LOS ANGELES– The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s doubleheader return to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, 康涅狄格州. 2月. 15 and Feb. 16 has been completed with two stacked five-fight main cards and exciting preliminary matchups.
The main event of Friday’s card on Paramount Network, and simulcast on DAZN, will feature a heavyweight headliner, where former Bellator Grand Prix Semifinalist馬特·米特里恩 (13-6) faces Russian knockout artist謝爾蓋Kharitonov (29-7, 1 NC). Rounding out the stacked main card will see undefeated洛根Storley (9-0) meet SBG Dublin’s離子帕斯庫 (18-9) 在次中量級, former Bellator bantamweight champ愛德華多·丹塔斯 (20-6) return from injury to meet Hawaii’s托比Misech (12-6) at 135-pounds, and the electric邁克Kimbel (2-0) making his main card debut against Rhode Island’s 約翰·杜馬 (3-1). The opener ofBellator 215will be the promotional debut of奧斯汀Vanderford (6-0), who looks to remain undefeated againstCody Jones (6-2), a winner of four consecutive fights.
The prelims forBellator 215: 米特廖VS. Kharitonov will be highlighted by a women’s featherweight contest featuring琥珀Leibrock(3-2) 針對 阿曼達·貝爾 (5-5), as well as top heavyweight prospect史蒂夫莫里 (5-0) 承擔 Darion Abbey(親亮相).
A mere 24-hours later, Bellator 216will take place exclusively on DAZN and will be headlined by one of the most intense grudge matches in MMA history. 週六, 二月. 16,不敗 邁克爾“毒液”頁面 (13-0) will enter the Bellator cage against 58-fight professional保羅“Semtex型爆炸物”戴利 (40-16-2) in a first-round fight of Bellator’s Welterweight World Grand Prix. The co-main event is a rematch between two heavyweights who undoubtedly will go down in the sport’s history books, 什麼時候 米爾科·克羅馬警察 (37-11-2, 1 NC) 他的 Bellator 首秀對陣 羅伊“大國”尼爾森 (23-16).
此外, a No. 1 contender’s bout to determine who will face newly crowned heavyweight kingpin Ryan Bader will pit謝赫·金剛 (29-10-2) 對不敗, longtime former Bellator heavyweight champion維塔利Minakov (21-0). An intriguing welterweight encounter between雅羅斯拉夫Amosov (20-0) 和總是令人興奮埃里克席爾瓦 (20-9, 1 NC) is also official, as is the professional debut of multi-time taekwondo champion瓦萊麗Loureda, when she meets Oklahoma’sColby Fletcher(1-2) in the main card opener.
As if that wasn’t enough top-flight action, 泰瑞爾財富 (5-0), one of Bellator’s top homegrown prospects returns to the Bellator cage againstRyan Pokryfky(6-5) in the featured preliminary bout ofBellator 216: MVP vs. 戴利.
Bellator: 米特廖VS. Kharitonovwill be broadcast Friday, 二月 15 on Paramount Network at 9 P.M. ET / 8時三十分. CT and will stream LIVE on DAZN. Bellator: MVP vs. 戴利 will stream exclusively on DAZN on Saturday, 二月 16 在 10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT. Preliminary action for both events will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App.
Tickets for both events are available now and can be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com. Fans can save when they purchase tickets to both events through the “Back-to-Back Pack!” Please visit Ticketmaster.com for more details.
