LOS ANGELES — 布倫丹·紹布, a former professional MMA fighter and football player, host of the popular MMA podcast “Big Brown Breakdown” and co-host of the hit podcast “Fighter and the Kid”, will serve as co-host for Spike TV’s LIVE pre-show leading into Bellator’s epic event, Bellator NYC: 太陽隊 vs. 席爾瓦, from New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden.

Schaub will join Bellator host, 詹·布朗, in the broadcast booth and will offer insight and analysis for all the fights on Spike’s stacked Bellator 180: 戴維斯VS. 巴德爾 card leading into the biggest event in the promotion’s history, Bellator NYC: 太陽隊 vs. 席爾瓦. 另外, Schaub will be featured in original Bellator digital content in advance of the event.

Headlined by the long-awaited fight between two of the biggest names in mixed martial arts history, Chael Sonnen的 (29-15-1) 和 萬德雷·席爾瓦 (35-12-1, 1 NC), Bellator NYC: 太陽隊 vs. 席爾瓦 節目按次付費直播，開始時間為 10 P.M. AND/7 P.M. PT. Prior to the pay-per-view event, SPIKE將播出 Bellator 180: 戴維斯VS. 巴德爾 LIVE and FREE on both coasts, 在開始 8 P.M. AND/5 P.M. PT. 另外, Bellator 180 預賽將獨家播出 Bellator.com 以及 Bellator 移動應用程序 6 P.M. AND/3 P.M. PT.

發自紐約市麥迪遜廣場, 格鬥運動的聖地, 這場轟動一時的賽事包括 MMA 傳奇人物之間的重量級對決 費多爾艾米連科 (36-4, 1 NC) 和強硬 馬特·米特里恩 (11-5), 以及兩場冠軍爭奪戰, 含 道格拉斯·利馬 (28-6) 保護他 170 磅重的皮帶免受 勞倫斯·拉金 (18-5, 1 NC) 以及現任輕量級冠軍 邁克爾·錢德勒 (16-3) 將他的世界冠軍頭銜置於與不敗球隊的對決上 布倫特博智 (7-0).