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” in 2022 in a big way with a main event featuring undisputed BELLATOR MMA Heavyweight Champion, Раян Бадер (29-7, 1 Паўночная Караліна) defending his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-ranked heavyweight Шэйх Конга (31-11-2, 1 Паўночная Караліна).
In addition to the main and co-main event, a lightweight tilt pitting the last man to defeat media darling Paddy Pimblett, Søren Bak (15-1) against England’s Сол Роджэрс (15-4) is also official. Bak has only tasted defeat once in his 16 professional fights and held both the featherweight and lightweight titles in Cage Warriors before joining the BELLATOR roster. Fighting out of Denmark, “The True Viking” is riding a seven-fight win streak into battle against the SBG Manchester product, Роджерс. Known as “The Hangman,” Rogers also has amassed 15 victories on his resume including wins over Artem Lobov, Ryan Hall and Georgi Karakhanyan.
The preliminary card is guaranteed to feature a showcase of French talent and has begun to take shape with the return of Іў Ланду (16-9), who takes on Liverpool’s Гэвін Х'юз (10-2) in a lightweight affair. Preliminary card action will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV beginning at 6:30 p.m. CEST/12:30 p.m. І.
Tickets for the fight are on sale now at accorarena.com і bellator.fr. Follow Bellator France on Instagram @BellatorFrance and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorFrance/
Барацьба з Маямі, Фларыда, Romero will be making his second BELLATOR appearance on May 6 у Парыжы. Following a seven-year stint under the direction of the UFC, the American Top Team-product became one of the most sought-after free agents prior to signing with the Scott Coker-led promotion in 2020. З 11 з яго 13 career victories coming by way of knockout, including four of the first-round variety, “Soldier of God” possesses the type of knockout power that can force any opponent into submission. A three-time World Cup Freestyle Wrestling Champion, five-time Pan-American Freestyle Wrestling Champion, і 2000 Olympics Freestyle Wrestling Silver Medalist, the Cuban-born Romero has continuously showcased his elite talents at the highest level of competition. The only missing trophy to a near-flawless legacy is a BELLATOR world title.
Making his tenth appearance for BELLATOR MMA, Dutch superstar Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef has put together an impressive resume throughout his illustrious career in multiple combat sports disciplines that has seen him finish 29 з яго 32 MMA victims via knockout, у тым ліку 26 in the first round and eight in the opening minute of action. A native of Amsterdam, Нідэрланды, the ageless wonder and No. 10-ranked BELLATOR light heavyweight will now look to add to a trio of impressive knockouts that he’s collected since joining the promotion back in 2014.
BELLATOR PARIS: BADER VS. KONGO 2 ГАЛОЎНАЯ КАРТА:
ЧАС ДЛЯ ШОЎ (U.S.) / RMC SPORT (ФРАНЦЫЯ) / BBC Three & BBC iPlayer (U.K.) / Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (ІРЛАНДЫЯ)
Пятніца, Мая 6, 10 p.m. CEST/9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. І / 1 ч. PT
Heavyweight World Title Main Event: #C-Раян Бадер (29-7, 1 Паўночная Караліна) супраць. #2-Шэйх Конга (31-11-2, 1 Паўночная Караліна)
У паўцяжкай сумесна Галоўнай падзеяй: Ёэль Рамэра (13-6) супраць. #10-Мелвін Манхуф (32-15-1, 2 Паўночная Караліна)
Лёгкі бой: Søren Bak (15-1) супраць. Сол Роджэрс (15-4)
Лёгкі бой: Іў Ланду (16-9) супраць. Гэвін Х'юз (10-2)
*Загаловак карты для змены.
Калі ласка, наведайце www.Bellator.fr і Bellator.com Для атрымання дадатковай інфармацыі.
Абноўлены расклад мерапрыемстваў BELLATOR
Сб, Лютага. 19 / / БЕЛАТАР ММА 274: Gracie vs. Storley // Mohegan Sun Arena // Ункасвилль, Канэктыкут.
Бясплатна. Лютага. 25 // БЕЛАТАР ММА 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford // 3Арэна // Дублін, IRE
Субота. Сакавіка 12 // БЕЛАТАР ММА 276: Borics vs. Burnell // The Family Arena // Вуліца. Луіс
Бясплатна. Мая 6 // BELLATOR PARIS: Бадер супраць. Kongo 2 // Accor Arena // Paris, FRA
Бясплатна. Мая 13 // BELLATOR LONDON: Amosov vs. MVP // Арэна SSE, Уэмблі // Лондан