BELLATOR 295MAIN CARD GETS AN UPDATED MAIN CARD START TIME OF 11 P.M. ET / 8 P.M. PT
FRIDAY’S SHOW IS FREE TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHILE TICKETS FOR SATURDAY’S EVENT ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE
天使-The two main cards for BELLATOR MMA’s annual doubleheader on the Hawaiian island of Oahu are complete with the addition of today’s confirmed bouts.
Honolulu’s尼尔小号. 布莱斯德尔竞技场will play home to a pair of events on back-to-back nights withBELLATOR 294 发生星期五, 四月 21 和BELLATOR 295 发生星期六, 四月 22.
BELLATOR 294: Carmouche与. 贝内特 2 - 周五, 四月 21
Main card airs live on SHOWTIME at 10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT/4 p.m. local HST
BELLATOR 294: Carmouche与. 贝内特 2on Fridayhas two new main card contests, bringing Friday’s slate to five fights in total. Former BELLATOR bantamweight title challenger and No. 5-排名丹尼·萨巴特罗 (13-2) will return to action for the first time since his shot at the world championship, when he competes againstMarcos Breno (15-2), who surprised many people when he bested Josh Hill on the scorecards in his BELLATOR debut. A welterweight contest pitting莱万·乔赫利 (11-2) and American Top Team’sMichael Lombardo (13-3) is also official for the SHOWTIME-aired portion of the event.
初步卡BELLATOR 294currently features four fights, including No. 4-排名重量级泰瑞尔财富(12-3), who looks to get back to his winning ways against Russia’sSergei Bilostennyi(10-2). 别. 5-排名轻重量级亚历克斯·波利齐 (10-2) returns to the BELLATOR cage and will compete against a streaking卡尔·摩尔 (11-2), who holds the No. 8 排行. A lightweight tilt between five-fight BELLATOR veteranKillys莫塔(14-3) and promotional newcomerKenneth Cross(13-3) 是正式的, as is a 145-pound bout between Oregon’s克里斯伦乔尼 (10-3) tangling withBlake Smith (7-3). Rounding out the preliminary card is a middleweight affair between Colorado’s安东尼 “Sugafoot” 亚当斯(9-3) and Tajikistan’sSharaf “Sherkhan” Davlatmurodov(18-4-1).
The card is headlined by a Women’s Flyweight World Championship main event rematch pitting current champion and U.S. 海洋利兹·卡茅奇(18-7) 反对 否. 4 ranked flyweight challenger, 黛安娜·贝内特 (13-7-1). 在当晚的合作主要事件, 别. 6-ranked heavyweight and Minnesota National Guardsman蒂姆·约翰逊(15-9) 将竞争赛义德索玛 (8-4). A women’s featherweight contest featuring former UFC title challenger萨拉·麦曼 (13-6), who makes her highly anticipated BELLATOR debut against former No. 1 竞争者, Arlene Blencowe (15-9).
Friday night’s event is being held in honor of America’s Military, Veterans and First-Responders, all of whom are eligible to attend the event with a guest for free entry the day of with valid proof of ID. Free admission is based on a limited capacity and available on a first come-first serve basis.
该BELLATOR 294preliminary card will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV 开始于8 P.M. ET /下午5时. PT/2 p.m. HST.The complete bout listing for both events can be found below.
BELLATOR 295: 斯托茨vs. Mix – Saturday, 四月 22
Updated Start Time – Main card airs live on SHOWTIME at 11 P.M. ET / 8时三十分. PT/5 p.m. local HST
The main card for Saturday’sBELLATOR 295: 斯托茨vs. 混合event has also been sweetened with the addition of homegrown BELLATOR talent and No. 3-排名亚伦微微 (10-4), who returns from his highly publicized shoulder injury to square off against Brazil’sOtto Rodrigues (13-1), who makes his BELLATOR debut.
The preliminary portion of Saturday’s event also features multiple new, high-profile additions confirmed including a marquee bout pitting two top-ten contenders against each other at featherweight, 当否. 6-排名麦兹伯内尔(16-4) tests his skills against No. 7-排名贾斯汀冈萨雷斯 (14-1). 别. 8-排名伊拉拉·乔安妮(11-6) 满足他的巴西同胞艾伦·布朗(6-4) 在女子轻量级比赛中, and a welterweight tilt betweenAlexey Shurkevich(13-5) 与日本Masayuki Kikuiri(8-2-1).
