洛杉磯— BELLATOR MMA has announced that its fifth participant for the New Year’s Eve spectacle against RIZIN Fighting Federation opponents will be No. 10-ranked lightweight, Gadzhi Rabadanov(18-4-2), taking on 27-year-old Japanese standoutKoji Takeda(15-3) in a compelling matchup between two competitors riding high on the strength of consecutive victories.
A first-of-its-kind blockbuster co-promotion, BELLATOR MMA vs. 日進takes place inside the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on Saturday, 十二月 31, and can be seen in the United States on SHOWTIME at 8 P.M. ET/PT on New Year’s Eve.
Rabadanov versus Takeda will join a star-studded five-fightBELLATOR MMA vs. 日進主卡, which is stacked from top to bottom with current and former champions competing in the four-sided ring under RIZIN’s unique rules. Headlining the event will be a dream matchup between RIZIN lightweight championRoberto “Satoshi” de Souza(14-1) against No. 3 BELLATOR pound-for-pound talentAJ “Mercenary” McKee(19-1), with BELLATOR and RIZIN featherweight champions帕特里西奧鬥犬(34-5) 和Kleber Koike(31-5-1) co-headlining the must-see event.
Former BELLATOR championsJuan “The Spaniard” Archuleta(26-4) 和堀口恭司(30-5) will round out the unparalleled main card, facing off with RIZIN’sSoo Chul Kim(18-6-1) 和Hiromasa Ougikubo(25-6-2), 分別.
Gadzhi Rabadanov, 29, signed with BELLATOR in 2021 after capturing the Eagle FC lightweight title, and has made an immediate impact on the promotion’s remarkably deep lightweight division. He announced his arrival in thunderous fashion atBELLATOR 263with an emphatic viral knockout of Daniel Carey, which he followed up with back-to-back dominant unanimous decision victories over Jay Jay Wilson and Bobby King in 2022. The product of the renowned Club Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov’s School in Dagestan and the prestigious American Kickboxing Academy, Rabadanov’s pedigree is world-class. On New Year’s Eve, Rabadanov will look to continue building upon his momentum with an impressive performance against Koji Takeda.
“It is a childhood dream come true to fight in Japan at the legendary Saitama Super Arena,” said Rabadanov. “I’m very excited and I know I have a tough opponent, who always leaves everything in the ring. Expect a masterpiece from me, it will be a memorable fight.”
A former DEEP lightweight champion, Japan’sKoji Takedahas been an active fighter since his 2017 專業首演. Takeda boasts a compelling case for inclusion on this historic fight card, winning seven of his last ten and three of his last four outings under the RIZIN and DEEP banners. Takeda is also familiar with BELLATOR foes; he has previously fought Spike Carlyle and submitted Zach Zane by armbar, both of whom fought recently for the Scott Coker-led promotion. Takeda will look to add a third straight win to his resume against the highly-touted Rabadanov in his hometown of Saitama, 日本, 上月 31.
BELLATOR MMA VS. RIZIN MAIN CARD:
開演時間
星期六, 十二月 31 — 8 PM ET/PT
Lightweight Non-Title Main Event: 阿傑麥基(19-1) 與Roberto de Souza(14-1)
Featherweight Non-Title Main Event: 帕特里西奧鬥犬(34-5) 與Kleber Koike(31-5-1)
UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMPIONA.J. MCKEETO DEFEND BELLATOR MMA 145-POUND WORLD TITLE IN REMATCH AGAINST FORMER NUMBER ONE POUND-FOR-POUND & TWO-DIVISION CHAMPIONPATRICIO PITBULL
205-POUND CHAMPIONVADIM NEMKOVTO BATTLE TOP-RANKEDCOREY ANDERSON 對於 $1 MILLION PRIZE IN BELLATOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX FINAL
BELLATOR 277SET FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 15, AT 10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PTLIVE ON SHOWTIME INSIDE THE SAP CENTER IN SAN JOSE, CALIF.
