LOS ANGELES – Bellator MMA is back in primetime on Thursday, נאוועמבער. 5 with a card headlined by an exciting battle featuring one of the promotion’s newest free agent acquisitions in Corey Anderson (13-5), who will make his highly anticipated Bellator debut against Dutch combat sports legend מעלווין מאַנהאָעף (32-14-1, 2 נק) in the stacked light heavyweight division. The action emanates from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, קאַן., where Bellator has held all its domestic shows since the promotion’s return to live events.
קבס ספורט נעטוואָרק וועט לופט בעללאַטאָר 251: מאַנהאָעף ווס. Anderson LIVE in all U.S. מאַרק, while preliminary matchups will stream on CBSSports.com and Bellator MMA’s YouTube channel. Additional bouts will be announced at a later date.
Legendary Dutch fighter Melvin Manhoef is one of the most feared and violent striking specialists in all of combat sports. מיט 29 פון זיין 32 career victories coming by way of knockout, “No Mercy” boasts one of the highest knockout percentage rates of any MMA fighter with at least 15 וויקטאָריעס. Manhoef has collected victories over iconic names in the sport, including Mark Hunt and Kazushi Sakuraba, throughout an illustrious career dating back to 1995, when he earned the first of many knockout victories at only 18 years of old. After stacking together two consecutive victories, including a TKO over Yannick Bahati in his last outing, Manhoef looks to spoil the much-hyped Bellator debut of Anderson in the main event of בעללאַטאָר 251.
Rockford, Illinois’ Corey Anderson joined Bellator’s light heavyweight division this past August after opting to depart the UFC. The winner of די לעצט פייטער צייַט 19 was ranked fourth in the UFC’s 205-pound division at the time of his departure, having defeated top opponents, including current champion Jan Blachowicz, Johnny Walker, Ilir Latifi and Glover Teixeira. Prior to honing his MMA under world-renowned BJJ ace Ricardo Almeida, the 31-year-old became a two-time NCAA All-American wrestler and earned his degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Overtime” will look to ascend to the top of a crowded Bellator light heavyweight class that includes champion וואַדים נעמקאָוו, פיל דייוויס, רייאַן באַדער, Lyoto Machida, נייַ-געקומענער Christian Edwards and former LFA champ Alex Polizzi.
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דערהייַנטיקט בעללאַטאָר 251: מאַנהאָעף ווס. Anderson Fight Card:
קבס ספורט נעטוואָרק
Light Heavyweight Main Event: מעלווין מאַנהאָעף (32-14-1, 2 נק) ווס. Corey Anderson (13-5)
*Card subject to change.