RAFAEL CARVALHO DEFENDS MIDDLEWIGHT TITLE AGAINST GEGARD MOUSASI IN NEW HEADLINER, WHILE ‘MVP’ TAKES ON DAVID RICKELS IN CO-MAIN
Лос-Анджэлес – Due to injury, Mirko Cro Cop can no longer compete in his highly anticipated Bellator debut atBellator 200 супраць Рой Нэльсан. У выніку, the Bellator 200 main event now sees reigning middleweight champРафаэль Карвалью (15-1) defend his title against top contender Гегард Мусаси (43-6-2) in a five-round affair, while the co-main event features undefeated British striker Майкл "Яд" Старонка (12-0), better known as “MVP,” againstДэвід Rickels (19-4, 2 Паўночная Караліна) у нападаючым вазе. Bellator 200 takes place Friday, Мая 25 на арэне SSE, Wembley in London and will air on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. Канэктыкут.
The main card also includes former titleholder Філ Дэвіс (18-4) прымаючы на Лінтан Vassell (18-6) in a light heavyweight matchup and reality star turned MMA fighter Aaron Chalmers (3-0) making his promotional debut against fellow BritAsh Griffiths (4-5). The remainder of the main card will be announced later this week.
Prior to the main card on Paramount Network, Bellator 200 will also feature plenty of exciting preliminary matchups showcasing many of the U.K.’s top young talent. Непераможаным Anastasia Yankova (5-0) returns against the always-tough Кейт Джэксан (9-3-1), while a trio of former BAMMA champions are in action when former middleweight champion Mike Shipman (11-1) баі Carl Noon (7-2), former BAMMA featherweight kingpin Daniel Crawford (10-1) challenges Пэдра Карвальо (6-3) and former BAMMA lightweight titlist Ryan Scope (11-1) асобы Martyn Harris(4-4). Fans will see Bellator veteran Анатоль Токаў (25-3) clash with Vladimir Filipovic (10-2), SBG Ireland-productЧарлі Уорд (4-3) in action against Louis King (1-1) and Mousasi-trained prospect Costello van Steenis (9-1) сустрэча Kevin Fryer (6-2).
Tickets for the event are on sale now at The SSE Arena, Wembley box office (0844 815 0815), Ticketmaster.com,ssearena.co.uk і axs.com. Bellator 200 will be broadcast on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. Канэктыкут, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App beginning at 12:30 p.m. І / 9:30 a.m. PT.
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