The lineup is set for Friday’s Bellator return to familiar stomping grounds in Oklahoma with a four-fight main card.
A final main-card middleweight bout between veteran fighter Gerald Harris (25-7-1 MMA, 0-2-1 BMMA) and Anatoly Tokov (27-3 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) recently was added to the event. In addition, a pair of prelims have been booked: Vladimir Tokov (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Ryan Walker (8-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at lightweight and Jeremy Hardy (6-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Rudy Schaffroth (6-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) at heavyweight.
Bellator officials recently announced the additions to the card, which takes place Friday at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Harris will be looking for his first win under the Bellator banner. After a short-notice armbar loss to Rafael Lovato Jr. in his promotional debut at Bellator 198 in April 2018, he lost a decision to Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 202 in July. Then at Bellator 210 this past November, he had a majority draw with Hracho Darpinyan.
Tokov came to Bellator in 2017 and rebounded nicely from a majority decision loss to Ramazan Emeev at an M-1 Challenge event. In Bellator, he has a TKO win over Francisco France in his promotional debut in 2017, a submission win over Vladimir Filipovic at Bellator 200, and this past October, a decision win over former champion Alexander Shlemenko to give him three straight.
With the additions, the Bellator 218 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)
- Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
- Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell
- Hracho Darpinyan vs. Mike Shipman
- Gerald Harris vs. Anatoly Tokov
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Kevin Croom vs. John Teixeira
- Johnny Eblen vs. Chauncey Foxworth
- Nation Gibrick vs. Nick Page
- Malin Hermansson vs. Victoria Leonardo
- Isaiah Gutierrez vs. Aaron Vickers
- Ky Bennett vs. Deborah Kouzmin
- Will Lavine vs. Norbert Novenyi Jr.
- Christian Edwards vs. Roman Huerta
- Luis Erives vs. Craig Fairley
- Vladimir Tokov vs. Ryan Walker
- Jeremy Hardy vs. Rudy Schaffroth
For more on Bellator 218, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
