches and I was seeing everything clearly. I underestimated his clenching, his body lock, he kept stepping in front of me with this weird move and he’s stronger than I thought. I’ve never been picked up like before…but I just told myself to keep getting up and then keep with the strikes. At the end there he was just holding on and I landed 20 unanswered elbows to his head. Those can’t be ignored and so when he went to the score cards, I said who knows now…”
Benson Henderson following the win in front of his hometown:“Fighting in front of my adopted hometown Phoenix, THE, it’s amazing. Last time I didn’t give Arizona a very good show. 这次, I thought I had a better performance so win or lose I knew that I could live with that. Just having a good performance, not a great performance but having a good performance, as opposed to having a bad performance, win or lose you always feel good after great performances. We’re seeking perfection. If you write a book, all these journalists, all these moviemakers, they want to make them part of a movie then make an amazing movie. If you want to, then you have to do your absolute best out there and that’s why I’m always after a better performance.” “今晚, getting my hand raised is awesome. This was the first time I fought in front of my sons, my two oldest sons. 我的 6 year-old and my 4-year-old. Tonight was a great night, but they’re not all great nights so I’m learning to definitely appreciate the good ones when I have them.”
“I felt that I did enough to deserve to get my hand raised, but you just never know. Like Burt Watson always says, if you leave it to the judges, they’re going to make you cry. He is absolutely right. 所以, I definitely don’t ever want to leave it to the judges. When someone says split decision I’m like oh no, my boys are in the ring…but it was a good night, so I was thankful for it.”
Henry Corrales following his victory: “That’s definitely not the way I wanted to end it here in Phoenix. The fans deserve more and that’s nothing against him, it’s just kind of a late finish and this was the final fight on my contract. This was my 15th fight with BELLATOR and my 20th win, so there’s a lot riding on this fight. I needed to go out there and put on a good performance…I tried.” I didn’t feel like I really poked him to be honest with you and the replay was showing that it just didn’t look as serious as he was playing it off to be, but it’s the eye, so only he knows how much that hurt. He was super upset after and I was like hey big dog I didn’t poke you on purpose. I mean this is a fist fight! 但, he was walking away from the cage after and he was acting disappointed the the fight was stopped but while the fight was going on he wasn’t really fighting. His demeanor was off and he was kind of whimpering on shots and it’s like dude you weren’t really going, you were just acting.”
早晨的主页 (16-10) 打败 贾里尔·威利斯（Jaleel Willis） (15-4) 通过提交 (arm-triangle) 在 1:42 of round one
Sabah Homasi following his submission win: “It’s one of the kicks I threw I just kicked hard man. I expect this after every fight but just a little swelling. It’s the same stuff after every fight man from all my kicks.” “You know I just I take whatever they give me. I had his back, I thought I was going to get the rear naked. I don’t like to exert too much energy on something, so if I don’t have it I’m not going to force it. I’m going to take something that’s there, so I let it go and I set up a little trap. It’s something that I’ve transitioned with very well from the back to that trick, so it was there and I took it.” “He was saying something to me earlier and if he’s saying something to me he should say it like a man. Say it with your damn chest, don’t whisper it. I forgot what he said, but I told him he was going to feel real power tonight and that was it and then obviously quick fight. 我很健康, 我在伟大的形状, going to get back in the gym and whenever BELLATOR lets me know I’ll give my manager the green light.”
初步CARD: Enrique Barzola(17-5-2) 打败 Darrion考德威尔 (15-6) 通过TKO (罢工) 在 3:01 第三轮 克里斯·冈萨雷斯 (7-1) 打败 你阿瓦德 (24-14, 1 NC) 通过KO (拳) 在 :36 of round one 道尔顿罗斯塔 (6-0) 打败 杜安·约翰逊 (6-3) 通过一致决定 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Nikita Mikhailov (9-1) 打败 布莱恩·舒特 (8-6) 通过TKO (拳) 在 3:23 第三轮 卢卡斯·布伦南(6-0) 打败 Ben Lugo (5-5) 通过提交 (手臂三角扼流圈) 在 2:27 of round one 沙利文考利 (3-0) 打败 本·帕里什 (5-2) 通过TKO (拳) 在 4:35 of round one
UNDISPUTED CHAMP RYAN BADER WILL DEFEND TITLE IN REMATCH AGAINST FRENCH MMA LEGEND CHEICK KONGO DURING MAIN EVENT AT ACCOR ARENA 巴黎, 法国 - Fresh off unifying the BELLATOR MMA Heavyweight Championship, 瑞安贝德 (29-7, 1 NC) will defend his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-排名重量级 谢赫·金刚 (31-11-2, 1 NC) 在周五, 五月 6. Paris’ Accor Arena is set to play host to the world title fight, which will headline theBELLATOR 巴黎: 贝德VS. 金刚 事件.
