巴黎, FRANCE – Fresh off unifying the BELLATOR MMA Heavyweight Championship, 瑞安貝德 (29-7, 1 NC) will defend his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-排名重量級 謝赫·金剛 (31-11-2, 1 NC) 在週五, 五月 6. Paris’ Accor Arena is set to play host to the world title fight, which will headline the BELLATOR PARIS: 貝德VS. 金剛 事件.
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Broadcast details and additional fights, including a plethora of French talent, are set to be announced in the coming weeks. 在 Instagram @BellatorFrance 和 Facebook 上關注 Bellator France www.facebook.com/BellatorFrance/.
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.”
“Bringing BELLATOR to France in 2020 was one of the highlights of my career, and I knew that it was the start of a long run of big events in Paris,” BELLATOR President Scott Coker said. “Here we are ready for our second trip to France and this time we are bringing a heavyweight world title rematch featuring arguably the most recognizable French mixed martial artist in our sports history. It’s personally important to me to help grow the sport in France and give these athletes a chance to perform on a large stage.”
The main event is a rematch from BELLATOR 226 在 2019 that ended in a controversial no-contest following a disputed eye poke, creating heightened tension between the two fight camps that will surely boil over on May 6.
Successfully returning to the 265-pound division following an impressive run in the BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, 瑞安貝德 (29-7) is fresh off a dominant BELLATOR MMA World Heavyweight Title defense over interim champion 瓦倫丁·摩爾達夫斯基 in front of a partisan Phoenix crowd on Jan. 29. A former two-division champion, Bader has defeated nine of his last 12 opponents at both heavyweight and light heavyweight. 與錢德勒戰鬥, 亞利桑那州。, the former two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler from Arizona State University opened his professional career by winning season eight of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Never one to shy away from an opponent, Bader has had nothing but high-profile bouts since signing with BELLATOR MMA in 2017, defeating Fedor Emelianenko, 莫景, 馬特·米特里恩, 林頓瓦塞爾, 町田龍太, and Phil Davis. In his initial 265-pound title defense against Kongo, Bader controlled the action before referee Mike Beltran stopped the contest due to an accidental poke to Kongo’s left eye at 3:52 的首輪.
Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat at BELLATOR MMA 265, longtime BELLATOR veteran 謝赫·金剛 (31-11-2, 1 NC) was on the verge of being stopped by Sergei Kharitonov in the initial stanza during his last outing on Aug. 20, 2021. After hitting the canvas and becoming badly hurt, the exhausted Parisian rallied to secure a tap out via rear-naked choke with one second remaining in round two. Ten months prior to the dramatic triumph, the former UFC standout headlined the first major MMA event in his native France as he took on 蒂姆·約翰遜 in a rematch on Oct. 10, 2020. Since signing with the Scott Coker-led company in late August 2013, the promotional mainstay, who currently sports a 13-3 promotional record with one no contest, holds the records for most fights (17) 並且贏了 (12) 在 BELLATOR 重量級歷史上. Just three years shy of 50, Kongo has proven that age is just a number as he continues to challenge the best that BELLATOR MMA has to offer.
BELLATOR PARIS: 巴德VS. 金剛 2 主卡:
重量級世界冠軍主賽事: #Ç-瑞安貝德 (29-7, 1 NC) VS. #2-謝赫·金剛 (31-11-2, 1 NC)
*卡可能發生變化.
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