完成 Bellator 215: 米特廖VS. Kharitonov 主卡:
Heavyweight Main Event Bout:馬特·米特里恩 (13-6) VS. 謝爾蓋Kharitonov (29-7, 1 NC)
次中量級聯手主賽事: 洛根Storley (9-0) VS. 離子帕斯庫 (18-9)
輕量級主卡布特: 愛德華多·丹塔斯 (20-6) VS. 托比Misech (12-6)
輕量級主卡布特: 邁克Kimbel (2-0) VS. 約翰·杜馬 (3-1)
175-Pound Catchweight Main Card Bout: 奧斯汀Vanderford (6-0) VS. Cody Jones (6-2)
初步卡:
重量級的初步回合: 史蒂夫莫里 (5-0) VS. Darion Abbey (親亮相)
羽初步回合: 琥珀Leibrock (3-2) VS. 阿曼達·貝爾 (5-5)
中量級初步回合: 帕特McCrohan (3-2) VS. Jason Markland (登場)
Atomweight Preliminary Bout: Tabatha Watkins(3-0) VS. Lindsey VanZandt (4-1)
羽初步回合: 皮特·羅傑斯 (3-4) VS. Jason Rine (1-4)
羽初步回合: Matt Probin(3-0) VS. Ali Zebian(1-0)
飛錘初步回合: Zarrukh Adashev (1-1) VS. Ronie Arana (0-2)
重量級初步回合: 比利·高夫 (1-0) VS. Ryan Hardy(親亮相)
完成 Bellator 216: MVP vs. 戴利 主卡:
Welterweight World Grand Prix Matchup:邁克爾頁 (13-0) VS. 保羅·戴利 (40-16-2)
重量級的合作主要事件: 米爾科·克羅馬警察 (37-11-2, 1 NC) VS. 羅伊·尼爾森 (23-16)
重量級主卡布特: 謝赫·金剛 (29-10-2) VS. 維塔利Minakov (21-0)
重量級主卡布特: 雅羅斯拉夫Amosov (20-0) VS. 埃里克席爾瓦 (20-9, 1 NC)
飛錘主卡布特: 瓦萊麗Loureda (親亮相) VS. Colby Fletcher(1-2)
初步卡:
重量級的初步回合: 泰瑞爾財富 (5-0) VS. Ryan Pokryfky (6-5)
輕量級初步回合: Patrick Casey (4-0) VS. Nekruz Mirkhojaev (3-2)
重量級初步回合: 維尼修斯·德熱蘇斯 (6-2) VS. Rodolpho Barcellos (1-0)
165-英鎊Catchweight布特: 傑瑪卡斯特里奧特· (2-2, 1 NC) VS. Kemran Lachinov (7-2)
輕量級初步回合: Reginaldo Felix (5-2) VS. 賈斯汀薩姆特 (6-2)
中量級初步回合: Jesse Kosakowski (2-0) VS. Rodolfo Rocha (1-1)
重量級初步回合:Demetrius Plaza (親亮相) VS. Andrews Rodriguez (1-0)
RORY MACDONALD DEFENDS WORLD TITLE AGAINST JON FITCH IN OPENING ROUND OF WELTERWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX
ALSO, UNDEFEATED FLYWEIGHT CHAMP ILIMA-LEI MACFARLANE MEETS VETA ARTEAGA IN THE CO-MAIN EVENT
LOS ANGELES– The fourth and final opening round matchup in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix will feature Bellator’s current welterweight champion羅裡·麥克唐納 (20-5) defending his title in the tournament against喬恩惠譽(31-7-1, 1 NC) when Bellator returns to the Bay Area inside SAP Center at San Jose on Saturday, 四月 27.
此外, undefeated Bellator flyweight championIlima雷·麥克法蘭(9-0) will return to action against Boise, Idaho’s女傑阿特亞加(5-2) in the co-headliner. 另外的較量將在未來幾週內公佈.
An exclusive online presale for this event takes place Wednesday, 一月. 30 至週四, 一月. 31, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday, 二月. 1 在 10 A.M. PT. Tickets will be available at the ThreatMetrix Ticket Office at SAP Center at San Jose, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.
Inarguably one of the greatest 170-pound fighters walking the planet, Rory MacDonald returns to the welterweight division following a once-in-a-lifetime “champion vs. champion” matchup againstGegard Mousasi 在 2018. 現在, “The Red King” sets his sights on one million dollars and clearing the landscape at welterweight, entering a tournament where he will defend his belt each and every time he steps inside the cage. First up for the British Columbia, Canada-native is Jon Fitch, a 40-fight veteran who has gone toe-to-toe with the some of the sport’s best, including Georges St-Pierre, B.J. 佩恩, Jake Shields and保羅·戴利. 現在, 離家近, the AKA trained-fighter will have his first shot at Bellator gold.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane closed out 2018 in style, remaining undefeated and defending her title in front of a sold-out Blaisdell Arena during Bellator’s debut in Hawaii. Finishing瓦萊麗·萊托諾via submission was the toughest test of the 28-year-old’s budding career, but now it’s back to business for the only flyweight champion in Bellator history, as she puts her belt on the line against Veta Arteaga in the co-main event. A native of Boise, 愛達荷州, Arteaga has called Bellator home since 2016, when she made her promotional debut against Macfarlane’s Team Hurricane Awesome teammate Jackie Vandenburgh, a fight she won via unanimous decision. 現在, after racking up three more victories, including wins against Bellator Kickboxing champion丹妮絲·基爾霍爾茨（Denise Kielholtz）and former flyweight title challengerEmily Ducote, 31-year-old Arteaga is ready for her opportunity to become champion.
