RAFAEL CARVALHO DEFENDS MIDDLEWIGHT TITLE AGAINST GEGARD MOUSASI IN NEW HEADLINER, WHILE ‘MVP’ TAKES ON DAVID RICKELS IN CO-MAIN

Лос Анджелис – Due to injury, Mirko Cro Cop can no longer compete in his highly anticipated Bellator debut atBellator 200 срещу Roy Nelson. Като резултат, на Bellator 200 main event now sees reigning middleweight champРафаел Carvalho (15-1) defend his title against top contender Gegard Mousasi (43-6-2) в афера от пет кръга, while the co-main event features undefeated British striker Michael "Venom" Page (12-0), better known as “MVP,” againstDavid Рикелс (19-4, 2 NC) в полусредна категория. Bellator 200 се провежда петък, Май 25 в SSE Arena, Wembley in London and will air on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT.

 

 

 

The main card also includes former titleholder Phil Davis (18-4) поемането на Линтън Васел (18-6) in a light heavyweight matchup and reality star turned MMA fighter Aaron Chalmers (3-0) making his promotional debut against fellow BritАш Грифитс (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. Непобеждаван Anastasia Yankova (5-0) returns against the always-tough Кейт Джаксън (9-3-1), while a trio of former BAMMA champions are in action when former middleweight champion Майк Шипман (11-1) битки Carl Noon (7-2), former BAMMA featherweight kingpin Даниел Крофорд (10-1) предизвикателства Педро Карвальо (6-3) and former BAMMA lightweight titlist Ryan Scope (11-1) лица Martyn Harris(4-4). Fans will see Bellator veteran Анатолий Токов (25-3) clash with Vladimir Filipovic (10-2), SBG Ireland-productЧарли Уорд (4-3) в действие срещу Louis King (1-1) and Mousasi-trained prospect Costello van Steenis (9-1) среща Kevin Fryer (6-2).

 

 

 

Билетите за събитието се продават сега в The SSE Arena, Wembley box office (0844 815 0815), Ticketmaster.com,ssearena.co.uk и axx.com. Bellator 200 will be broadcast on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App beginning at 12:30 p.m. И / 9:30 А.М. PT.

 

 

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