BELLATOR 295on Saturday is main evented by the Finals of the BELLATOR Bantamweight World Grand Prix, which will see current Interim ChampionRaufeon索陶 (19-1) 面无. 2-排名补丁混合(17-1). 在合作的主要事件, the pride of Honolulu, 别. 3-排名Ilima雷·麦克法兰 (12-2) looks to defend home turf against Japan’s No. 2-排名渡边假名 (11-1-1). 还, at 125-pounds, former BELLATOR World Champion堀口恭司 (31-5) moves down a division to welcome former UFC Title Challenger博格雷 (16-5) to the Paramount-owned promotion.
门票BELLATOR 295: 斯托茨vs. 混合are on sale now and are available at Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.
该BELLATOR 295preliminary card will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV 开始于7 P.M. ET / 4时三十分. PT/1 p.m. HST.The complete bout listing for both events can be found below.
BELLATOR 294: CARMOUCHE VS. BENNETT 2主卡:
星期五, 四月 21 – 活下去开演时间
10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT/4 p.m. HST (local)
Flyweight World Title Bout: Ç-利兹·卡茅奇(18-7) VS. #4-黛安娜·贝内特 (13-7-1)
Gadzhi Rabadanov, 29, 与 BELLATOR 签约 2021 在夺得 Eagle FC 轻量级冠军后, 并对该促销活动非常深入的轻量级部门产生了直接影响. 他以雷鸣般的方式宣布他的到来贝拉特 263对丹尼尔凯莉进行了强有力的病毒敲除, 随后，他连续以绝对优势一致判定战胜了 Jay Jay Wilson 和 Bobby King 2022. 达吉斯坦著名的 Club Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov 学校和著名的美国跆拳道学院的产物, 拉巴达诺夫的血统是世界级的. 在新年前夜, 拉巴达诺夫将在对阵武田浩司的比赛中以令人印象深刻的表现继续保持自己的势头.
星期六, APRIL 23 - BELLATOR 279 BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINALS Champion Sergio Pettis vs. Raufeon索陶 Patchy Mix vs. 堀口恭司 更多, BELLATOR FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Champion Cris Cyborg vs. Arlene Blencowe 2 And Hawaii’s Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Justine Kish DETAILS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 22 TO BE ANNOUNCED 天使-BELLATOR MMA has announced its return to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where Honolulu’s Neal S. Blaisdell Arena will play home to an extremely stacked duo of events on back-to-back nights Friday, 四月 22 周六, 四月 23.
Friday night’sBELLATOR 278 will be a special event free for current military, 退伍军人, and first responders. Matchups and additional details for the event will be announced shortly.
Saturday night’sBELLATOR 279 will feature the launch of the highly anticipated one-million-dollar BELLATOR Bantamweight World Grand Prix. The headliner will see current bantamweight world champion塞尔吉奥·佩蒂斯 (22-5) take on No. 3-排名 Raufeon索陶 (17-1), while the co-main event features a rematch between the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time, 克里斯机器侠 (25-2, 1 NC) and Australia’s No. 1-排名 Arlene Blencowe (15-8), who will look to claim gold in her third attempt at a world title.
周六 BELLATOR 279: 佩蒂斯VS. 斯托茨 / 电子人VS. Blencowe 2 will air live on SHOWTIME at4:30 P.M.HST 当地时间, 10:30 P.M. AND / 7:30 P.M. PT. 预赛将在 BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道上直播, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV 开始于 2 P.M. HST 当地时间, 8 P.M. ET /下午5时. PT.
Tickets for Saturday night’sBELLATOR 279: 佩蒂斯VS. 斯托茨 / 电子人VS. Blencowe 2 本周五开始发售, 三月 11 并可以通过购买 Bellator.com, 以及 Ticketmaster.comor the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena Box Office. A special presale will take place on Thursday, 三月 10.
