With mixed martial arts becoming legalized in France in 2020, BELLATOR became the first promotion to hold a major MMA event with Bellator 248 in October of that year. The success of that historic card propelled BELLATOR to make a return to “The City of Lights” in 2022 in a big way with a main event featuring undisputed BELLATOR MMA Heavyweight Champion, Ryan Bader (29-7, 1 NC) defending his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-ranked heavyweight Cheick Kongo (31-11-2, 1 NC).
In addition to the main and co-main event, a lightweight tilt pitting the last man to defeat media darling Paddy Pimblett, Søren Bak (15-1) against England’s Saul Rogers (15-4) ist auch offiziell. Bak has only tasted defeat once in his 16 professional fights and held both the featherweight and lightweight titles in Cage Warriors before joining the BELLATOR roster. Fighting out of Denmark, “The True Viking” is riding a seven-fight win streak into battle against the SBG Manchester product, Rogers. Known as “The Hangman,” Rogers also has amassed 15 victories on his resume including wins over Artem Lobov, Ryan Hall and Georgi Karakhanyan.
The preliminary card is guaranteed to feature a showcase of French talent and has begun to take shape with the return of Yves Landu (16-9), who takes on Liverpool’s Gavin Hughes (10-2) in a lightweight affair. Preliminary card action will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube-Kanal und Pluto TV ab 6:30 p.m. CEST/12:30 p.m. UND.
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Bekämpfung von Miami, Florida, Romero will be making his second BELLATOR appearance on May 6 in Paris. Nach siebenjähriger Tätigkeit unter der Leitung der UFC, the American Top Team-product became one of the most sought-after free agents prior to signing with the Scott Coker-led promotion in 2020. Mit 11 seines 13 Karriere-Siege durch Ko, darunter vier der Erstrundensorte, “Soldier of God” possesses the type of knockout power that can force any opponent into submission. Ein dreimaliger Weltcup-Weltmeister im Freestyle Wrestling, fünfmaliger Panamerikanischer Meister im Freestyle Wrestling, und 2000 Olympia-Freistilringen Silbermedaillengewinner, Der in Kuba geborene Romero hat seine Elite-Talente kontinuierlich auf höchstem Niveau unter Beweis gestellt. Die einzige fehlende Trophäe für ein nahezu makelloses Erbe ist ein BELLATOR-Weltmeistertitel.
Making his tenth appearance for BELLATOR MMA, Dutch superstar Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef has put together an impressive resume throughout his illustrious career in multiple combat sports disciplines that has seen him finish 29 seines 32 MMA victims via knockout, einschließlich 26 in the first round and eight in the opening minute of action. A native of Amsterdam, Niederlande, the ageless wonder and No. 10-ranked BELLATOR light heavyweight will now look to add to a trio of impressive knockouts that he’s collected since joining the promotion back in 2014.
von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern: BADER VS. KONGO 2 Hauptkarte:
SHOW TIME (UNS.) / RMC SPORT (FRANKREICH) / BBC Three & BBC iPlayer (U.K.) / Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (IRLAND)
Freitag, Mai 6, 10 p.m. CEST/9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT
Heavyweight World Title Main Event: #C-Ryan Bader (29-7, 1 NC) vs. #2-Cheick Kongo (31-11-2, 1 NC)
Halbschwergewicht Co-Main Event: Yoel Romero (13-6) vs. #10-Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1, 2 NC)
Lightweight Bout: Søren Bak (15-1) vs. Saul Rogers (15-4)
Lightweight Bout: Yves Landu (16-9) vs. Gavin Hughes (10-2)
*Karte Änderungen vorbehalten.
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Aktualisierter Zeitplan für BELLATOR-Events
Sa., Februar. 19 / / Bellator MMA 274: von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern. von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern // Mohegan Sun Arena // Uncasville, Conn.
Kostenlos. Februar. 25 // Bellator MMA 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford // 3Arena // Dublin, von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern
Sat. März 12 // Bellator MMA 276: Der ehemalige Titel-Herausforderer John Salter trifft während der Hauptkarte von BELLATOR auf den ungeschlagenen Johnny Eblen. Der ehemalige Titel-Herausforderer John Salter trifft während der Hauptkarte von BELLATOR auf den ungeschlagenen Johnny Eblen // von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern // St. Louis
Kostenlos. Mai 6 // von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern: Bader vs.. Kongo 2 // von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern // Paris, FROM
Kostenlos. Mai 13 // von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern: von Jefferson City hofft, die Missouri-Gläubigen gegen Athen zu begeistern. MVP // Die SSE-Arena, Wembley // London