LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA returns to action on Saturday, July 31 with BELLATOR 263 headlined by Featherweight World Champion Patricio Pitbull (32-4) squaring off with No. 1 ranked AJ McKee (17-0) in the Featherweight Grand Prix Finals with both the title and one million dollars on the line. Also, top-ten featherweights collide in the co-main event as No. 2 ranked Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5) takes on the surging No. 8 ranked Mads Burnell (15-3).
BELLATOR 263 emanates from The Forum in Los Angeles andairs live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Limited tickets remain and are available at www.bellator.com.
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| MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND1. Patricio Pitbull (32-4)2. Vadim Nemkov (14-2)3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2)4. Ryan Bader (28-6, 1 NC)5. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0)6. AJ McKee (17-0)7. Sergio Pettis (21-5)8. Douglas Lima (32-9)9. Corey Anderson (15-5)10. Juan Archuleta (25-3) | WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND1. Cris Cyborg (24-2, 1 NC)2. Juliana Velasquez (12-0)3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1)4. Julia Budd (15-3)5. Liz Carmouche (16-7)6. Denise Kielholtz (6-3) ?17. Arlene Blencowe (14-8) ?18. Cat Zingano (12-4)9. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1)10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) | MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHTC. Ryan Bader (28-6)IC. Valentin Moldavsky (11-1) 2. Tim Johnson (15-7) 3. Cheick Kongo (30-11-2) 4. Tyrell Fortune (11-1) ?15. Linton Vassell (20-8) ?16. Steven Mowry (9-0)7. Matt Mitrione (13-9)8. Davion Franklin (3-0)9. Gokhan Saricam (5-1)10. Jake Hager (3-0) |
| MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTC. Vadim Nemkov (14-2)1. Ryan Bader (28-6)2. Corey Anderson (15-5)3. Phil Davis (22-6) 4. Anthony Johnson (23-6)5. Julius Anglickas (10-1)6. Lyoto Machida (26-11)7. Grant Neal (6-0)8. Christian Edwards (5-0) 9. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1) ?110. Karl Albrektsson (11-3) NR | MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHTC. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2)1. John Salter (18-4)2. Austin Vanderford (11-0) 3. Costello van Steenis (13-2) 4. Fabian Edwards (9-2) 5. Johnny Eblen (9-0)6. Charlie Ward (9-4)7. Romero Cotton (5-0)8. Mike Shipman (14-3)9. Ed Ruth (8-3)10. Norbert Novenyi Jr. (5-0) | MEN’S WELTERWEIGHTC. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0)1. Douglas Lima (32-9)2. Michael Page (19-1)3. Jason Jackson (14-4)4. Neiman Gracie (10-2)5. Logan Storley (11-1)6. Joey Davis (8-0) 7. Derek Anderson (17-4) 8. Paul Daley (43-18-2) 9. Oliver Enkamp (10-2) ?110. Sabah Homasi (15-9) ?1 |
| MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHTC. Patricio Pitbull (32-4)1. Patricky Pitbull (23-10)2. Sidney Outlaw (16-4) 3. Benson Henderson (28-10) 4. Peter Queally (13-5-1) 5. Goiti Yamauchi (25-5) 6. Myles Jury (19-6) 7. Aviv Gozali (6-0) 8. