With mixed martial arts becoming legalized in France in 2020, BELLATOR became the first promotion to hold a major MMA event with בעללאַטאָר 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, רייאַן באַדער (29-7, 1 נק) defending his crown in enemy territory against hometown favorite and No. 2-ranked heavyweight טשעיקק קאָנגאָ (31-11-2, 1 נק).
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, ראָגערס. 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 גאַווין יוז (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 פּ.ם. CEST/12:30 פּ.ם. און.
Tickets for the fight are on sale now at accorarena.com און bellator.fr. Follow Bellator France on Instagram @BellatorFrance and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorFrance/
Fighting אויס פון מיאַמי, פלאָרידאַ, Romero will be making his second BELLATOR appearance on May 6 אין פּאַריז. 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. מיט 11 פון זיין 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, און 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 פון זיין 32 MMA victims via knockout, אַרייַנגערעכנט 26 in the first round and eight in the opening minute of action. A native of Amsterdam, נעטהערלאַנדס, 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 הויפּט קאָרט:
שאָוטיים (יו.עס.) / RMC SPORT (פֿראַנקרייַך) / BBC Three & BBC iPlayer (U.K.) / Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (IRELAND)
פרייַטיק, מייַ 6, 10 פּ.ם. CEST/9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. פּט
Heavyweight World Title Main Event: #C-רייאַן באַדער (29-7, 1 נק) ווס. #2-טשעיקק קאָנגאָ (31-11-2, 1 נק)
ליכט כעוויווייט קאָ-הויפּט געשעעניש: Yoel Romero (13-6) ווס. #10-מעלווין מאַנהאָעף (32-15-1, 2 נק)
לייטווייט באָוט: Søren Bak (15-1) ווס. Saul Rogers (15-4)
לייטווייט באָוט: Yves Landu (16-9) ווס. גאַווין יוז (10-2)
*Card subject to change.
ביטע באַזוכן www.Bellator.fr און Bellator.com פֿאַר נאך אינפֿאָרמאַציע.
Updated schedule of BELLATOR events
שבת, פעברואר. 19 / / BELLATOR MMA 274: Gracie vs. Storley // מאָהעגאַן Sun אַרענאַ // ונקאַסוויללע, קאַן.
פּאָטער. פעברואר. 25 // BELLATOR MMA 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford // 3אַרענאַ // דובלין, IRE
Sat. מאַרץ 12 // BELLATOR MMA 276: Borics vs. Burnell // The Family Arena // סט. לוי
פּאָטער. מייַ 6 // BELLATOR PARIS: Bader vs. קאָנגאָ 2 // Accor Arena // Paris, FRA
פּאָטער. מייַ 13 // BELLATOR LONDON: Amosov vs. MVP // The SSE Arena, Wembley // לאָנדאָן