Broadcast details and additional fights, including a plethora of French talent, are set to be announced in the coming weeks. 在 Instagram @BellatorFrance 和 Facebook 上关注 Bellator France www.facebook.com/Bellator法国/.
随着混合武术在法国合法化 2020, BELLATOR 成为第一个举办大型综合格斗赛事的促销员 BELLATOR 248 那年十月. The success of that historic card propelled BELLATOR to make a return to “The City of Lights.”
“Bringing BELLATOR to France in 2020 was one of the highlights of my career, and I knew that it was the start of a long run of big events in Paris,” BELLATOR President Scott Coker said. “Here we are ready for our second trip to France and this time we are bringing a heavyweight world title rematch featuring arguably the most recognizable French mixed martial artist in our sports history. It’s personally important to me to help grow the sport in France and give these athletes a chance to perform on a large stage.”
The main event is a rematch fromBELLATOR 226 在 2019 that ended in a controversial no-contest following a disputed eye poke, creating heightened tension between the two fight camps that will surely boil over on May 6.
Successfully returning to the 265-pound division following an impressive run in the BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, 瑞安贝德 (29-7) is fresh off a dominant BELLATOR MMA World Heavyweight Title defense over interim champion瓦伦丁Moldavskyin front of a partisan Phoenix crowd on Jan. 29. A former two-division champion, Bader has defeated nine of his last 12 opponents at both heavyweight and light heavyweight. 与钱德勒战斗, 亚利桑那州。, the former two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler from Arizona State University opened his professional career by winning season eight of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Never one to shy away from an opponent, Bader has had nothing but high-profile bouts since signing with BELLATOR MMA in 2017, defeating Fedor Emelianenko, 莫景, Matt Mitrione, 林顿瓦塞尔, 町田龙太, and Phil Davis. In his initial 265-pound title defense against Kongo, Bader controlled the action before referee Mike Beltran stopped the contest due to an accidental poke to Kongo’s left eye at 3:52 的首轮.
Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat atBELLATOR MMA 265, longtime BELLATOR veteran谢赫·金刚 (31-11-2, 1 NC) was on the verge of being stopped by Sergei Kharitonov in the initial stanza during his last outing on Aug. 20, 2021. After hitting the canvas and becoming badly hurt, the exhausted Parisian rallied to secure a tap out via rear-naked choke with one second remaining in round two. Ten months prior to the dramatic triumph, the former UFC standout headlined the first major MMA event in his native France as he took on蒂姆·约翰逊in a rematch on Oct. 10, 2020. Since signing with the Scott Coker-led company in late August 2013, the promotional mainstay, who currently sports a 13-3 promotional record with one no contest, holds the records for most fights (17) 并获胜 (12) 在 BELLATOR 重量级历史上. Just three years shy of 50, Kongo has proven that age is just a number as he continues to challenge the best that BELLATOR MMA has to offer.
DUBLIN’S 3ARENA PLAYS HOST TO MASSIVE CARD ON FRIDAY, 二月 25
都柏林 –Leading mixed martial arts promotion BELLATOR MMA has today added a number of explosive fights toBELLATOR 275: 穆萨西 vs. 范德福, taking place at the 3Arena in Dublin, 爱尔兰, 在周五, February 25.
In what is set to be the biggest Irish female fight ever, a women’s featherweight bout between Northern Ireland’s利亚·麦考特 (6-1) and Ireland’s most-recent title challenger西尼德·卡瓦纳(7-5) is set to light up the main card. 更多, a bantamweight main card attraction between home favorite布莱恩·摩尔(14-8), whotakes on No. 9 排名卢戈Jornel (7-0).
The promotion’s explosive return to the Irish capital forBELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford,sees middleweight world championGegard Mousasidefend his crown against undefeated American奥斯汀Vanderford. The co-main event sees Irish star 彼得奎利return to action against Manchester, 英格兰凯恩鼠标 (13-4) in the lightweight division.
