BELLATOR’s explosive return to the Irish capital for BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford, sees one of the most dominant middleweight fighters of all time and current world champion Gegard Mousasi (48-7, 2 NC) defend his crown against undefeated American Top Team standout Austin Vanderford (11-0). The co-main event sees Northern Ireland’s Leah McCourt (6-1) and Ireland’s most-recent title challenger Sinead Kavanagh (7-5) in what is set to be the biggest Irish female fight ever.
BELLATOR 275 will sport a five-fight main card, including two great featherweight features between Ciaran Clarke (4-0) and Abou Tounkara (7-2), as well as Khasan Magomedsharipov (6-0) versus Jose Sanchez (11-1), plus a bantamweight bout between home favorite Brian Moore (14-8), and No. 9 ranked Jornel Lugo (7-0) to kick things off.
The event will air live on BBC iPlayer and Virgin Media Sport this Friday, Feb. 25, at 9 p.m. GMT, while the stacked eight-fight preliminary card airs live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, BBC iPlayer and Virgin Media Sport beginning at 6 pm. GMT. Limited tickets for the event remain and are on sale now and can be purchased online from Ticketmaster.ie and Bellator.com.
Please find the updated card for BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford below:
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BELLATOR 275: MOUSASI VS. VANDERFORD MAIN CARD:
SHOWTIME (US) / BBC iPlayer (UK) / Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (IRELAND)
Friday, Feb. 25 – 9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT
Middleweight World Title Main Event: #C-Gegard Mousasi (48-7, 2 NC) vs. #1-Austin Vanderford (11-0)
Women’s Featherweight Bout: #5-Sinead Kavanagh (7-5) vs. #4–Leah McCourt (6-1)
Featherweight Bout: Ciaran Clarke (4-0) vs. Abou Tounkara (7-2)
Featherweight Bout: Khasan Magomedsharipov (6-0) vs. Jose Sanchez (11-1)
Bantamweight Bout: Brian Moore (14-8) vs. #9-Jornel Lugo (7-0)
BELLATOR 275: MOUSASI VS. VANDERFORD PRELIMINARY CARD:
BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel | SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel | Pluto TV (US)
BBC iPlayer (UK) | Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Sport (IRELAND)
6 p.m. GMT/1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Bantamweight Bout: Brett Johns (17-3) vs. Khurshed Kakhorov (8-0)
Lightweight Bout: Charlie Leary (17-11-1) vs. Davy Gallon (19-7-2)
Strawweight Bout: Danni McCormack (5-0) vs. Stephanie Page (5-3)
Lightweight Bout: Darragh Kelly (Pro Debut) vs. Junior Morgan (3-0)
Lightweight Bout: Vladimir Tokov (7-1) vs. Daniele Scatizzi (11-5)
Heavyweight Bout: Gokhan Saricam (6-1) vs. Kirill Sidelnikov (13-6)
Featherweight Bout: Nathan Kelly (Pro Debut) vs. Scott Pedersen (1-2)
Featherweight Bout: Lee Hammond (1-0) vs. Jamie Hay (2-0)