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PFL x Bellator Supercard Officially Set for February 24 in Riyadh Featuring Four Champion vs. Champion Fights

PFL x Bellator supercardThe PFL x Bellator supercard is officially set for February 24 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A few short months…

PFL x Bellator supercard

The PFL x Bellator supercard is officially set for February 24 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

A few short months after the Professional Fighter League’s blockbuster announcement that it had acquired Bellator MMA, we now know when and where the highly anticipated event featuring PFL champions vs. Bellator champions will go down. According to a report from Ariel Helwani, the event will emanate from the Saudi Arabian capital next month with a slew of exciting fights.

In the main event of the evening, 2023 PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira will take on Bellator MMA heavyweight titleholder Ryan ‘Darth’ Bader. In the co-main event, 2023 PFL light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay will face Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen in a 185-pound fight.

Also announced for the main card is 2023 PFL featherweight champion Jesus Pinedo who will face Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull, and 2023 PFL welterweight champion Magomed Magomedkerimov will square off with Bellator welterweight champion Jason Jackson.

Rounding out the card will be a series of can’t-miss clashes, including former PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza vs. Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov in a heavyweight bout. Clay Collard vs. A.J. McKee will go down in a lightweight scrap and fight fans will also be treated to a heavy-hitting affair as Thiago Santos meets Yoel Romero.

Also expected to feature on the card will be the return of women’s boxing ‘GWOAT’ Claressa Shields, and the pro mixed martial arts debut of Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Biaggio Ali Walsh.

Check out the full fight card below:

PFL vs. Bellator Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 3 p.m. ET):

  • Renan Ferreira vs. Ryan Bader
  • Impa Kasanganay vs. Johnny Eblen
  • Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Jason Jackson
  • Jesus Pinedo vs. Patricio Pitbull
  • Bruno Cappelozza vs. Vadim Nemkov
  • Thiago Santos vs. Yoel Romero
  • Clay Collard vs. AJ McKee

Prelims (ESPN News/ESPN+ at 12:30 p.m. ET):

  • Gabriel Braga vs. Aaron Pico
  • Biaggio Ali Walsh vs. Chris Morris
  • Claressa Shields vs. Kelsey DeSantis
  • Abdullah Al-Qahtani vs. Edukondal Rao
  • Malik Basahel vs. Vinicius Pereira

As always, the card is subject to change.

Sergio Pettis delivers dominant performance against Patricio Pitbull to retain title – Bellator 297 Highlights

Sergio PettisPatricio Pitbull stepped into the Bellator cage against Sergio Pettis on Friday night, looking to make history as the promotion’s first-ever three-division world champion. Emanating from Chi-Town, Bellator 297 featured two massive title tilts, the first pitting reigning featherweight titleholder Patricio Pitbull against defending bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis. Making his first appearance since a December […]

Sergio Pettis

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the Bellator cage against Sergio Pettis on Friday night, looking to make history as the promotion’s first-ever three-division world champion.

Emanating from Chi-Town, Bellator 297 featured two massive title tilts, the first pitting reigning featherweight titleholder Patricio Pitbull against defending bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis. Making his first appearance since a December 2021 knockout of Kyoji Horiguchi, Pettis sought to successfully defend his title for the second time, keeping Pitbull from etching his name in the history books once again.

Things started off relatively slow in the opening round, with both fighters downloading information on one another. Getting their looks, things picked up in the second with both fighters having their moments, but the biggest came from Pettis, who threw a spinning wheel kick that landed glancingly with mere seconds left in the second. Pitbull was clearly feeling the effects as he immediately began to back up and protect himself in an effort to make it out of the round.

Pettis came out with a very noticeable wave of confidence in the third round. ‘The Phenom’ began to pick apart Pitbull, showing off his speed which was far greater than that of his opposition. Struggling to get anything going on his feet, Pitbull moved in with 30 seconds left in the third and landed a solid takedown but was unable to capitalize on it before the round came to a close.

In the championship rounds, Sergio Pettis was essentially on autopilot as Pitbull simply couldn’t muster any viable offense outside of the occasional takedown attempt. Of course, that didn’t stop Pitbull from raising his hand following the final bell, suggesting he won the fight. The judges did not agree.

