: A lightweight showdown between former
champions @BensonHenderson
and @brentprimus155
along with @HenryCorrales86
vs. Vladyslav Parubchenko have been added to an already stacked
#Bellator268 card on October 16th at the @FootprintCNTR.Full Story: https://t.co/9d4BKLyfFy pic.twitter.com/v3lE6BysuA
— Bellator Public Relations (@BellatorPR)
September 9, 2021
Bellator MMA is looking to put its best foot
forward in what could be its last American show for some time. The organization announced via press release on Thursday its full
lineup of
Bellator 268, which will be held inside the Footprint Center in
Phoenix on Oct. 16. While it made official several previously
billed matchups including both light heavyweight semifinals of
Vadim
Nemkov vs. Anthony
Johnson and Ryan Bader
vs. Corey
Anderson, it filled out the card to 12 total bouts. Among the
newly announced pairings is a lightweight scrap between Benson
Henderson (28-10) and Brent
Primus (10-2).
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Henderson
has fallen on hard times since a four-fight win streak that earned
him a rematch with then-champion Michael
Chandler. The streak came to an emphatic end in August 2020
when Chandler punched him out in just over two minutes. A rebound
effort up a weight class at welterweight against Jason
Jackson did not go his way either, as he appeared the smaller
man and dropped a clear-cut decision to prompt his return back to
155 pounds.
Primus, who at one time held the Bellator lightweight strap, lost
it in his rematch with Chandler in 2018. A pair of submissions
including an ultra-rare Gogoplata over Tim Wilde led
to a high stakes battle with once-beaten Islam
Mamedov. The Russian prevailed by
contentious split decision to put an end to Primus’ victorious
stretch. The Oregonian celebrates a career finish rate of 80
percent.
Other new matches released or confirmed for Bellator 268 include a
light heavyweight battle between the once-beaten Julius
Anglickas (10-1) and the resurgent Karl
Albrektsson (12-3). At lightweight, Nick Browne
(11-1) takes on Bobby Lee
(12-6), while Mexico’s Javier
Torres (11-5, 1 NC) faces Aruba native Gregory
Milliard (12-6) in the middleweight division. Finally,
Henderson’s wife, Maria
Henderson, will meet Collette
Santiago in an amateur strawweight clash to start off the
evening.
Bellator 268 Lineup:
Vadim
Nemkov vs. Anthony
Johnson – light heavyweight championship, semifinal
Ryan
Bader vs. Corey
Anderson – light heavyweight semifinal
Benson
Henderson vs. Brent
Primus – lightweight
Henry
Corrales vs. Vladyslav
Parubchenko – featherweight
Julius
Anglickas vs. Karl
Albrektsson – light heavyweight
Erik
Perez vs. Brett Johns
– bantamweight
Sullivan
Cauley vs. Deon Clash –
light heavyweight
Nick
Browne vs. Bobby Lee –
lightweight
Javier
Torres vs. Gregory
Milliard – middleweight
Sumiko
Inaba vs. Randi Field
– women’s flyweight
Lance
Gibson Jr. vs. Raymond
Pina – lightweight
Maria
Henderson vs. Collette
Santiago – amateur women’s strawweight