أكثر, DARRION CALDWELL MEETS UNDEFEATED AJ MCKEE IN SEMIFINALS ON NOV. 19
لوس انجليس — The Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix resumes Thursday, نوفمبر. 12 with two quarterfinal matchups set to take place, as champ باتريك "بيتبول" (30-14) defends his title against بيدرو كارفالو (11-3), في حين دانيال Weichel (40-11) و ايمانويل سانشيز (19-4) square off in a battle of former title contenders. بالإضافة إلى ذلك, the first semifinal bout is set for Thursday, نوفمبر. 19, when former titleholder Darrion كالدويل (15-3) المربعات مع غير مهزوم ايه جيه ماكي (16-0) for a spot in the tournament finals. All the action airs LIVE on شبكة CBS الرياضة في 7 عصرا. ET / 4 عصرا. PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, كونيتيكت.
في الحدث الرئيسي ل Bellator 252 في نوفمبر. 12, fans will see a featherweight world title bout with two-division Bellator champion Patricio “Pitbull” defending his 145-pound crown against SBG Ireland’s Carvalho. In addition to the five-round championship headliner, a second Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix quarterfinal will go down, as two former title challengers in Weichel and Sanchez meet again following a razor-thin split decision-victory for Weichel in 2016. The winners of these two bouts can expect to see each other in the next semifinal matchup.
ال Bellator 253 headliner on Nov. 19 sees former bantamweight world champion Caldwell go toe-to-toe with rising prospect McKee on the other side of the bracket in the first semifinal. The winner earns a guaranteed spot in the finals and a shot at the Bellator world title and a chance to take home one million dollars.
All three Featherweight World Grand Prix bouts were initially slated to take place at the postponed Bellator 241 و Bellator 244 events prior to the COVID-19 pandemic effectively putting the yearlong tournament on hiatus.
شبكة CBS الرياضة ستبث Bellator 252: بينات الاتصال مباراة. كارفاليو و Bellator 253: كالدويل مقابل. ماكي LIVE in all U.S. markets at 7 عصرا. ET / 4 عصرا. PT, while preliminary matchups will stream on CBSSports.com and Bellator MMA’s YouTube channel. سيتم الإعلان عن نوبات إضافية في وقت لاحق.
تهتف من ناتال, Rio Grande do Norte, البرازيل, two-time featherweight champ Patricio “Pitbull” will enter the Bellator cage for a promotional record 23rd time on Nov. 12. With impressive wins to his credit over Michael Chandler, دانييل شتراوس (X3), دانيال Weichel (x2) و بات كوران, the 33-year old continues on in the Featherweight World Grand Prix not far removed from his lightweight championship victory in May of last year. وبعد أن حصل على النهاية في 21 من له 30 فاز كلاعب محترف, the simultaneous two-division champion most recently bested current bantamweight champion خوان أرتشوليتا on the scorecards in an exciting opening round World Grand Prix matchup and fans can certainly expect more fireworks when he finally sets his sights on Carvalho.
Portuguese submission specialist Pedro Carvalho will be entering the Bellator cage for just the fifth time in his eight-year professional career, looking for his seventh consecutive victory and his first world title victory. With victories in nine of his last 11 المسابقات, including against Derek Campos, دانيال Crawfordand a face crank-submission over Sam Sicilia in the opening round, the 25-year-old SBG Ireland-product is on the cusp of greatness – and winning the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix would be the perfect way to solidify it.
مع أكثر من 50 professional fights to his name, Germany’s Daniel Weichel is ready to make his 2020 debut in a highly anticipated World Grand Prix quarterfinal bout with Sanchez, a fighter Weichel got the better of four years ago at Bellator 159. Following his Bellator debut in 2014, “Drake” has enjoyed an impressive promotional mark of 9-3, including pivotal victories over Sanchez, بات كوران, جورجي Karakhanyan و Saul Rogers.
On the heels of yet another masterful performance that ended in a submission victory over تيوان كلاكستون 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, دانيال 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, دانييل شتراوس, Marcos Galvao and Georgi Karakhanyan (2س).
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 آدم بوريكس, طالما هنري كوراليس in the opening round of the tournament. الآن, 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 by ESPN as the best fighter in MMA under the age of 25, ايه جيه ماكي 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, ولكن الأهم من ذلك, his work inside the Bellator cage. With every one of his pro bouts taking place with Bellator, the Long Beach-native can achieve what he set out to do beginning at Bellator 146 في 2015 and become world champion with just two more wins.
أعلن أيضا عن Bellator 252…is a third main card bout featuring the always-exciting هارون بيكو (6-3) of Jackson-Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, N.M., who returns for his second appearance inside Bellator’s “FightSphere, having previously defeated Solo Hatley Jr. in impressive fashion at Bellator 242. He will take on Pittsburgh’s John de Jesus (13-8), who was most recently victorious at Bellator 244 against Vladyslav Parubchenko, in what promises to an explosive featherweight contest.
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تحديث Bellator 252: بينات الاتصال مباراة. كارفاليو بطاقة المعركة:
شبكة CBS الرياضة | DAZN
7 عصرا. و
Featherweight World Title Bout/FWGP Quarterfinal: باتريك "بيتبول" فريري (30-4) مقابل. بيدرو كارفالو (11-3)
Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal: دانيال Weichel (40-11) مقابل. ايمانويل سانشيز (19-4)
وزن الريشة مباراة البطاقة الرئيسية: هارون بيكو (6-3) مقابل. John de Jesus (13-8)
تحديث Bellator 253: كالدويل مقابل. ماكي بطاقة المعركة:
شبكة CBS الرياضة | DAZN
7 عصرا. و
Featherweight World Grand Prix Semifinal: Darrion كالدويل (15-3) مقابل. ايه جيه ماكي (16-0)
*البطاقة عرضة للتغيير.