On the night of November 18, the 301st Bellator tournament will be held in Chicago, which will be headlined by a fight between the promotion's welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov and the applicant Jason Jackson. On the eve of the event, the Ukrainian and his opponent underwent the mandatory weigh-in procedure, showing the same weight on the scales - 76.9 kg.
Scott Coker, president of Bellator, announced the decision on the status of the promotion's lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov will be accepted by the organization after the opening of the doping sample B. Until then, Usman remains the current champion. It is also likely that Nurmagomedov will retain his status as a participant in the Lightweight Grand Prix.
On the night of November 18, the 301st Bellator tournament will be held in Chicago, which will be headlined by the promotion's welterweight champion. Yaroslava Amosova With Jason Jackson. The tournament prelims will begin at 23:55 and will be shown for free on the promotion's YouTube channel. The main card begins at 5:00 a.m. and will air on Showtime.
Yaroslav Amosov, Bellator welterweight champion, shared his thoughts on his next opponent Jason Jackson.
Bellator lightweight Patrick Freire called for the promotion's title in this division to be stripped Usman Nurmagomedov, who failed a doping test.
Bellator welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov stated that he did not feel any pressure on himself due to the lack of defeats in his record.
Bellator welterweight title challenger Jason Jackson claims he has studied the division champion thoroughly Yaroslava Amosova before the head-to-head meeting, which will take place on the night of November 18 in the main event of the Bellator 301 tournament in Chicago.
Former Bellator fighter, friend Conor McGregor Dillon Denis unexpectedly announced his retirement. He wrote about this on his Twitter.
Still Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov commented on the information that he failed a doping test after the fight with Primus.
Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov failed a drug test after his fight with Brent Primus. Famous journalist Ariel Helwani reported this on Twitter. He also reported that Nurmagomedov was disqualified for 6 months, and the result of the fight with Primus was cancelled.