RAFAEL CARVALHO DEFENDS MIDDLEWIGHT TITLE AGAINST GEGARD MOUSASI IN NEW HEADLINER, WHILE ‘MVP’ TAKES ON DAVID RICKELS IN CO-MAIN
ЛОС АНГЕЛЕС – Due to injury, Мирко Цро Цоп can no longer compete in his highly anticipated Bellator debut atБеллатор 200 против Рои Нелсон. Као резултат, the Беллатор 200 main event now sees reigning middleweight champРафаел Царвалхо (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 Мајкл "Веном" Страница (12-0), better known as “MVP,” againstДејвид рицкелс (19-4, 2 НЦ) у велтер. Беллатор 200 одржава се у петак, Мај 25 at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London and will air on Paramount Network at 9 п.м. ЕТ / 8 п.м. ЦТ.
The main card also includes former titleholder Пхил Давис (18-4) преузимајући Линтон Васселл (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, Беллатор 200 will also feature plenty of exciting preliminary matchups showcasing many of the U.K.’s top young talent. Непоражен Anastasia Yankova (5-0) returns against the always-tough Кате Јацксон (9-3-1), while a trio of former BAMMA champions are in action when former middleweight champion Mike Shipman (11-1) туче Carl Noon (7-2), former BAMMA featherweight kingpin Daniel Crawford (10-1) challenges Педро Царвалхо (6-3) and former BAMMA lightweight titlist Ryan Scope (11-1) лица Martyn Harris(4-4). Fans will see Bellator veteran Анатолиј Токов (25-3) clash with Vladimir Filipovic (10-2), SBG Ireland-productЦхарлие Вард (4-3) in action against Louis King (1-1) and Mousasi-trained prospect Costello van Steenis (9-1) састанак Kevin Fryer (6-2).
Tickets for the event are on sale now at The SSE Arena, Wembley box office (0844 815 0815), Тицкетмастер.цом,ssearena.co.uk и axs.com. Беллатор 200 will be broadcast on Paramount Network at 9 п.м. ЕТ / 8 п.м. ЦТ, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App beginning at 12:30 п.м. ET/9:30 а.м. ПТ.
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