Broadcast details and additional fights are set to be announced in the coming weeks. 将在英国现场直播票务大师 和Bellator.com.
Sinead Kavanagh will be hoping to respond to a heartbreaking world title loss against Cyborg in her last outing in November atBELLATOR 271. A winner of her two previous BELLATOR outings before facing the pound-for-pound queen, Kavanagh will be looking to get back to her winning ways and live up to her “KO” moniker in front of the 3Arena crowd.
Currently riding a five-fight win streak, Northern Ireland’s McCourt returns to action following a dominant display in a unanimous decision victory against杰西卡Borga在她最后一次郊游期间BELLATOR 267十月. 现在坐在否. 4 在 BELLATOR 的羽量级排名中, a win at the expense of her opponent on Feb. 25 will go a long way towards moving “The Curse” one step closer to a BELLATOR world title shot against incumbent champion, 克里斯机器侠.
Brian Moore’s long-awaited Dublin return will see the Wexford fighter go toe-to-toe with No. 9 ranked bantamweight Jornel Lugo. “The Pikeman” will be hoping the home support helps him hand Lugo his first professional defeat and in doing so climb into the official bantamweight rankings for the first time. Lugo has won all four of his bouts under the BELLATOR banner, including an emphatic first round submission win against Keith Lee atBELLATOR 265 今年早些时候，.
Several additions have been confirmed for the preliminary card including a bantamweight bout between Welshman布雷特·约翰斯 (17-3) 和胡尔谢德·卡霍罗夫 (8-0). Johns makes his return to European soil looking to make a statement in a must-see match-up against the undefeated Kakhorov. MMA veteran Johns boasts an impressive 17 wins from his 20 专业的战斗, while Kakhorov has won each of his first eight bouts, including a dominant unanimous decision win in his BELLATOR debut against Jair Junior atBELLATOR 267in October.
England’s No. 5 排名法比安·爱德华兹 (9-2) is set to make his return to the cage in Dublin when he takes onMarian Dimitrov(10-2). “The Assassin” won his first nine professional fights and established himself as one of the rising stars in BELLATOR’s middleweight division. He will be looking to bounce back from a defeat in his last fight against Dublin title challenger Austin Vanderford atBELLATOR 259 在五月.
爱尔兰Danni McCormack(5-0) returns to action fresh from her win at the 3Arena in November against Audrey Kerouche, when she facesStephanie Page(5-3) in a strawweight bout. The preliminary card also features a welterweight bout between Italian斯特凡诺帕特诺(13-4-1) and BELLATOR debutantLuca Poclit(6-1) and a featherweight fight between Wales’Scott Pedersen(1-2) and Ireland’sNathan Kelly(3-2).
Rounding out the additions to the preliminary card is a featherweight affair between up-and-coming Irishman西亚兰·克拉克（Ciaran Clarke） (4-0) and BELLATOR debutantAbou Tounkara (7-2).
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The fight will be the professional debut for Al Kinani who finished his amateur career with an impressive record of 9-1. He leaves the amateur division as the number-one ranked lightweight in both New England and the Northeast. Six of Al Kinani’s nine victories have been finishes, including a 34-second knockout in his final amateur fight last fall. The fight with Rooney will be Al Kinani’s first in his home state of Maine in over three years. He represents Evolution Athletix based in Saco, 缅因.
“This fight on February 12th is the first step of a long journey that I’ve been dreaming of for quite some time,” said Al Kinani. “It’s going to be a fight that’ll start and end with a handshake, but you know how I roll once I’m locked in there. It’s all business, 婴儿. 这就是我做什么: I take care of fucking business.”
Chris Rooney will make his first appearance in the NEF cage on February 12, but he is a longtime MMA veteran, having competed in the sport since February 2011. He won twelve fights as an amateur prior to making his professional debut last September. Rooney trains at Sargent Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in St. 奥尔本斯, 佛蒙特.
“I am very excited to announce that my next fight will be against Mo Kinani for New England Fights,” stated Rooney. “Though this will be my second fight as a professional, this will be my debut with NEF. I am looking forward to showcasing my knockout power and overall abilities as a mixed martial artist. Even though the fans in Maine may not yet know the name Rooney, they won’t forget it after they witness my iron-fist power.”
