PFL vs. Bellator: Champs is an upcoming super fight card, that will take place on February 24th at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It’s the next combat sports event, that Saudi Arabia will host. The preliminary bouts will air on ESPN +, while the main card will be available on ESPN PPV.
Interestingly enough, the news came out a day after Ariel Helwani revealed that Saudi Arabia authorities wanted to postpone the UFC inaugural event in the region due to the poor quality of the proposed fight card.
PFL x Bellator is a collision of worlds
A few months back, the reports came in that the Saudi-backed Professional Fighters League acquired a rival promotion, Bellator. The news put an end to speculations about the company’s future, as Viacom made it clear that the media conglomerate is backing down from the world of combat sports.
This brought even more speculations as fans and fans were wondering if PFL would absorb its former rival, or if Bellator would function as its entity. They were answered in some part by a series of face-offs between champions from both promotions, which took place at the PFL 2023 championship event. Inter promotional fight-card announcement followed that same night.
PFL x Bellator: Champs lineup
The event will be headlined by four clashes between champions of each promotion. In the main event, Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan “Darth” Bader will take on his PFL counterpart, Renan Ferreira. Impa Kasanganay will face Johnny Eblen in the battle for the middleweight domination. At welterweight, Magomed Magomedikow clashes with Jason Jackson, and in featherweight one of Bellator’s great and current champion Patricio Pitbull will square off against Jesus Pinedo.
In other interesting matchups, former Bellator featherweight champion AJ Mckee will go against PFL 2023 season lightweight runner-up, Clay Collar. The legend of woman boxing Claressa Shields will continue her MMA tenure against Kelsey DeSantis. Saudi Arabia will be represented by a duo of fighters: Abdullah Al-Qahtani and Malik Basahel.
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PFL Vs. Bellator Champs Full Fight Card
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 12:00 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
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