MEHR, DARRION CALDWELL MEETS UNDEFEATED AJ MCKEE IN SEMIFINALS ON NOV. 19
LOS ANGELES — The Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix resumes Thursday, November. 12 with two quarterfinal matchups set to take place, als Champion Patricio "Pitbull" (30-14) verteidigt seinen Titel gegen Pedro Carvalho (11-3), während Daniel Weichel (40-11) und Emmanuel Sanchez (19-4) square off in a battle of former title contenders. Zusätzlich, the first semifinal bout is set for Thursday, November. 19, when former titleholder Darrion Caldwell (15-3) Quadrate mit ungeschlagen AJ McKee (16-0) for a spot in the tournament finals. All the action airs LIVE on CBS Sports Network bei 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT von der Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Im Main Event von Bellator 252 am Nov. 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.
Die 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 und Bellator 244 events prior to the COVID-19 pandemic effectively putting the yearlong tournament on hiatus.
CBS Sports Network wird Luft Bellator 252: Pitbull vs. Carvalho und Bellator 253: Caldwell vs. McKee LIVE in allen USA. markets at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT, Vorläufige Matchups werden auf CBSSports.com und dem YouTube-Kanal von Bellator MMA gestreamt. Weitere Kämpfe werden zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt bekannt gegeben.
Ich komme aus Natal, großer nördlicher Fluss, Brasilien, 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, Daniel Straus (x3), Daniel Weichel (x2) und Pat Curran, 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. Ein Ziel erreicht in 21 seines 30 gewinnt als Profi, the simultaneous two-division champion most recently bested current bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta 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.
Der portugiesische Einreichungsspezialist Pedro Carvalho wird zum fünften Mal in seiner achtjährigen beruflichen Laufbahn in den Bellator-Käfig eintreten, auf der Suche nach seinem siebten Sieg in Folge und seinem ersten Weltmeistertitel. Mit Siegen in neun seiner letzten 11 Wettbewerbe, including against Derek Campos, Daniel 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.
Mit über 50 professionelle Kämpfe um seinen Namen, Der Deutsche Daniel Weichel ist bereit, seine zu machen 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. Nach seinem Bellator-Debüt in 2014, "Drake" hat eine beeindruckende Werbemarke von genossen 9-3, einschließlich entscheidender Siege über Sanchez, Pat Curran, Georgi Karakhanyan und Saul Rogers.
Nach einer weiteren meisterhaften Leistung, die mit einem Submission-Sieg endete Tywan Claxton 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, Daniel Weichel. Seit der Zusammenarbeit mit Bellator in 2014, der Milwaukee, Wisc.-resident has collected 11 Siege über einen 14-Kampf-Stint, einschließlich Schlüsselgewinne gegen Leute wie Claxton, Daniel Straus, Marcos Galvao und 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, besiegt haben Adam Borics, als auch Henry Corrales in the opening round of the tournament. Jetzt, 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, AJ McKee 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, aber am wichtigsten ist, 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 in 2015 and become world champion with just two more wins.
Auch angekündigt für Bellator 252…is a third main card bout featuring the always-exciting Aaron Pico (6-3) der 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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Aktualisiert Bellator 252: Pitbull vs. Carvalho fight Card:
CBS Sports Network | DAZN
7 p.m. UND
Federgewicht World Title Bout / FWGP Viertelfinale: Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (30-4) vs. Pedro Carvalho (11-3)
Federgewicht World Grand Prix Viertelfinale: Daniel Weichel (40-11) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (19-4)
Featherweight Hauptkarte Bout: Aaron Pico (6-3) vs. John de Jesus (13-8)
Aktualisiert Bellator 253: Caldwell vs. McKee fight Card:
CBS Sports Network | DAZN
7 p.m. UND
Featherweight World Grand Prix Semifinal: Darrion Caldwell (15-3) vs. AJ McKee (16-0)
*Karte Änderungen vorbehalten.