LOS ANGELES– The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s return to the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, 加利福尼亞州. 上月. 26 has been completed with a five-fight main card and 11 preliminary contests.
The main event of the card will feature the Finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix, where the greatest heavyweight of all-time費多爾艾米連科 (38-5, 1 NC) faces current light heavyweight champ瑞安貝德 (26-5) for the Bellator world heavyweight title. The co-main event will feature the highly touted prospect亞倫微微 (4-1) against the always-tough亨利·科拉萊斯 (16-3) 在輕量級.
此外, professional wrestling superstar傑克·黑格begins his MMA career againstJ·W. 凱瑟 (1-1) 重量級, 胡安·阿丘利塔 (21-1) 廣場與關閉瑞奇托盤 (11-1) in a battle of surging bantamweights andAdel Altamimi(7-5), a coach with Jay Glazer’s Merging Vets and Players program, will make his Bellator debut againstBrandon McMahan (5-6) in the main card opener. The prelims forBellator 214: 費多爾VS. 巴德爾will feature the anticipated MMA debut of jiu-jitsu aceA.J. Agazarm (0-0) 針對Jesse Roberts(0-0), as well as the Bellator debut of 2016 Greco-Roman Word team member克里斯·岡薩雷斯(1-0) 承擔Henry Mendez(0-1) and Lyoto Machida-training partner, 韋伯阿爾梅達 (1-0), 面對Odan Chinchilla(1-0) 在最輕量級.
門票Bellator 214: 費多爾VS. 巴德爾are on sale now and can be purchased at the Forum box office, as well as Bellator.com and Ticketmaster.com. 本次活動將進行現場直播，並免費派拉蒙網絡上的 9 P.M. ET / 8時三十分. CT and will be simulcast live on DAZN. Preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App.
完成Bellator: 費多爾VS. 巴德爾戰卡:
Heavyweight World Grand Prix Finals Main Event: 費多爾艾米連科(38-5, 1 NC) 與瑞安貝德(26-5)
ALSO,TICKETS FOR BELLATOR: KORESHKOV VS. LARKIN ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, 十二月 14
LOS ANGELES– Bellator returns to Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, 加利福尼亞州. 在週五, 三月 29 with an exciting welterweight clash, as former 170-pound world champion安德烈Koreshkov (21-3) squares off against Southern California native勞倫斯·拉金 (20-7, 1 NC) in the headliner.
Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday, 十二月 14 and will be available at the Pechanga box office, 以及Bellator.com, Ticketmaster.com and Pechanga.com. 本次活動將進行現場直播，並免費派拉蒙網絡上的 9 P.M. ET / 8時三十分. CT and simulcast on DAZN.com, 而初步行動將流於Bellator.com和全球的Bellator移動應用. 另外的較量將在未來幾週內公佈.
Hailing from Omsk, 俄羅斯, 28-year-old Andrey Koreshkov will enter this bout on the heels of a 23-minute marathon with道格拉斯·利馬in the opening round of the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix only a few months ago. “Spartan” will be making his 16th career appearance for Bellator and his first of his 2019 運動. Since joining Bellator, Koreshkov has tallied a dozen victories over his six-year stint, emphasized by a welterweight world title win over former division king道格拉斯·利馬 在Bellator 140. Training alongside another former Bellator champion in亞歷山大Shlemenko, Koreshkov has earned 21 career wins over 24 結束, 含 15 finishes since making his professional debut in 2010. 他的 15 完成, 12 have come by way of knockout and 10 via first-round KO, making the Russian knockout artist one of the toughest tests Larkin has ever faced. Koreshkov will look to add to an already impressive professional resume when he returns to action at Pechanga Resort Casino on March 29.
Larkin enters a pivotal main event matchup following a pair of victories over岡薩雷斯 在Bellator 193和離子帕斯庫 在Bellator 207. The official alternate in Bellator’s Welterweight World Grand Prix, “Da Monsoon” has held his own against the promotion’s elite, also competing against道格拉斯·利馬 和保羅·戴利. Proudly hailing from Riverside, 加利福尼亞州。, Pechanga Resort Casino provides an ideal site for the Millenia MMA-product to extend his current winning streak and put on a show for a raucous partisan crowd. 同 11 他 20 career victories coming via knockout, the 32-year-old striker hopes to add yet another former champion to his list of victims when he takes on Koreshkov in Temecula.
