With mixed martial arts becoming legalized in France in 2020, BELLATOR became the first promotion to hold a major MMA event with Bellator 248 in October of that year. The success of that historic card propelled BELLATOR to make a return to “The City of Lights” in 2022 in a big way with a main event featuring undisputed BELLATOR MMA Heavyweight Champion, Ryan Bader (29-7, 1 NC) defending his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-ranked heavyweight Cheick Kongo (31-11-2, 1 NC).
In addition to the main and co-main event, a lightweight tilt pitting the last man to defeat media darling Paddy Pimblett, Søren Bak (15-1) against England’s Saulius Rodžersas (15-4) is also official. Bak has only tasted defeat once in his 16 professional fights and held both the featherweight and lightweight titles in Cage Warriors before joining the BELLATOR roster. Fighting out of Denmark, “The True Viking” is riding a seven-fight win streak into battle against the SBG Manchester product, Rogers. Known as “The Hangman,” Rogers also has amassed 15 victories on his resume including wins over Artem Lobov, Ryan Hall and Georgi Karakhanyan.
The preliminary card is guaranteed to feature a showcase of French talent and has begun to take shape with the return of Yvesas Landu (16-9), who takes on Liverpool’s Gavin Hughes (10-2) in a lightweight affair. Preliminary card action will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, „SHOWTIME“ sporto „YouTube“ kanalas ir „Pluto TV“ prasideda nuo 6:30 p.m. CEST/12:30 p.m. IR.
Tickets for the fight are on sale now at accorarena.com ir bellator.fr. Follow Bellator France on Instagram @BellatorFrance and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorFrance/
Kova iš Majamio, Floridos, Romero will be making his second BELLATOR appearance on May 6 Paryžiuje. Po septynerių metų darbo vadovaujant UFC, the American Top Team-product became one of the most sought-after free agents prior to signing with the Scott Coker-led promotion in 2020. Su 11 nuo jo 13 karjeros pergalės iškovotos nokautu, įskaitant keturias pirmos rūšies veisles, “Soldier of God” possesses the type of knockout power that can force any opponent into submission. Tris kartus pasaulio taurės laisvųjų imtynių čempionas, penkis kartus visos Amerikos laisvųjų imtynių čempionas, ir 2000 Olimpinių žaidynių laisvųjų imtynių sidabro medalininkas, Kuboje gimęs Romero nuolat demonstravo savo elitinius talentus aukščiausio lygio varžybose. Vienintelis trūkstamas trofėjus iki beveik nepriekaištingo palikimo yra BELLATOR pasaulio titulas.
Making his tenth appearance for BELLATOR MMA, Dutch superstar Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef has put together an impressive resume throughout his illustrious career in multiple combat sports disciplines that has seen him finish 29 nuo jo 32 MMA victims via knockout, įskirtinai 26 in the first round and eight in the opening minute of action. A native of Amsterdam, Nyderlandai, the ageless wonder and No. 10-ranked BELLATOR light heavyweight will now look to add to a trio of impressive knockouts that he’s collected since joining the promotion back in 2014.
BELLATOR PARIS: BADER VS. KONGO 2 PAGRINDINIS KORTELĖ:
Showtime (JAV) / RMC SPORT (PRANCŪZIJA) / BBC Three & BBC iPlayer (U.K.) / „Virgin Media Two“. & „Virgin Media Sport“. (AIRIJA)
Penktadienis, Gegužė 6, 10 p.m. CEST/9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/13 val. PT
Heavyweight World Title Main Event: #C-Ryan Bader (29-7, 1 NC) vs. #2-Cheick Kongo (31-11-2, 1 NC)
Šviesos Sunkiojo Bendras Main Event: Yoel romero (13-6) vs. #10-Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1, 2 NC)
Lengvas Bout: Søren Bak (15-1) vs. Saulius Rodžersas (15-4)
Lengvas Bout: Yvesas Landu (16-9) vs. Gavin Hughes (10-2)
*Kortelė gali keistis.
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