FULL FIGHT CARD FOR BELLATOR 259 CONFIRMED

BELLATOR MMA™ CONFIRMS FULL FIGHT CARD FOR BELLATOR 259 – LIVE ON SHOWTIME^® NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 21 AT 9 P.M. ET

CRIS CYBORG SET TO DEFEND WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST LESLIE SMITH IN A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REMATCH

 LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA has confirmed the total struggle card for BELLATOR MMA 259: Cyborg vs. Smith 2 this Friday, Might 21 at Mohegan Solar Area. The occasion caps off an thrilling month of motion for BELLATOR, and airs LIVE on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

With plans to proceed her dominance over the ladies’s featherweight division, Cris Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) will put her world championship on the road towards No. 4 ranked featherweight Leslie Smith (12-8-1) in a rematch to crown the world’s prime 145-pound feminine athlete.

The BELLATOR MMA 259 important card on SHOWTIME is loaded from prime to backside, together with former bantamweight champion Darion Caldwell (15-4) rematching No. 6 ranked bantamweight Leandro Higo (20-5) in a 135-pound contest, a top-five middleweight conflict between the undefeated No. 3 ranked Austin Vanderford (10-0) and No. 4 ranked Fabian Edwards (9-1), and a welterweight matchup that can see the streaking Jaleel Willis (14-2) face off towards former LFA champion Maycon Mendonca (11-4), who’ll be making his promotional debut. Capping off the principle card motion would be the undefeated Jackson Wink-product and No. 9 ranked mild heavyweight Christian Edwards (4-0) difficult Mississippi’s Ben Parrish (4-1).

As a part of the launch of BELLATOR MMA on SHOWTIME, the community is providing viewers who’re new to the SHOWTIME streaming service a 30-day free trial, adopted by a reduced month-to-month subscription payment of $4.99/month for the subsequent six months. Viewers can enroll at SHO.com/BellatorMMA. Subscribers might be delivered two premier BELLATOR MMA occasions per thirty days all through 2021 and past, with all occasions scheduled to air stay at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT anyplace the SHOWTIME service is accessible.

The nine-fight preliminary card has no scarcity of action-packed bouts, that includes a top-10 mild heavyweight matchup between No. 7 ranked Grant Neal (5-0) and No. 8 ranked Tyree Fortune (5-0) and the return of Israeli light-weight celebrity Aviv Gozali (5-0), as he seems so as to add to his 5 first spherical finishes and report breaking 11-second submission win. Plus, the charismatic No. 8 ranked girls’s flyweight Valerie Loureda (3-0), the always-exciting Saad Awad (23-13, 1 NC), and No. 6 ranked Australian featherweight Janay Harding (6-4), who takes on No. 7 ranked Irish sensation Leah McCourt (4-1). Lastly, No. 9 ranked light-weight Alfie Davis (14-3) makes his sixth promotional look towards BELLATOR newcomer Alexander Shabliy (19-3).

All prelims will stream stay at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports activities YouTube channel and Pluto TV. Full bout listings are under:

BELLATOR MMA 259: Cyborg vs. Smith 2 Principal Card:

Please go to Bellator.com for added info.

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