Bellator Champions Series 4
Mixed martial arts event in 2024
| Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy | ||||
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 The poster for Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Bellator MMA | |||
| Date | September 7, 2024 (2024-September-07) | |||
| Venue | Pechanga Arena | |||
| City | San Diego, California, United States | |||
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Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy (also known as Bellator Champions Series San Diego) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that will take place on September 7, 2024, at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, United States.[1][2][3]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to San Diego and first since Bellator 300 in October 2023.[4]
The event is expected to be headlined by a Bellator Lightweight World Championship bout between current champion Usman Nurmagomedov and Alexandr Shabliy.[5] The pair was previously expected to headline at Bellator Champions Series 2, but Nurmagomedov withdrew from the event due to injury.[6]
Roughly a two-week before the card there a fight changes made:[7][8]
- On August 29, it was announced that two bouts between Raufeon Stots vs. Marcos Breno and Grant Neal vs. Khalid Murtazaliev were removed from the event for unknown reasons.
- Keri-Taylor Melandez was scheduled to face Sumiko Inaba in a women's flyweight bout, but she withdrew due to knee injury and was replaced by Mackenzie Stiller.
Fight card
| Fight card (MAX / DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Usman Nurmagomedov (c) | vs. | Alexandr Shabliy | [a] | |||
| Welterweight | Lorenz Larkin | vs. | Levan Chokheli | [b] | |||
| Middleweight | Douglas Lima | vs. | Aaron Jeffery | ||||
| Lightweight | Yancy Medeiros | vs. | Jora Ayvazyan | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Sumiko Inaba | vs. | Mackenzie Stiller | ||||
| Preliminary card (MAX) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jordan Newman | vs. | Imamshafi Aliev | ||||
| Welterweight | Herman Terrado | vs. | Masayuki Kikuiri | ||||
| Bantamweight | Bryce Meredith | vs. | John MaCalolooy | ||||
| Heavyweight | Josh Hokit | vs. | Sean Rose | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Aysia Cortez | vs. | Ashley Thiner | ||||
- ^ For the Bellator Lightweight World Championship.
- ^ Bellator Welterweight title eliminator.
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See also
Martial Arts portal
References
- ^ "Usman Nurmagomedov faces Alexandr Shabliy at Bellator Champions Series: San Diego". MMA Junkie. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ "Bellator News: Two Title Fights Confirmed for September Champions Series Events". Sports Illustrated MMA News, Analysis and More. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ Gonzalez, Gabriel (2024-06-18). "Nurmagomedov vs Shabliy Set for Sept 07 Event in San Diego". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ "Bellator Champions Series events will stream on Max in 2024". MMA Junkie. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Alexandr Shabliy to Headline Bellator San Diego on Sept. 7". Sherdog. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ "Bellator's Cedric Doumbe returns vs. Derek Anderson in Paris, but Nurmagomedov-Shabliy title fight scrapped". MMA Junkie. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ Guillen, Adam (2024-08-29). "Bellator San Diego loses two fights, including Raufeon Stots vs. Marcos Breno co-main event". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Bellator Champions Series San Diego Loses Stots vs. Breno, Neal vs. Murtazaliev". Sherdog. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Bellator MMA | Bellator Champions Series San Diego". www.bellator.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
