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, ไรอัน Bader (29-7, 1 NC) defending his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-ranked heavyweight Cheick คองโก (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 Saul Rogers (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, โรเจอร์ส. 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 ฮิวจ์กาวิน (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 p.m. CEST/12:30 p.m. และ.
Tickets for the fight are on sale now at accorarena.com และ bellator.fr. Follow Bellator France on Instagram @BellatorFrance and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorFrance/
ต่อสู้ออกจากไมอามี่, ฟลอริด้า, Romero will be making his second BELLATOR appearance on May 6 ในปารีส. 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. กับ 11 ของเขา 13 career victories coming by way of knockout, 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, และ 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 ของเขา 32 MMA victims via knockout, รวมไปถึง 26 in the first round and eight in the opening minute of action. A native of Amsterdam, เนเธอร์แลนด์, 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 บัตรหลัก:
SHOWTIME (U.S.) / RMC SPORT (ฝรั่งเศส) / BBC Three & BBC iPlayer (U.K.) / Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (ไอร์แลนด์)
วันศุกร์, พฤษภาคม 6, 10 p.m. CEST/9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. และ / 1 p.m. PT
Heavyweight World Title Main Event: #C-ไรอัน Bader (29-7, 1 NC) vs. #2-Cheick คองโก (31-11-2, 1 NC)
มวยรุ่นไลท์ร่วมงานอีเว้นท์หลัก: เยลโรเมโร (13-6) vs. #10-เมลวิน Manhoef (32-15-1, 2 NC)
การแข่งขันที่มีน้ำหนักเบา: Søren Bak (15-1) vs. Saul Rogers (15-4)
การแข่งขันที่มีน้ำหนักเบา: Yves Landu (16-9) vs. ฮิวจ์กาวิน (10-2)
*เรื่องบัตรมีการเปลี่ยนแปลง.
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Updated schedule of BELLATOR events
วันเสาร์, กุมภาพันธ์. 19 / / BELLATOR MMA 274: Gracie vs. Storley // Mohegan Sun Arena // วิลล์, เรือ.
ฟรี. กุมภาพันธ์. 25 // BELLATOR MMA 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford // 3สนามกีฬา // ดับลิน, IRE
กกท.. มีนาคม 12 // BELLATOR MMA 276: Borics vs. Burnell // The Family Arena // เซนต์. หลุยส์
ฟรี. พฤษภาคม 6 // BELLATOR PARIS: Bader VS. คองโก 2 // Accor Arena // ปารีส, จาก
ฟรี. พฤษภาคม 13 // BELLATOR LONDON: Amosov vs. MVP // The SSE Arena, Wembley // กรุงลอนดอน