門票開始發售本星期五
LOS ANGELES (二月. 16, 2022) - Two outstanding world-championship showdowns. Four of BELLATOR MMA’s best pound-for-pound fighters. One highly anticipated rematch. The promotion’s all-time greatest athlete striving to avenge a highlight-reel loss to the company’s homegrown superstar. A tournament final awarding a seven-figure jackpot to the victor.
BELLATOR’s fourth phenomenal fight card of 2022 promises to be one for the ages.
Fresh off a 117-second destruction of his upcoming opponent and claiming the $1 million bounty at the BELLATOR MMA Featherweight World Grand Prix Finale, unbeaten BELLATOR Featherweight World TitleholderA.J. 麥基 (18-0) hopes to take the next step toward becoming the sport’s greatest fighter as he battles former top pound-for-pound and two-division champion帕特里西奧鬥犬 (32-5) for the second time in less than nine months on Friday, 四月 15, 在10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT 住在Showtime.
In the co-feature ofBELLATOR 277: McKee vs. 比特犬 2 在聖何塞SAP中心, 加利福尼亞州。, current 205-pound BELLATOR MMA World Champion瓦迪姆Nemkov (15-2) will defend his title for the third time and aims to take home the $1 million prize three days before U.S. Tax Day when he squares off against the surging No. 1-排名競爭者科里·安德森(16-5)in the BELLATOR MMA Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix final.
門票BELLATOR MMA 277: McKee vs. 比特犬 2 開始銷售本星期五, 二月. 18 在安卡斯維爾的 Mohegan Sun Arena 內的共同特色比賽中Ticketmaster.com 和Bellator.comwith a special presale starting the day prior.
另外, four preliminary bouts have been announced including a mouthwatering matchup between two highly ranked heavyweights as No. 5-排名蒂姆·約翰遜 (15-8) faces surging No. 6-排名泰瑞爾財富(11-2, 1 NC) in a rematch fromBELLATOR 239.Their first fight ended with Johnson securing a win that earned great consideration for the 2020 KO of the Year. The preliminary bouts will stream live three hours earlier at7 P.M. ET / 4時三十分. PT 在 BELLATOR MMA YouTube 頻道上, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 頻道和 Pluto TV.
In their historic initial matchup at the Forum in Inglewood, 加利福尼亞州。, McKee stunned Pitbull by landing a punishing left leg kick to the head at 1:40 of the opening stanza atBELLATOR MMA 263七月 31, 2021. The champion then continued the onslaught by unleashing a series of brutal unanswered head shots that floored the Brazilian legend.
Moments later as McKee prematurely raised his arms in celebration, Pitbull rose from the depths of defeat only to be greeted by a fighter hell bent on stealing his crown and claiming the $1 million prize. With the 25-time BELLATOR MMA veteran backed up against the fence, MMA’s brightest young brawler locked in a guillotine choke. With Pitbull seeming to lose consciousness, referee Mike Beltran halted matters at 1:57 開放框架.
“Hosting the world’s best mixed martial artists in the great city of San Jose is something that has been important to me during my career as a fight promoter and I’m happy to continue that with our card on April 15,” BELLATOR President Scott Coker said. “The rematch between A.J. McKee and Patricio Pitbull for the featherweight title, as well as our Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Final featuring Vadim Nemkov against Corey Anderson are two fights that could headline any event on their own, but we are bringing both to SAP Center at San Jose on the same night to show the fans here that we truly value their support throughout the years.”
A native of Long Beach, 加利福尼亞州。, BELLATOR’s top-rated pound-for-pound fighter has exceeded the lofty expectations placed on him since his professional debut three days following his 20日 生日. Armed with six knockouts and seven submissions, the Team Bodyshop product, 誰將會轉 27 eight days before his rematch against Pitbull, has shown a knack for securing lightning-fast finishes with 10 coming in the first round. “Mercenary” has earned dominant victories over every fighter who has opposed him, including former World Champions Pitbull, 帕特·柯倫, 和達里昂考德威爾, who McKee submitted with a rare-modified neck crank that was later dubbed the “McKee-otine.” The winner of the 2020 Submission of the Year Award for his 71-second annihilation of Caldwell has fought a total of 33 rounds across 18 職業競賽 (1.8 rounds per bout), while logging less than 41 total minutes in the BELLATOR cage since turning pro in August 2012.
