For the second year in a row, Bellator MMA will hold an April
doubleheader in Hawaii.
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The California-based promotion revealed to Hawaiian news outlet
KHON2 that Bellator 294 and Bellator 295 will take place at the
Neil S. Blasdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 21 and April
22, respectively. Bellator 294 is headlined by a flyweight title
bout between Liz
Carmouche and DeAnna
Bennett, while Bellator 295 features the bantamweight grand
prix final pitting Raufeon
Stots against Patrick
Mix.
Carmouche is 5-0 since leaving the UFC to sign with Bellator.
“Girl-Rilla” claimed flyweight gold with a fourth-round stoppage of
Velasquez at Bellator 278 and defended the crown with a
second-round submission of Velasquez in a rematch at Bellator 289
this past December. She defeated Bennett via third-round submission
in her promotional debut at Bellator 246.
Bennett will enter the matchup with Carmouche on a three-bout
winning streak that includes decision wins over Justine
Kish (twice) and Alejandra
Lara. Her 13-7-1 career mark includes a 6-5 stint in Invicta
FC.
Stots has lost just once in 20 professional outings and is
undefeated in seven Bellator appearances. Currently the promotion’s
interim 135-pound champion, Stots advanced through the bracket with
wins over Juan
Archuleta and Danny
Sabatello.
Mix, meanwhile, has been victorious in 17 of 18 professional
fights. His run through the grand prix has included a five-round
verdict over Kyoji
Horiguchi and a submission of Magomed
Magomedov.
According to KHON, Bellator 295 will also include a preliminary
matchup between Yancy
Medeiros and Charlie
Leary. Additionally, Hawaiian fighters such as Ilima-Lei
Macfarlane, Keoni Diggs,
Kai
Kamaka III and Sumiko
Inaba are expected to compete at Bellator 295, with opponents
to be announced soon.