Bellator
MMA’s France debut is officially set. Split into two cards
called
Bellator 248 and Bellator Paris, there are 12 fights in total
set. All fighters officially made weight, so no drama preceded the
first major mixed martial arts card in the country.
Bellator 248 is headlined by a 175-pound catchweight bout between
Michael
Page and Ross
Houston. Page (17-1) is a knockout artist that has rebounded
nicely since his lone loss to Douglas
Lima, even if he hasn’t faced top competition. “Venom” will
look to extend his knockout streak to four against Houston (8-0, 1
NC), an undefeated fighter out of Scotland. A former
Cage Warriors champion, “The Hitman” has wins over Stefano
Paterno, Nathan
Jones, and Aaron
Khalid.
The Bellator Paris half of the card is second and will see Cheick Kongo
look to continue his impressive nine-fight undefeated streak
against fellow
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Timothy
Johnson. Last time out, the championship dreams of Kongo
(30-10-2, 1 NC) ended early against Ryan Bader in
a foul-filled fight that ended due to an eye poke. Kongo previously
defeated Johnson (14-6) in 2018, knocking him out in just 68
seconds. The North Dakota fighter was also knocked out against
Vitaly
Minakov but has rebounded nicely with two upset KOs of his own
over Tyrell
Fortune and Matt
Mitrione.
The four-fight Bellator 248 card will air live on CBS Sports
Network and Dazn starting at 11:30 a.m. ET. Action will then move
to the Bellator YouTube channel for Bellator Paris prelims at 1:45
p.m. ET and will continue there for the two-fight main card at 5
p.m. ET.
Bellator 248 & Paris Weigh-in Results:
Cheick
Kongo (245.6) vs. Timothy
Johnson (259.8)
Saul
Rogers (145.4) vs. Arbi
Mezhidov (146)
Terry
Brazier (155) vs. Yves Landu
(154.2)
Ilias
Bulaid (149.4) vs. Ivan
Naccari (149.6)
Dominique
Wooding (144.8) vs. Fabacary
Diatta (146)
Maguy
Berchel (125.4) vs. Lucie
Bertaud (125.8)
Jean
N’Doye (145) vs. Ciaran
Clarke (145)
Dylan
Logan (145.4) vs. William
Gomis (144.6)
Michael
Page (174.2) vs. Ross
Houston (174.8)
Oliver
Enkamp (168.4) vs. Emmanuel
Dawa (170)
Ryan
Scope (160.8) vs. Alan Omer
(159)
Mads
Burnell (145.6) vs. Darko
Banovic (145)