吹噓的比特犬兄弟二人組的一半, 帕特里西奧一直被認為是 BELLATOR MMA 皇冠上的明珠, where he currently sits at No. 3 in the BELLATOR MMA men’s pound-for-pound rankings. Holding a remarkable 32-5 record with wins over elite competition, including the likes of former World Champions Pat Curran, 胡安·阿丘利塔, and Daniel Straus (兩次). 在 2019, the 34-year-old Brazilian captured the BELLATOR Lightweight World Championship from Michael Chandler, 成為第二位同時擁有兩個冠軍頭銜的 BELLATOR 運動員. 同 23 完成於 37 專業的戰鬥, Pitbull has shown repeatedly that he possesses the well-rounded skillset required to reign over multiple weight classes.
Currently BELLATOR MMA’s second-ranked pound-for-pound fighter, Nemkov captured the BELLATOR MMA light heavyweight crown by defeating Ryan Bader via second-round TKO atBELLATOR MMA 244in August 2020. Riding a nine-fight winning streak dating back to June 2016, the ferocious 29-year-old sports seven first-round knockouts, with two in the initial minute of action. After successfully defending his light heavyweight belt by earning a tough unanimous decision over Phil Davis, the pride of Belgorod, Russia and Fedor Emelianenko protégé scored a fourth-round submission of late replacement Julius Anglickas in the semifinals of the BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix during his last outing on Oct. 16, 2021.
安德森, of Robbinsville, 新澤西州, has ascended to the top of the BELLATOR 205-pound rankings by vanquishing seven of his past eight opponents, including a third-round stoppage of Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov atBELLATOR MMA 257 四月 16, 2021. Exactly six months later atBELLATOR MMA 268, the Rockford, 生病了。, native walked into the cage to the spellbinding sounds of The Doors’ “Five to One,” and took the song title literally by knocking out Arizona State University wrestling legend Ryan Bader in 51 seconds in front of Bader’s hometown crowd at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. In his first promotional appearance, “Overtime” registered a second-round TKO over Dutch kickboxing legend Melvin Manhoef atBELLATOR MMA 251 十一月 2020. Prior to joining BELLATOR, Anderson tallied a 10-5 record with a rival promotion, winning “The Ultimate Fighter 19” tournament in 2014, and boasting impressive wins over Glover Teixeira, Jan Błachowicz and Johnny Walker, 等等.
“我過著不一樣的生活, 一個不太好的地方. 我正在處理很多非裔美國人處理的很多事情. 沒有媽媽也沒有爸爸, 在洛杉磯街頭長大. 原來如此, 但我做出了正確的決定，從來沒有因為我所做的任何事情而被抓住，這些事情可能會讓我度過餘生，並通過我的兒子找到了我的動力和動力. AJ 小時候會說的話, 就像‘爸爸，如果你死了, 我可以和你一起死嗎?’我不在乎活著，也沒有殺戮的問題. 然後有一天 AJ 說‘爸爸, 無論你做什麼，無論你去哪裡, 我想和你一起去。’我準備下班了, 但後來我意識到我需要為他而存在. 除了我他一無所有, 所以這給了我動力和力量去尋找更好的出路.
