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โ Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA)
July 28, 2023
After a successful co-promotion last year, Bellator
MMA and
Rizin Fighting Federation are back with a second event.
Headlining
Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 is a late-notice 161-pound catchweight
bout that will be part of Bellator’s lightweight grand prix. Former
Bellator lightweight champion Patricky
Freire will take on Rizin lightweight champion Roberto
Satoshi de Souza in the main event, while the co-main event
will see Kyoji
Horiguchi and Makoto
Takahashi battle for the inaugural Bellator flyweight
championship. Rizin fighters will be looking for revenge as the
initial event went 5-0 in favor of Bellator fighters.
Freire (24-11) was originally set to face A.J. McKee
before the former featherweight king was injured. “Pitbull” is just
1-3 in his last four fights and has a tough test in Souza (15-2).
The Rizin champion is coming off a win over Spike
Carlyle and is 6-1 in his last seven fights with a decision
defeat to McKee as the lone blemish. Both men made the catchweight,
with Freire stepping on the scale at 160 pounds on the dot, while
Souza officially weighed 160.6 pounds.
Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 will air on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m.
PT.
Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 Weigh-in Results:
Patricky
Freire (160) vs. Roberto
Satoshi de Souza (160.6)
Kyoji
Horiguchi (124.2) vs. Makoto
Takahashi (125)
Kana
Watanabe (125.5) vs. Veta
Arteaga (126)
Magomed
Magomedov (136) vs. Danny
Sabatello (135.8)
Andrey
Koreshkov (170.8) vs. Lorenz
Larkin (170.6)