UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMPIONA.J. MCKEE TO DEFEND BELLATOR MMA 145-POUND WORLD TITLE IN REMATCH AGAINST FORMER NUMBER ONE POUND-FOR-POUND & TWO-DIVISION CHAMPIONPATRICIO PITBULL
205-POUND CHAMPIONVADIM NEMKOV TO BATTLE TOP-RANKEDCOREY ANDERSON 对于 $1 MILLION PRIZE IN BELLATOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX FINAL
BELLATOR 277 SET FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 15, AT 10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT LIVE ON SHOWTIME INSIDE THE SAP CENTER IN SAN JOSE, CALIF.
本周五发售的门票
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. 麦基 (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帕特里西奥斗犬 (32-5) for the second time in less than nine months on Friday, 四月 15, 在10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT 住在Showtime.
In the co-feature ofBELLATOR 277: 麦基 vs. 比特犬 2 在圣何塞SAP中心, 加利福尼亚州。, 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-排名竞争者科里·安德森(16-5)in the BELLATOR MMA Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix final.
门票BELLATOR MMA 277: 麦基 vs. 比特犬 2 本周五开始发售, 二月. 18 在两个Ticketmaster.com 和Bellator.com with 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·约翰逊 (15-8) faces surging No. 6-排名泰瑞尔财富(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时三十分. PT 在 BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道上, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV.
In their historic initial matchup at the Forum in Inglewood, 加利福尼亚州。, 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 开放框架.
“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, 加利福尼亚州。, 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, 谁将会转 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·柯伦, 和达里昂考德威尔, 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 职业竞赛 (1.8 rounds per bout), while logging less than 41 total minutes in the BELLATOR cage since turning pro in August 2012.
吹嘘的比特犬兄弟二人组的一半, 帕特里西奥一直被认为是 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 (两次). 在 2019, the 34-year-old Brazilian captured the BELLATOR Lightweight World Championship from Michael Chandler, 成为第二位同时拥有两个冠军头衔的 BELLATOR 运动员. 同 23 完成于 37 专业的战斗, 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 244 in 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, 新泽西州, 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.
另外较量将在近期公布。.
BELLATOR 277: McKEE VS. PITBULL 2主卡:
星期五, 四月 15 – 活下去开演时间
10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT
羽量级世界冠军: Ç–A.J. 麦基 (18-0) vs. No. 1-帕特里西奥斗犬 (15-5)
Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Final: Ç-瓦迪姆Nemkov (15-2) VS. 别. 1-科里·安德森 (16-5)
初步CARD:
BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道 | 欣欣体育YouTube频道 | 冥王星电视
7 P.M. ET / 4时三十分. PT
重量级回合: 别. 5-蒂姆·约翰逊(15-8) vs. No. 6-泰瑞尔财富(11-2, 1 NC)
次中量级回合: 别. 10-凯尔Crutchmer(8-1) 与Michael Lombardo(12-2, 1 NC)
次中量级回合: 谢恩·基夫(2-0) 与泰森·米勒 (2-0)
140-磅合约重击: 加斯顿·博拉尼奥斯 (5-3) 与卡斯贝尔(5-2)
*卡可能发生变化.
请访问Bellator.com 了解更多信息.
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