“我做到了這一步, 做了我作為摔跤手的事，是世界上最好的. 我做了我正在做的, 但我沒有正確的心態, 所以我必須檢查我的心理並學習如何做一個受人尊敬的人. 一旦我這樣做了, 對我來說事情開始發生變化，現在我們來了. 我做了一些事情讓 AJ 留在私立學校, not to buy cars, 音樂, and jewelry. I did it all to pay for his school tuition.” (14:36)
BELLATOR 263TAKES PLACE AT THE FORUM IN LOS ANGELES ON SATURDAY, JULY 31 – 住在SHOWTIME®
TICKETS FOR THIS MASSIVE EVENT GO ON SALE TOMORROW ATBELLATOR.COM
LOS ANGELES— And then there were two…
What began with 16 featherweight athletes vying for a one-million-dollar grand prize and the BELLATOR Featherweight World Championship has been narrowed to the greatest BELLATOR athlete in the history of the promotion帕特里西奧鬥犬 (32-4) and the company’s best-ever homegrown fighter in No. 1 排名阿傑麥基 (17-0).
The culmination of the BELLATOR Featherweight World Grand Prix takes place Saturday, 七月 31 在該論壇在Inglewood, 加利福尼亞州。, and marks the company’s first domestic event hosted away from “The Fightsphere” since February 2020.
BELLATOR 263: 比特犬VS. 麥基airs live on SHOWTIME at 10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT and tickets for the event go on sale this Friday, 六月 18 at BELLATOR.com and Ticketmaster.com with a pre-sale taking place on Thursday.
“This is without a doubt going to be the biggest BELLATOR fight of all time,” said BELLATOR President Scott Coker. “AJ McKee has been calling for a shot at Pitbull’s title since his very first professional victory inside our cage six years ago. Now he’s finally getting the opportunity to realize his dream of becoming a world champion against the winningest fighter in BELLATOR history. 對於 Pitbull 來說，在這場錦標賽決賽中戰勝 McKee 將是他作為地球上最好的 145 磅體重選手的一長串榮譽和遺產的一個聲明。”
以完美的記錄 17-0, AJ McKee 已經超出了他 20 歲成熟的職業生涯首次亮相以來對他的崇高期望. 甚至有六次淘汰賽和六次提交, 這位現年 26 歲的麥基已經展示了確保完成的訣竅——而且速度很快——在第一輪就有九個. “僱傭兵”戰勝了所有反對他的人，包括前冠軍帕特·庫倫, 格奧爾基Karakhanyan, 和達里昂考德威爾, 麥基最近提交了誰, 改進的琴頸曲柄，後來被稱為“McKee-otine”。最後, the Long Beach native will face the man he has called for since signing with BELLATOR, as he takes on Patricio Pitbull in the much-anticipated Featherweight World Grand Prix Final.
The preliminary portion of the event streams live at 7 P.M. ET / 4時三十分. BELLATOR MMA YouTube 頻道上的 PT, SHOWTIME 體育 YouTube 頻道, as well as Pluto TV and features former featherweight title challenger and No. 2 排名伊曼紐爾·桑切斯(20-5) versus Denmark’s No. 8 排名Mads Burnell(15-3), a bantamweight tilt between No. 3 排名Magomed “Tiger” Magomedov(18-1) 和No. 4 Raufeon “Supa” Stots(16-1) and a lightweight affair pitting undefeatedUsman Nurmagomedov (12-0) 針對曼尼穆羅(12-6).
“It’s a fight the fans have wanted for the longest. 最重要的是, he’s underrated. He’s an outstanding champ. His accolades, his credentials, his record is phenomenal. But at the end of the day, nobody has a win over me. Nobody has a belt with my name on it and nobody is going to get a belt with my name on it.”
週六, 三月 27, 重播BELLATOR MMA 253: 考德威爾VS. 麥基將在 SHOWTIME 播出 8 P.M. ET / PT. 四戰卡, includingMcKee’s iconic “McKee-otine” finish over former BELLATOR Bantamweight World ChampionDarrion考德威爾that propelled the young star into the Featherweight World Grand Prix Final, will also replay onSHOWTIME on Sunday, 三月 28 在 12 Midnight ET/PT, and again on Thursday, 四月 1 在 9 P.M. ET / PT.
BELLATOR 253, along with several past events which featured the world-class fighters in the upcoming tournaments, will be scheduled on SHOWTIME EXTREME weeknights at 10 P.M. ET/PT and are now available on SHOWTIME On Demand platforms. Select events will be available for free to non-subscribers via SHOWTIME distributor platforms and on Pluto TV’s SHOWTIME Selects and BELLATOR MMA channels.
