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, Рајан Бадер (29-7, 1 Соединетите Американски Држави) defending his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-ranked heavyweight Cheick конго (31-11-2, 1 Соединетите Американски Држави).
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 Саул Роџерс (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, Роџерс. 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 Yves Landu (16-9), who takes on Liverpool’s Гевин Хјуз (10-2) in a lightweight affair. Preliminary card action will stream live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV beginning at 6:30 вечер. CEST/12:30 вечер. И.
Tickets for the fight are on sale now at accorarena.com и bellator.fr. Follow Bellator France on Instagram @BellatorFrance and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorFrance/
Борба од Мајами, Флорида, Romero will be making his second BELLATOR appearance on May 6 во Париз. Following a seven-year stint under the direction of the 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. Со 11 на неговата 13 победи во кариерата кои доаѓаат со нокаут, including four of the first-round variety, “Soldier of God” possesses the type of knockout power that can force any opponent into submission. A three-time World Cup Freestyle Wrestling Champion, five-time Pan-American Freestyle Wrestling Champion, и 2000 Olympics Freestyle Wrestling Silver Medalist, the Cuban-born Romero has continuously showcased his elite talents at the highest level of competition. The only missing trophy to a near-flawless legacy is a BELLATOR world title.
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 на неговата 32 MMA victims via knockout, Вклучувајќи 26 in the first round and eight in the opening minute of action. A native of Amsterdam, Холандија, 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 ОСНОВНИ КАРТИЧКА:
Showtime (U.S.) / RMC SPORT (ФРАНЦИЈА) / BBC Three & BBC iPlayer (U.K.) / Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (IRELAND)
Петок, Мај 6, 10 вечер. CEST/9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. Португалија
Heavyweight World Title Main Event: #C-Рајан Бадер (29-7, 1 Соединетите Американски Држави) наспроти. #2-Cheick конго (31-11-2, 1 Соединетите Американски Држави)
Светлина тешка категорија ко-главен настан: Yoel Romero (13-6) наспроти. #10-Мелвин Manhoef (32-15-1, 2 Соединетите Американски Држави)
Лесни рунда: Søren Bak (15-1) наспроти. Саул Роџерс (15-4)
Лесни рунда: Yves Landu (16-9) наспроти. Гевин Хјуз (10-2)
*Картичката е предмет на промена.
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Updated schedule of BELLATOR events
Саб, Февруари. 19 / / БЕЛАТОР ММА 274: Gracie vs. Storley // Мохеганите Сонце Арена // Uncasville, Конектикат.
Слободен. Февруари. 25 // БЕЛАТОР ММА 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford // 3Арена // Даблин, IRE
Sat. Март 12 // БЕЛАТОР ММА 276: Borics vs. Burnell // The Family Arena // Свети. Луис
Слободен. Мај 6 // BELLATOR PARIS: Полошо vs.. Конго 2 // Accor Arena // Paris, FRA
Слободен. Мај 13 // BELLATOR LONDON: Amosov vs. MVP // The SSE Arena, Wembley // Лондон