LOS ANGELES– The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s doubleheader return to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Коннектикут. сарын тухай. 15 and Feb. 16 has been completed with two stacked five-fight main cards and exciting preliminary matchups.
The main event of Friday’s card on Paramount Network, and simulcast on DAZN, will feature a heavyweight headliner, where former Bellator Grand Prix SemifinalistМэтт Mitrione (13-6) faces Russian knockout artistСергей Kharitonov (29-7, 1 Сүлжээний Холболт). Rounding out the stacked main card will see undefeatedЛоган Storley (9-0) meet SBG Dublin’sIon Pascu (18-9) welterweight нь, former Bellator bantamweight champЭдуардо Dantas (20-6) return from injury to meet Hawaii’sToby Misech (12-6) at 135-pounds, and the electricМайк Kimbel (2-0) making his main card debut against Rhode Island’sJohn Douma(3-1). The opener ofBellator 215will be the promotional debut ofAustin Vanderford (6-0), who looks to remain undefeated againstCody Jones (6-2), a winner of four consecutive fights.
The prelims forBellator 215: сүсэг Mitrione. Kharitonov will be highlighted by a women’s featherweight contest featuringAmber Leibrock(3-2) эсрэг Amanda Bell (5-5), as well as top heavyweight prospectSteve Mowry (5-0) дээр авч Darion Abbey(Pro Дэбют).
A mere 24-hours later, Bellator 216will take place exclusively on DAZN and will be headlined by one of the most intense grudge matches in MMA history. Бямба гаригт, Эцсийн. 16,гийн ялагдашгүй Майкл "хор" хуудас (13-0) will enter the Bellator cage against 58-fight professionalПаул "Semtex" Daley (40-16-2) in a first-round fight of Bellator’s Welterweight World Grand Prix. The co-main event is a rematch between two heavyweights who undoubtedly will go down in the sport’s history books, үед Мирко ОНХА Cop (37-11-2, 1 Сүлжээний Холболт) makes his Bellator debut againstРой "Том орон" Нелсон (23-16).
Үүнээс гадна, a No. 1 contender’s bout to determine who will face newly crowned heavyweight kingpin Ryan Bader will pitCheick Конго (29-10-2) гийн ялагдашгүй эсрэг, longtime former Bellator heavyweight championВиталий Minakov (21-0). An intriguing welterweight encounter betweenYaroslav Amosov (20-0) and the always-excitingErick Silva (20-9, 1 Сүлжээний Холболт) is also official, as is the professional debut of multi-time taekwondo championValerie Loureda, when she meets Oklahoma’sColby Fletcher(1-2) in the main card opener.
As if that wasn’t enough top-flight action, Tyrell Fortune (5-0), one of Bellator’s top homegrown prospects returns to the Bellator cage againstRyan Pokryfky(6-5) in the featured preliminary bout ofBellator 216: MVP vs. Дэли.
Bellator: сүсэг Mitrione. Kharitonovwill be broadcast Friday, Хоёрдугаар сар 15 on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT and will stream LIVE on DAZN. Bellator: MVP vs. Дэли will stream exclusively on DAZN on Saturday, Хоёрдугаар сар 16 үед 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. Preliminary action for both events will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App.
Tickets for both events are available now and can be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com. Fans can save when they purchase tickets to both events through the “Back-to-Back Pack!” Please visit Ticketmaster.com for more details.
