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The most high-profile Bellator tournament of the current year will take place on Sunday night in San Diego (USA) year — the 300th event of the promotion. The main event of the evening will feature the undefeated Russian Usman Nurmagomedov, who will try to once again defend the lightweight champion title and make it to the Grand Prix final, where a million dollars are at stake.
Usman Nurmagomedov — Brent Primus
- Lightweight title fight
- Fight for the title in the featherweight division
- «Title» flyweight
- When: October 7 (on the night of the 8th Moscow time);
- Where: «Pechanga Arena», San Diego (California, USA);
- In how much: Usman Nurmagomedov’s fight will start after 6:00 Moscow time;
- Broadcast: the tournament will not be officially available in Russia.
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin continues to “collect scalps” of MMA veterans. In the title fight, the “unbeaten” Russian defeated the Brazilian Patricky “Pitbull” Freire, left no chance for Benson Henderson in the first defense, and now will fight against 38-year-old Brent Primus.
The American, who accidentally became a champion (now UFC fighter Michael Chandler injured his leg and was unable to continue the fight), has two defeats in his last four fights. He was stopped by Russians Islam Mamedov (split decision) and Alexander Shabliy (technical knockout). It’s difficult to call this form worthy of the No. 1 contender, but thanks to the Grand Prix format: in the quarterfinals, the US representative defeated the Frenchman Mansour Barnaoui and reached the semifinals. Just for Nurmagomedov. The main event of Bellator 300 will go to either Chablia or Patricky Freire (the Russian and the Brazilian will fight on November 17).
Odds: 1.1 on Usman and 5.6 on Primus.
Cris Cyborg — Cat Zingano
Cris Cyborg is one of the greatest women in mixed martial arts history. No options. That’s why it’s a shame that after a crushing defeat from compatriot Amanda Nunes at the end of 2018, the Brazilian reminds herself not so much thanks to her victories in the cage (there have been six of them since then, but the names are not at all big names), but through scandals…
Odds: 1.1 versus 4.5 in favor of Cris Cyborg.
Liz Carmouche — Ilima-Lei McFarlane
< br>Like “Cyborg,” champion Liz Carmouche is on a six-fight winning streak, who, after losing to Valentina Shevchenko in the UFC, moved to Bellator, reached Juliana Velasquez’s gold and has already defended her title twice.
Her opponent's resume is less impressive. Former champion MacFarlane lost the title three years ago (lost to Velasquez) and a year and a half later she left the cage defeated again. However, then she won two victories and earned a meeting with Carmouche.
Odds: Carmouche opened as the favorite — 1.3 versus 3.0.
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Note that there could be four “titlers”. However, five days before the anniversary tournament, Linton Wassell pulled out of a meeting with heavyweight champion Ryan Bader due to health problems — the promotion did not look for a replacement, so the fight was canceled. It’s a shame not only for local fans, but also for Russian ones. After all, in this fight the next opponent of Vadim Nemkov was to be determined, who left the belt in the light heavyweight division and “rose up” for a new challenge.
As for the prelims, it is worth paying attention to the fight of the Russian Mukhamed Berkhamov. The former ACB welterweight champion returns after a knockout from Lorenz Larkin — German Terrado from the USA will try to prevent him from overturning his defeat.
The main thing about the tournament