MORE, DARRION CALDWELL MEETS UNDEFEATED AJ MCKEE IN SEMIFINALS ON NOV. 19
لاس اینجلس — The Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix resumes Thursday, نومبر. 12 with two quarterfinal matchups set to take place, as champ PATRICIO "Pitbull میں" (30-14) defends his title against Pedro Carvalho (11-3), جبکہ ڈینیل Weichel (40-11) اور بذریعہ Emmanuel سانچیز (19-4) square off in a battle of former title contenders. اس کے علاوہ, the first semifinal bout is set for Thursday, نومبر. 19, when former titleholder Darrion کالڈویل (15-3) squares off with undefeated اے جے میککی (16-0) for a spot in the tournament finals. All the action airs LIVE on سی بی ایس کھیل نیٹ ورک میں 7 بجے. ET / 4 بجے. PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, کون.
کے اہم ایونٹ میں لڑائی 252 نومبر پر. 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.
The لڑائی 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 لڑائی 241 اور لڑائی 244 events prior to the COVID-19 pandemic effectively putting the yearlong tournament on hiatus.
سی بی ایس کھیل نیٹ ورک نشر کرے گا لڑائی 252: Pitbull کی بمقابلہ. کاروالہو اور لڑائی 253: Caldwell vs. McKee کی LIVE in all U.S. markets at 7 بجے. ET / 4 بجے. PT, while preliminary matchups will stream on CBSSports.com and Bellator MMA’s YouTube channel. Additional bouts will be announced at a later date.
Hailing from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, برازیل, 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, ڈینیل Straus (X3), ڈینیل Weichel (x2) اور عوامی تحریک 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. Having earned a finish in 21 کی اس کی 30 ایک پیشہ ور کے طور پر جیت, the simultaneous two-division champion most recently bested current bantamweight champion جوآن آرکولیٹا 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 ڈائون, including against Derek Campos, ڈینیئل 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.
سے زیادہ کے ساتھ 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 لڑائی 159. Following his Bellator debut in 2014, “Drake” has enjoyed an impressive promotional mark of 9-3, including pivotal victories over Sanchez, عوامی تحریک Curran, Georgi Karakhanyan اور Saul Rogers.
On the heels of yet another masterful performance that ended in a submission victory over 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, ڈینیل 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, ڈینیل Straus, Marcos Galvao and Georgi Karakhanyan (2ایکس).
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 Adam Borics, اس کے ساتھ ساتھ ہنری corrales کی in the opening round of the tournament. اب, 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 ئایسپیین as the best fighter in MMA under the age of 25, اے جے میککی 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, لیکن سب سے اہم, 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 لڑائی 146 میں 2015 and become world champion with just two more wins.
Also announced for لڑائی 252…is a third main card bout featuring the always-exciting ہارون پیکو (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 لڑائی 242. He will take on Pittsburgh’s جان ڈی جیسس (13-8), who was most recently victorious at لڑائی 244 against Vladyslav Parubchenko, in what promises to an explosive featherweight contest.
For further information, براہ مہربانی ملاحظہ کریں Bellator.com.
اپ ڈیٹ کیا لڑائی 252: Pitbull کی بمقابلہ. کاروالہو فائٹ کارڈ:
سی بی ایس کھیل نیٹ ورک | DAZN
7 بجے. AND
Featherweight World Title Bout/FWGP Quarterfinal: PATRICIO "Pitbull میں" Freire (30-4) بنام. Pedro Carvalho (11-3)
Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal: ڈینیل Weichel (40-11) بنام. بذریعہ Emmanuel سانچیز (19-4)
Featherweight Main Card Bout: ہارون پیکو (6-3) بنام. جان ڈی جیسس (13-8)
اپ ڈیٹ کیا لڑائی 253: Caldwell vs. McKee کی فائٹ کارڈ:
سی بی ایس کھیل نیٹ ورک | DAZN
7 بجے. AND
Featherweight World Grand Prix Semifinal: Darrion کالڈویل (15-3) بنام. اے جے میککی (16-0)
*تبدیلی کے کارڈ سے مشروط.