Also scheduled for a return to action, Honolulu’s own former Women’s Flyweight World ChampionIlima雷·麦克法兰 (11-1) will return home to compete againstJustine Kish (7-5) 作为无. 1 ranked women’s flyweight looks to start her journey back to a world title in the same arena two of the most memorable BELLATOR main events in recent memory took place. Opening the four-fight main card is another BELLATOR Bantamweight World Grand Prix quarterfinal matchup between No. 2-最轻量级 补丁混合 (15-1) and former BELLATOR and Rizin Bantamweight World Champion堀口恭司 (29-4).
Current BELLATOR Bantamweight World Champion Sergio “The Phenom” Pettis sits at No. 7 on the promotion’s pound-for-pound list. He successfully defended his belt for the first time against former BELLATOR 135-pound titleholder Kyoji Horiguchi with a “knockout of the year” style finish atBELLATOR 272 十二月. The hard-hitting Midwesterner out of Milwaukee originally captured the crown by outpointing former champion Juan Archuleta. The younger brother of former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will be in for one of the toughest fights of his career when he takes on Raufeon Stots. 斯托茨, who used to train alongside Pettis for several years, has been flawless since making his promotion debut in December 2019. He most recently scored a dominant unanimous decision victory over Magomed Magomedov atBELLATOR 264.
Featherweight world champion and top-ranked women’s pound-for-pound fighter Cris “Cyborg” has made three straight title defenses including a second-round submission of Arlene Blencowe in 2020, which surprisingly is the lone submission victory of her storied career. The Brazilian native who currently fights out of Las Vegas, 内华达州. is a “Grand Slam Champion” having won belts in four different organizations. She sports 20 wins by finish with victories over elite competition including Holly Holm, 莱斯利·史密斯 (两次), Gina Carano and aims to further her legacy as the greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time in the rematch versus Blencowe. Australia’s Blencowe is BELLATOR’s No. 6 pound-for-pound female fighter and the No. 1 羽量级排名. She has won five of her last six fights and earned her shot at the world title rematch with a unanimous decision over Pam Sorenson at BELLATOR 271 十一月.
Currently BELLATOR’s No. 2 最轻量级, Patchy Mix recently defeated James Gallagher via submission in his last outing at BELLATOR 270 在都柏林. Mix has made a name for himself in the BELLATOR cage by displaying impressive submissions and his lone professional loss came to former champion Juan Archuleta. He now faces Horiguchi, another former world champion who hails from Takasaki, 日本. The American Top Team prodigy Horiguchi became a simultaneous, 两次晋级冠军 2019 after he upset then-BELLATOR champion Darrion Caldwell while also holding the RIZIN Championship. After he was forced to relinquish his BELLATOR title due to an injury, Horiguchi nearly got his hands back on BELLATOR’s title but was stopped by current champion Sergio Pettis in December. The No. 5 ranked bantamweight now aims to get back in the winning column and recapture his belt, along with the million-dollar prize that awaits the winner of the BELLATOR Bantamweight World Grand Prix.
Bantamweight World Title Bout: Ç-Sergio Pettis (22-5) VS. #3-Raufeon索陶 (17-1) Featherweight World Title Bout: Ç-Cris “Cyborg” (25-2, 1 NC) VS. #1-Arlene Blencowe (15-8) 飞锤布特: #1-Ilima雷·麦克法兰 (11-1) VS. Justine Kish(7-5) Bantamweight World Grand Prix Bout: #2-补丁混合 (15-1) VS. #5-堀口恭司 (29-4)
UNDEFEATED WORLD CHAMPIONA.J. MCKEETO DEFEND BELLATOR MMA 145-POUND WORLD TITLE IN REMATCH AGAINST FORMER NUMBER ONE POUND-FOR-POUND & TWO-DIVISION CHAMPIONPATRICIO PITBULL
205-POUND CHAMPIONVADIM NEMKOVTO BATTLE TOP-RANKEDCOREY ANDERSON 对于 $1 MILLION PRIZE IN BELLATOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX FINAL
BELLATOR 277SET FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 15, AT 10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PTLIVE ON SHOWTIME INSIDE THE SAP CENTER IN SAN JOSE, CALIF.
