MICHAEL MCDONALD CHALLENGES FORMER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION EDUARDO DANTAS IN CO-MAIN EVENT
LOS ANGELES - 在周五, 七月 13, 朱莉婭·巴德 (11-2) will defend her featherweight world title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace塔利塔諾蓋拉 (7-0), 在主要事件 Bellator 202 at WinStar World Casino and Resort. 此外, the co-headliner will feature former Bellator world champion愛德華多·丹塔斯 (20-5) 承擔 邁克爾·麥克唐納 (18-4) in a bantamweight clash of top contenders.
Bellator 202: 巴德VS. 核桃 will be broadcast live and free on Paramount Network at 9 P.M. ET / 8時三十分. CT, 而初步行動將在流 Bellator.com和全球的 Bellator移動應用. Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday, 四月 20 and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, 以及通過特瑪和Bellator.com. 另外的較量將在未來幾週內公佈.
朱莉婭·巴德, the only fighter to sit atop Bellator women’s featherweight division, has bested Germaine de Randamie, 阿琳Blencowe 和 馬洛斯沙科嫩 amongst other names over the course of her eight-year mixed martial arts career. “The Jewel” is also the only woman to defeat Gina Carano in Muay-Thai competition. 現在, the Canada-native and former STRIKEFORCE competitor, returns to Oklahoma, where she makes her second title defense since winning the belt last year atBellator 174.
Talita Nogueira had already been crowned a world champion in jiu-jitsu prior to testing her hand in MMA. “Treta” went undefeated in six MMA contests in her home town of Sao Paulo, Brazil between 2009 和 2013, before signing to compete with Bellator. Originally slated to fight Budd atBellator 133, Nogueira suffered an injury that forced her to withdraw from the contest. Her highly-anticipated promotional debut ultimately took place atBellator 182, where the 32-year-old scored a first-round submission over阿曼達·貝爾. The Demain Maia-trained fighter now gets a second chance to compete against Budd, and this time, the world championship is on the line.
Former two-time world champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas has proven himself a perennial top-10 bantamweight fighter with impressive performances over喬·沃倫, 馬科斯加爾旺 (2倍), Wilson Reis and Zach Makovsky. 該Bellator季 5 tournament champion has strung together an impressive 10-2 record with Bellator during his seven-year tenure with the promotion. The 29-year-old trains alongside the likes of Jose Aldo at the famed Nova Uniao team in his home town of Rio de Janeiro and is looking for another shot at Bellator gold.
Fighting professionally since the age of 16, McDonald has been a mainstay in the bantamweight rankings for the better part of 11 歲月. The exciting Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has amassed an astonishing finishing rate, reaching the judges’ scorecards only three times in his 22 打架. “Mayday” made his Bellator debut in 2017, scoring a victory over彼得·利吉爾, despitefracturing his handearly in the fight. Now that his hand has fully healed, the former world title challenger from Modesto, 加利福尼亞州. will look to defeat Dantas July 13 on Paramount Network.
CHRIS HONEYCUTT BATTLES UNDEFEATED JIU-JITSU ACE RAFAEL LOVATO JR. IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
LOS ANGELES– The Bellator women’s featherweight championship will be up for grabs on星期五, 十二月. 1 什麼時候 朱莉婭·巴德 (10-2) defends her title in a rematch against阿琳Blencowe (10-6) 在 Bellator 189inside WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, 俄克拉何馬州。, the same venue where Budd captured the inaugural belt earlier this year.
此外, the co-main event ofBellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 will feature a middleweight contest pitting rising contender克里斯·哈尼科特 (10-1) 對不敗 小拉斐爾·洛瓦托（Rafael Lovato）. (6-0). Additional main card and preliminary bouts will be announced in the coming weeks.
The event will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. 門票 Bellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 現已公開發售，並可在溫斯塔賭場和度假村的票房購買, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.
A STRIKEFORCE veteran, Budd enters the Bellator cage on十二月. 1as the first and only women’s featherweight champion in promotional history. Currently in the midst of an eight-fight, six-year winning streak, the British Columbia native owns victories over the course of her career against馬洛斯沙科嫩, Germaine de Randamie, as well as Gina Carano in kickboxing. Budd has also previously competed at bantamweight, going toe-to-toe with both Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey during her tenure in STRIKEFORCE. Continuing the trend of taking on top-flight competition, Budd meets Blencowe atBellator 189,in her second main event with Bellator.
The fighting pride of New South Wales, 澳大利亞, Arlene Blencowe enters her fight with Budd riding a three-fight winning streak, most recently edging out a split decision against西尼德·卡瓦納 八月. A former world champion boxer under the World Boxing Federation and Women’s International Boxing Association, “Angerfist” nearly defeated Budd during theirprevious meeting atBellator 162. A proud mother of two, the 34-year-old now has a chance to add more gold to her mantle, this time coming in the form of a Bellator MMA championship.
Since making the jump from welterweight to middleweight, the Fresno, Calif.-based Chris Honeycutt feels as though he is right at home in his newfound division. Riding a wave of momentum, which most recently culminated in a vicious stoppage againstKevin Casey, “The Cutt” must now get through BJJ ace Rafael Lovato Jr. The undefeated Lovato Jr. has experienced his own wave of success since signing with Bellator, including a submission victory overMike “Biggie” Rhodes. These two middleweights will meet in the co-main event ofBellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 in an exciting battle between a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling All-American at Edinboro University taking on a World Jiu-Jitsu and World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu champion.
更新 Bellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 戰卡:
Women’s Featherweight World Title Main Event: 朱莉婭·巴德 (10-2) VS. 阿琳Blencowe (10-6)
Middleweight Co-Main Event: 克里斯·哈尼科特 (10-1) VS. 小拉斐爾·洛瓦托（Rafael Lovato）. (6-0)