FRIDAY NIGHT HEADLINED BY MATT MITRIONE VS. SERGEI KHARITONOV IN HEAVYWEIGHT CLASH
SATURDAY’S CARD TO FEATURE ‘MVP’ VS. PAUL DALEY IN WELTERWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX GRUDGE MATCH & A HEAVYWEIGHT NO. 1 CONTENDER’S BOUT PITTING CHEICK KONGO AGAINST VITALY MINAKOV
LOS ANGELES - 二月 15 和 16, Bellator returns to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, 康涅狄格州. for two back-to-back nights of exciting MMA action.
在週五, the event will be anchored by a heavyweight battle between馬特·米特里恩 (13-6) 和謝爾蓋Kharitonov (29-7, 1 NC), while Saturday’s show will see the long-awaited matchup between邁克爾“毒液”頁面 (13-0) 和保羅·戴利 (40-16-2) headline in a Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix opening round pairing. 此外, the card will also see a heavyweight No. 1 contender’s bout between謝赫·金剛 (29-10-2) and undefeated former Bellator heavyweight champion維塔利Minakov (21-0).
Tickets for both events are available early through an exclusive Bellator Nation pre-sale beginning Wednesday, 十二月. 5 在 10 A.M. AND. 門票將於週五向公眾發售, 十二月. 7 在 10 A.M. AND. Tickets can be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com. Fans can save when they purchase tickets to both events through the “Back-to-Back Pack!” Please visit Ticketmaster.com for more details.
Bellator: 米特廖VS. Kharitonovwill be broadcast Friday, 二月 15 on Paramount Network at 9 P.M. ET / 8時三十分. CT and will stream LIVE on DAZN.
Bellator: MVP vs. 戴利will stream exclusively on DAZN on Saturday, 二月 16 在 10 P.M. ET /下午7時. PT. Preliminary action for both events will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App. 另外的較量將在未來幾週內公佈.
Fresh off an impressive semi-final run in Bellator’s Heavyweight World Grand Prix, Matt Mitrione returns to action on February 15 against a true veteran in Sergei Kharitonov. The former Purdue football defensive lineman splits his training between Indianapolis and Combat Club in South Florida, and is in the best shape of his fighting career. 最近, Mitrione has defeated羅伊·尼爾森 和費多爾艾米連科, adding to an already-impressive list of career victories.The man dubbed “The Paratrooper,” Kharitonov 擁有一份同樣著名的 MMA 簡歷, with the 38-year-old scoring wins against some of the sport’s most marquee names, including an incredible performance against Roy Nelson, as well as Fabricio Werdum, 安德烈Arlovski, 佩德羅裡佐, Murilo “Ninja” Rua and Alistair Overeem.
One of the most unorthodox strikers to ever compete for Bellator, 自從 2017 年與該組織簽約以來，“MVP”一直在次中量級隊伍中穩步前進。 2013. Known for his antics both inside the cage and out, 邁克爾·佩奇的每一場打鬥都是必看的娛樂節目. 擁有不敗戰績 13-0, 和 11 那些勝利是通過停賽取得的, the 31-year-old out of London Shootfighters finally meets up with fellow Brit and longtime rival, 保羅·戴利. A veteran of Strikeforce, UFC and BAMMA, Nottingham’s Daley has competed professionally since 2003. Throughout his career, “Semtex” has been one half of some of the most memorable bouts in MMA history, 包括knockout of the year over Brennan Ward in 2017.
A rematch ofBellator 115, Cheick Kongo will look for redemption against Bellator’s longest reigning heavyweight champion, when Vitaly Minakov returns for his first fight with the promotion since 2014. A winner of seven straight, including two consecutive first-round knockouts over蒂莫西·約翰遜和Javy阿亞拉, Kongo has earned the opportunity to compete in a No. 1 contender’s bout. Undefeated as a professional, Minakov earned a victory against Alexander Volkov, as well as a previous win against Kongo, in his previous Bellator stint, and later continued his winning ways in Russia against “Bigfoot” Silva and Tony Johnson. The two now meet to determine who will go on to face the winner of Fedor Emelianenko and瑞安貝德.
