#BELLATOR300 adds seven fresh fights to the historic card at
the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Oct. 7 which includes a
middleweight tilt between @GrantNeal
and @RomeroCotton,
an electric matchup pitting Dmytrii Hrytsenko and @JustinMontalvo,
and more!https://t.co/NO65eYX2g2— Bellator Public Relations (@BellatorPR)
September 15, 2023
Bellator MMA is loading up its preliminary card
on Oct. 7 with as many names as it can muster.
On Friday, the organization sent out via press release an
additional eight matchups that are now set for
Bellator 300. This fight card will take place at the Pechanga
Arena in San Diego, and it will feature what the promotion is
calling a “quadruple main event” with four championship tilts atop
the billing all receiving main event status.
The preliminary lineup is currently expected to be headlined by
Davion
Franklin vs. Slim
Trabelsi in a previously booked heavyweight affair. Several
other fights including Henry
Corrales vs. Kai Kamaka
III at featherweight and Sara McMann
against Leah
McCourt also at 145 pounds were already on the prelim billing.
The most noteworthy matchup of the new eight takes place at
middleweight, as Bellator’s no. 9 Romero
Cotton (6-1) throws down with Grant Neal
(8-1) with a place in the top 10 likely on the line.
The seven additional fights set for the blockbuster Bellator
showcase include: Sergio
Cossio vs. Jesse
Roberts at lightweight, Mukhamed
Berkhamov taking on Herman
Terrado in a welterweight contest, Dovletdzhan
Yagshimuradov vs. Maciej
Rozanski at 205 pounds, a 160-pound catchweight match pitting
Dmytryii
Hrytsenko against Justin
Montalvo, a bantamweight collision of Bryce
Meredith and Miguel
Peimbert, a women’s featherweight tilt between Lorrany
Santos and Jackie
Cataline, and a heavyweight opener of Josh Hokit
vs. Spencer
Smith in a battle of pro debutants.
Bellator 300 Lineup:
Usman
Nurmagomedov vs. Brent
Primus – lightweight championship and tournament semifinal
Cristiane
Justino vs. Cat Zingano
– featherweight championship
Ryan
Bader vs. Linton
Vassell – heavyweight championship
Liz
Carmouche vs. Ilima-Lei
Macfarlane – flyweight championship
Davion
Franklin vs. Slim
Trabelsi – heavyweight
Henry
Corrales vs. Kai Kamaka
III – featherweight
Sara
McMann vs. Leah
McCourt – featherweight
Ilara
Joanne vs. Jena Bishop
– flyweight
Bobby
Seronio III vs. Alberto
Garcia – bantamweight
Romero
Cotton vs. Grant Neal –
middleweight
Sergio
Cossio vs. Jesse
Roberts – lightweight
Mukhamed
Berkhamov vs. Herman
Terrado – welterweight
Dovletdzhan
Yagshimuradov vs. Maciej
Rozanski – light heavyweight
Dmytrii
Hrytsenko vs. Justin
Montalvo – 160-pound catchweight
Bryce
Meredith vs. Miguel
Peimbert – bantamweight
Lorrany
Santos vs. Jackie
Cataline – featherweight
Josh
Hokit vs. Spencer
Smith – heavyweight