Official Result: Sergio Pettis def. Patricio Pitbull via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)

Check Out Highlights From Sergio Pettis vs. Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 297 Below:

Patricio Pitbull defeats Kleber Koike in unanimous decision all-Brazilian clash – Bellator vs. Rizin Highlights

Patricio Pitbull BellatorReigning Bellator MMA featherweight kingpin, Patricio Pitbull continues his dominant run in a gold laiden career, tonight defeating Rizin FF lightweight champion, Kleber Koike in a unanimous decision effort in the co-main event of Bellator MMA vs. Rizin in Japan. Pitbull, who now moves to an impressive 35-5 as a professional win his win over […]

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Reigning Bellator MMA featherweight kingpin, Patricio Pitbull continues his dominant run in a gold laiden career, tonight defeating Rizin FF lightweight champion, Kleber Koike in a unanimous decision effort in the co-main event of Bellator MMA vs. Rizin in Japan.

Pitbull, who now moves to an impressive 35-5 as a professional win his win over Sao Paulo native, Koike, handed the former KSW gold holder a unanimous decision defeat in their non-title bout in Saitama.

The victory comes as Pitbull’s third on the bounce, having previously reclaimed the Bellator featherweight crown in a rematch win over A.J. McKee, before defending successfully against Adam Borics.

Landing the heavier strikes throughout the opening round, Pitbull was, however, landed on the canvas in the closing stages of the frame — with Koike executing a perfectly-timed judo hip toss.

However, it was Pitbull who emerged with the victory, securing a unanimous decision triumph, on a main card containing consecutive judging successes for Bellator so far.

Below, catch the highlights from Patricio Pitbull’s win over Kleber Koike

Patricky Pitbull Waited Over 5 Hours For Stitches After Bellator 288 Loss

Patricky Pitbull lost his lightweight title to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 288 but was apparently left waiting for medical care afterwards. The older of the two Pitbull brothers Patricky was the reigning and defending lightweight champion heading in…

Patricky Pitbull lost his lightweight title to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 288 but was apparently left waiting for medical care afterwards. The older of the two Pitbull brothers Patricky was the reigning and defending lightweight champion heading into Bellator 288 after winning the title from Peter Queally. Unfortunately for him, standing across from him was…

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Patricio Pitbull welcomes UFC crossover, Alexander Volkanovski fight: ‘Dana White doesn’t have balls’

Patricio PitbullOff the back of another successful featherweight title defense at Bellator 286 over the course of last weekend, former two-weight champion, Brazilian veteran, Patricio Pitbull has claimed a crossover fight to the UFC against his featherweight champion counterpart, Alexander Volkanovski has piqued his interest. Headlining Bellator 286 against Hungarian contender, Adam Borics, Patricio Pitbull, the […]

Patricio Pitbull

Off the back of another successful featherweight title defense at Bellator 286 over the course of last weekend, former two-weight champion, Brazilian veteran, Patricio Pitbull has claimed a crossover fight to the UFC against his featherweight champion counterpart, Alexander Volkanovski has piqued his interest.

Headlining Bellator 286 against Hungarian contender, Adam Borics, Patricio Pitbull, the younger brother of lightweight kingpin, Patricky Pitbull, turned in a comprehensive unanimous decision win over Borics over the course of five rounds – successfully defending his featherweight throne. 

The victory came as Pitbull’s first successful defense of the featherweight crown, since beginning his third reign as division champion, defeating event co-headliner, A.J. McKee back in April of this year in a close decision success.

Patricio Pitbull welcomes a fight against Alexander Volkanovski in the future

Forever linked with an eventual move to either the UFC’s lightweight or featherweight ranks, Patricio Pitbull has claimed a fight with the promotion’s featherweight pacesetter, the aforenoted, Volkanovski interests him, however, believes UFC president, Dana White is fearful of booking the fight.

“I bet one million and he accepted that,” Patirico Pitbull said briefly of a fight with Alexander Volkanovski during his post-Bellator 286 media availability. “But Dana white doesn’t have balls.” 

As for Volkanovski, the current pound-for-pound number one in the UFC, boasts an incredible 25-1 professional record, and has yet to taste defeat during his gold-laden Octagon tenure.

Most recently, the New South Wales tactician managed to turn in his fourth successful defense of the featherweight title with a third career win over former division champion, Max Holloway at UFC 276 back in July during International Fight Week. 

Volkanovski has been linked with a potential move to the promotion’s lightweight division since his win over Holloway, and has noted his interest in fighting the victor of the upcoming vacant title fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev which takes place at UFC 280 later this month.

MMA Twitter Reacts To Pitbull’s Decision Win At Bellator 286

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire successfully defended his featherweight title against Ádám Borics in the main event of Bellator 286. The 35-year-old already had a number of previous title defenses under his belt, but this matchup with Borics mark…

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire successfully defended his featherweight title against Ádám Borics in the main event of Bellator 286. The 35-year-old already had a number of previous title defenses under his belt, but this matchup with Borics marked his first defense since winning Bellator’s featherweight title for a third time. Drawing on his championship experience, Pitbull…

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