更新Bellator: 米特廖VS. Kharitonov戰卡:
Heavyweight Main Event Bout:馬特·米特里恩 (13-6) 與謝爾蓋Kharitonov(29-7, 1 NC)
更新Bellator: MVP vs. 戴利戰卡:
Welterweight World Grand Prix Matchup:邁克爾頁 (13-0) 與保羅·戴利(40-16-2)
LOS ANGELES - Following his exciting back-and-forth championship bout atBellator 209earlier this month, 伊曼紐爾·桑切斯 (17-4) quickly returns to featherweight action on Friday, 三月 22 at WinStar World Casino and Resort against one of Bellator’s newest European signings, 阿什利格里姆肖 (20-10-1, 3 NC).
The 28-year-old, nicknamed “El Matador,” will serve as Bellator’s headliner for the second consecutive time in his 13th fight with the promotion. A homegrown fighter from the famed Roufusport MMA Academy in Milwaukee has defeated a who’s who of 145-pounders including former champions丹尼爾·斯特勞斯 和Marcos Galvao, as well as standouts山姆西西里, Justin Lawrence and Georgi Karakhanyan. 現在, Sanchez looks to immediately put himself back into contender status with a tough test on March 22.
Based out of London, Ashleigh “The White Wolf” Grimshaw has competed professionally since 2003, amassing more than 30 professional bouts across the European MMA scene. Unbeaten in his last four contests, Grimshaw has finished his opponent 18 times in his 20 勝利. 現在, set for his promotional debut with Bellator, the 36-year-old will be looking to make noise in a division currently championed by帕特里西奧“鬥犬”弗萊雷.
更新Bellator: VS桑切斯. Grimshaw戰卡:
Featherweight Main Event Bout:伊曼紐爾·桑切斯 (17-4) VS. 阿什利格里姆肖 (20-10-1, 3 NC)
LOS ANGELES - Bellator is pleased to announce that the organization’s current bantamweight titleholderDarrion考德威爾 (13-1) will represent the promotion in an exciting matchup against 2017 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix winner Kyoji Horiguchi (25-2). The two will compete for the inaugural Rizin bantamweight championship atRizin 14 週一, 十二月. 31 from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, 日本.
In the three-round (15-minute) Rizin FF world championship bout – which will be held in a ring under Rizin’s unique rule set – the victor of Caldwell vs. Horiguchi will leave Japan’s historic combat sports venue a Rizin FF champion. Caldwell’s Bellator bantamweight title will not be on the line in the contest.
The latest agreement between Bellator and Rizin FF furthers a collaboration between the two companies which has seen multiple athletes, 含 費多爾艾米連科, “莫景” 拉瓦爾 和久木加藤 除其他, compete interpromotionally, but never before has a title from either promotion been on the line.
“Working for the Japanese fight company K-1 was a magical time during my promotional career and I have always felt strongly that MMA in the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ would rise again. It truly is amazing to see what Nobuyuki Sakakibara has been able to do thus far with Rizin FF, so when he reached out to me about putting Darrion Caldwell against Kyoji Horiguchi for Rizin’s belt, we spoke to Darrion and he jumped at the opportunity,“Bellator總裁Scott Coker的說. “Bellator wants to support Rizin, and by sending our bantamweight champion to compete during their New Year’s Eve event, we look forward to this leading towards more collaboration between the two promotions in 2019. I want to wish Darrion luck in his quest to prove he is the best 135-pound fighter on the planet.”
“I am very grateful and honored that Bellator and Scott Coker would send us their unarguable bantamweight champion to fight for Rizin’s first-ever world title fight. This title fight will be a true champion vs. champion to determine the world’s best bantamweight fighter,” Rizin FF President Nobuyuki Sakakibara said. “We hope this kind gesture will kick off of a series of exciting matchups between both promotions in 2019. My dream would be that eventually we can co-promote a mega event in both countries with a ‘Champion Carnival’ taking place where stories and rivalries can be built and told.”
考德威爾, a 30-year-old Rahway, N.J. native and the current Bellator bantamweight champion, most recently moved up a weight class to challenge himself, successfully finishing veteran諾德一切. 從聖地亞哥出發, 加利福尼亞州。, “The Wolf” has emerged as one of the most well-rounded fighters in the world, collecting 10 victories since signing with Bellator in 2013. 該 2009 NCAA D-1 National Champion wrestler from NC State boasts a resume that includes five first-round finishes, a 25-minute war against愛德華多·丹塔斯to claim the world title and a textbook guillotine choke submission victory over萊昂德羅肥後in his first career title defense earlier this year. Caldwell will look for fifth consecutive win and a second world title belt when he enters the ring against Kyoji Horiguchi on New Year’s Eve in Japan.