本周五发售的门票
LOS ANGELES (二月. 16, 2022) - Two outstanding world-championship showdowns. Four of BELLATOR MMA’s best pound-for-pound fighters. One highly anticipated rematch. The promotion’s all-time greatest athlete striving to avenge a highlight-reel loss to the company’s homegrown superstar. A tournament final awarding a seven-figure jackpot to the victor.
BELLATOR’s fourth phenomenal fight card of 2022 promises to be one for the ages.
Fresh off a 117-second destruction of his upcoming opponent and claiming the $1 million bounty at the BELLATOR MMA Featherweight World Grand Prix Finale, unbeaten BELLATOR Featherweight World TitleholderA.J. 麦基 (18-0) hopes to take the next step toward becoming the sport’s greatest fighter as he battles former top pound-for-pound and two-division champion帕特里西奥斗犬 (32-5) for the second time in less than nine months on Friday, 四月 15, 在10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT 住在Showtime.
In the co-feature ofBELLATOR 277: 麦基 vs. 比特犬 2 在圣何塞SAP中心, 加利福尼亚州。, current 205-pound BELLATOR MMA World Champion瓦迪姆Nemkov (15-2) will defend his title for the third time and aims to take home the $1 million prize three days before U.S. Tax Day when he squares off against the surging No. 1-排名竞争者科里·安德森(16-5)in the BELLATOR MMA Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix final.
门票BELLATOR MMA 277: 麦基 vs. 比特犬 2 本周五开始发售, 二月. 18 在两个Ticketmaster.com 和Bellator.comwith a special presale starting the day prior.
另外, four preliminary bouts have been announced including a mouthwatering matchup between two highly ranked heavyweights as No. 5-排名蒂姆·约翰逊 (15-8) faces surging No. 6-排名泰瑞尔财富(11-2, 1 NC) in a rematch fromBELLATOR 239.Their first fight ended with Johnson securing a win that earned great consideration for the 2020 KO of the Year. The preliminary bouts will stream live three hours earlier at7 P.M. ET / 4时三十分. PT 在 BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道上, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV.
In their historic initial matchup at the Forum in Inglewood, 加利福尼亚州。, McKee stunned Pitbull by landing a punishing left leg kick to the head at 1:40 of the opening stanza atBELLATOR MMA 263七月 31, 2021. The champion then continued the onslaught by unleashing a series of brutal unanswered head shots that floored the Brazilian legend.
Moments later as McKee prematurely raised his arms in celebration, Pitbull rose from the depths of defeat only to be greeted by a fighter hell bent on stealing his crown and claiming the $1 million prize. With the 25-time BELLATOR MMA veteran backed up against the fence, MMA’s brightest young brawler locked in a guillotine choke. With Pitbull seeming to lose consciousness, referee Mike Beltran halted matters at 1:57 开放框架.
“Hosting the world’s best mixed martial artists in the great city of San Jose is something that has been important to me during my career as a fight promoter and I’m happy to continue that with our card on April 15,” BELLATOR President Scott Coker said. “The rematch between A.J. McKee and Patricio Pitbull for the featherweight title, as well as our Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Final featuring Vadim Nemkov against Corey Anderson are two fights that could headline any event on their own, but we are bringing both to SAP Center at San Jose on the same night to show the fans here that we truly value their support throughout the years.”
A native of Long Beach, 加利福尼亚州。, BELLATOR’s top-rated pound-for-pound fighter has exceeded the lofty expectations placed on him since his professional debut three days following his 20日 生日. Armed with six knockouts and seven submissions, the Team Bodyshop product, 谁将会转 27 eight days before his rematch against Pitbull, has shown a knack for securing lightning-fast finishes with 10 coming in the first round. “Mercenary” has earned dominant victories over every fighter who has opposed him, including former World Champions Pitbull, 帕特·柯伦, 和达里昂考德威尔, who McKee submitted with a rare-modified neck crank that was later dubbed the “McKee-otine.” The winner of the 2020 Submission of the Year Award for his 71-second annihilation of Caldwell has fought a total of 33 rounds across 18 职业竞赛 (1.8 rounds per bout), while logging less than 41 total minutes in the BELLATOR cage since turning pro in August 2012.