As part of the launch of BELLATOR MMA on SHOWTIME, the network is offering viewers who are new to the SHOWTIME streaming service a 30-day free trial, 其次是未來六個月每月 4.99 美元的折扣訂閱費. 觀眾可以在SHO.com/BellatorMMA.
The following fight replays are scheduled for the weeks ahead as fans prepare for the launch of BELLATOR MMA on SHOWTIME:
·BELLATOR MMA 252: 比特犬VS. 卡瓦略 - (Original air date 11/12/2020)
·BELLATOR MMA 251: Manhoef VS. 安德森 - (Original air date 11/05/2020)
·BELLATOR MMA 245: 戴維斯VS. 町田2 - (Original air date 09/11/2020)
·BELLATOR MMA 244: 貝德VS. Nemkov - (Original air date 08/21/2020)
·BELLATOR MMA 222: 麥當勞VS. 格雷西 - (Original air date 06/14/2019)
·BELLATOR MMA 220: 麥當勞VS. 惠譽 - (Original air date 04/27/2019)
·BELLATOR MMA 214: 費多爾VS. Bader - (Original air date 01/26/2019)
·BELLATOR MMA 186: 貝德VS. 瓦塞爾 - (Original air date 11/03/2017)
·更多, two individual bouts from BELLATOR MMA 209: - (Original air date 11/16/2018)
葡萄牙提交專家佩德羅卡瓦略將在他八年的職業生涯中第五次進入貝拉托籠, 尋找他的第七個連續勝利和他的第一個世界冠軍頭銜. 在他最後的九場胜利中 11 競賽, 包括對德里克領域, 丹尼爾克勞福德在首輪比賽中對山姆西西莉亞的臉曲柄提交, 擁有 25 年曆史的 SBG Ireland 產品正處於偉大的風口浪尖——贏得 Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix 將是鞏固它的完美方式.
擁有超過 50 以他的名義進行職業比賽, 德國的丹尼爾威切爾準備好讓他的 2020 與桑切斯在備受期待的世界大獎賽四分之一決賽中首次亮相, 四年前，一名戰士 Weichel 在 Bellator 159. 在他的 Bellator 處子秀之後 2014, “Drake” has enjoyed an impressive promotional mark of 9-3, including pivotal victories over Sanchez, 帕特·柯倫, 格奧爾基Karakhanyan 和 索爾·羅傑斯.
On the heels of yet another masterful performance that ended in a submission victory overTywan克拉克斯頓in the opening round of the World Grand Prix, “El Matador” is ready for another title run as he prepares for the 50-fight veteran and the man who beat him once before, 丹尼爾Weichel. Since joining forces with Bellator in 2014, the Milwaukee, Wisc.-resident has collected 11 victories over a 14-fight stint, including key wins over the likes of Claxton, 丹尼爾·斯特勞斯, Marcos Galvao and Georgi Karakhanyan (2X).
Having needed just one round to put away his last opponent via submission in the quarterfinals of the World Grand Prix, Darrion Caldwell is on a mission to regain Bellator gold. “The Wolf,” a former North Carolina State University NCAA National Champion wrestler, has looked unstoppable since moving up to the featherweight division, having defeated亞當Borics, 以及 亨利·科拉萊斯 in the opening round of the tournament. 現在, the former bantamweight champ sits only two victories away from holding a title in his second division – a feat very few athletes can claim.
Touted byESPNas the best fighter in MMA under the age of 25, 阿傑麥基 looks to back up the lofty expectations often held by the public for second generations-athletes. Undefeated in his career, “The Mercenary” has made himself known to the world through his flashy persona and trash talk, 但最重要的, his work inside the Bellator cage. With every one of his pro bouts taking place with Bellator, 長灘本地人可以實現他開始做的事情 Bellator 146 在 2015 再贏兩場就成為世界冠軍.
