A women’s featherweight showdown pitting Cat Zingano
against Pam
Sorenson that was originally slated for Bellator 276 is now in
the works for
Bellator 282.
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Zingano, who pulled out of the original booking due to injury,
first mentioned the matchup during an interview with
The Schmo.
MMAFighting.com has since reported that both fighters have
verbally agreed to the pairing.
Additionally, Sabah
Homasi has signed a new contract with the promotion and will
square off against Maycon
Mendonca at Bellator 282. The California-based organization
confirmed the bout following an initial report from
Cageside Press.
Bellator 282 takes place on June 24 at Mohegan Sun Arena in
Uncasville, Conn., and is headlined by a middleweight title clash
between Gegard
Mousasi and Johnny
Eblen. The main card airs on Showtime and will also include a
pair of semifinals in the bantamweight grand prix, as Magomed
Magomedov meets Enrique
Barzola, while Leandro
Higo takes on Danny
Sabatello.
After exiting the UFC with losses in four of her final five
outings, Zingano has kicked off her Bellator tenure with
back-to-back triumphs. The Broomfield, Colo., native outpointed
Gabrielle
Holloway in her debut at Bellator 245 before submitting
Olivia
Parker in the opening stanza at Bellator 256.
Sorenson, meanwhile, had a two-bout winning streak snapped in her
last outing, when the former Invicta FC title holder dropped a
unanimous verdict against Arlene
Blencowe at Bellator 271. Prior to that, “Bam” defeated
Roberta
Samad via split decision in her promotional debut at Bellator
264.
Homasi ended a two-bout losing streak in his first appearance of
2022, when he submitted Jaleel Willlis with an arm-triangle choke
in the opening round of their Bellator 273 encounter on Jan. 29.
Homasi is 5-4 over the course of three separate stints in Bellator,
the first of which occurred in 2010.
A former Legacy Fighting Alliance welterweight champion, Mendonca
dropped a unanimous decision to Willis in his promotional debut at
Bellator 259. That defeat ended a five-bout winning streak for the
31-year-old Brazilian.