Bellator is back at its default home arena in San Jose with Bellator 226, which features a heavyweight title headliner and the start if the promotion’s featherweight grand prix.
In the main event, dual champion Ryan Bader (27-5 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) makes his first title defense since winning the heavyweight grand prix against top contender Cheick Kongo ((30-10-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA), who’s riding a career best eight-fight winning streak as he looks to become the oldest champion in promotion history at 44.
Bellator 226 also marks the start of the promotion’s 16-man featherweight tournament, as four bouts are part of the main card.
Take a look at the Bellator 226 event info, lineup and start times below.
What: Bellator 226
When: Saturday
Where: SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.
Live stream: DAZN, MMA Junkie
Full fight card, start times
MAIN CARD (DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Ryan Bader vs. Cheick Kongo – for heavyweight title
- Derek Campos vs. Daniel Straus – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Adam Borics vs. Pat Curran – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Tywan Claxton vs. Emmanuel Sanchez – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Pedro Carvalho vs. Sam Sicilia – featherweight grand prix opening round
- Gaston Bolanos vs. Daniel Carey
PRELIMINARY CARD (DAZN, MMA JUNKIE, 6:45 p.m. ET)
- Ashleigh Grimshaw vs. John Teixeira
- Ivan Batinich vs. Daniel Compton
- Evan Gubera vs. Cornelius Savage
- Cass Bell vs. Isaiah Rocha
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Luis Vargas
- Jessica Borga vs. Amber Leibrock
- Alan Benson vs. Favian Gutierrez
- Adam Piccolotti vs. Jake Smith
- Jonathan Adams vs. Daniel Gonzalez
- Batsumberel Dagvadorj vs. James Terry
- Elias Anderson vs. Peter Ishiguro
- Hyder Amil vs. Ignacio Ortiz
- Renato Alves vs. Abraham Vaesau
- Albert Gonzales vs. Tyson Miller