吹嘘的比特犬兄弟二人组的一半, 帕特里西奥一直被认为是 BELLATOR MMA 皇冠上的明珠, where he currently sits at No. 3 in the BELLATOR MMA men’s pound-for-pound rankings. Holding a remarkable 32-5 record with wins over elite competition, including the likes of former World Champions Pat Curran, 胡安·阿丘利塔, and Daniel Straus (两次). 在 2019, the 34-year-old Brazilian captured the BELLATOR Lightweight World Championship from Michael Chandler, 成为第二位同时拥有两个冠军头衔的 BELLATOR 运动员. 同 23 完成于 37 专业的战斗, Pitbull has shown repeatedly that he possesses the well-rounded skillset required to reign over multiple weight classes.
Currently BELLATOR MMA’s second-ranked pound-for-pound fighter, Nemkov captured the BELLATOR MMA light heavyweight crown by defeating Ryan Bader via second-round TKO atBELLATOR MMA 244in August 2020. Riding a nine-fight winning streak dating back to June 2016, the ferocious 29-year-old sports seven first-round knockouts, with two in the initial minute of action. After successfully defending his light heavyweight belt by earning a tough unanimous decision over Phil Davis, the pride of Belgorod, Russia and Fedor Emelianenko protégé scored a fourth-round submission of late replacement Julius Anglickas in the semifinals of the BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix during his last outing on Oct. 16, 2021.
安德森, of Robbinsville, 新泽西州, has ascended to the top of the BELLATOR 205-pound rankings by vanquishing seven of his past eight opponents, including a third-round stoppage of Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov atBELLATOR MMA 257 四月 16, 2021. Exactly six months later atBELLATOR MMA 268, the Rockford, 生病了。, native walked into the cage to the spellbinding sounds of The Doors’ “Five to One,” and took the song title literally by knocking out Arizona State University wrestling legend Ryan Bader in 51 seconds in front of Bader’s hometown crowd at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. In his first promotional appearance, “Overtime” registered a second-round TKO over Dutch kickboxing legend Melvin Manhoef atBELLATOR MMA 251 十一月 2020. Prior to joining BELLATOR, Anderson tallied a 10-5 record with a rival promotion, winning “The Ultimate Fighter 19” tournament in 2014, and boasting impressive wins over Glover Teixeira, Jan Błachowicz and Johnny Walker, 等等.
另外较量将在近期公布。.
BELLATOR 277: McKEE VS. PITBULL 2主卡:
星期五, 四月 15 – 活下去开演时间
10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT
羽量级世界冠军: Ç–A.J. 麦基 (18-0) vs. No. 1-帕特里西奥斗犬 (15-5)
Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Final: Ç-瓦迪姆Nemkov (15-2) VS. 别. 1-科里·安德森 (16-5)
初步CARD:
BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道 | 欣欣体育YouTube频道 | 冥王星电视
7 P.M. ET / 4时三十分. PT
重量级回合: 别. 5-蒂姆·约翰逊(15-8) vs. No. 6-泰瑞尔财富(11-2, 1 NC)
天使-BELLATOR MMA 已经确认了完整的战斗卡BELLATOR MMA 274: 格雷西 vs. 斯托利这个星期六, 二月. 19, 在金神体育馆安卡斯维尔, 康涅狄格州. SHOWTIME will televise the phenomenal main card live at9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT.
另外, nine thrilling preliminary fights will stream live three hours earlier on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV 开始于6 P.M. 和 / 下午 3 点. PT.
在晚上的重头戏, 别. 4-排名奈曼格雷西(11-2) 将带上 BELLATOR 手套 12日consecutive time when he takes on former four-time collegiate All-American wrestler and No. 5-排名洛根Storley(12-1) in a five-round clash of top-5 welterweights. 在协调功能回合, 前 BELLATOR 次中量级冠军，没有. 9-排名安德烈Koreshkov (24-4) 将恢复行动并打开他的 2002 campaign against Alliance MMA product and owner of seven first-round finishes机会相遇(16-4) of Pawhuska, 俄克拉何马州.
The updated and complete listing of bouts can be found below.
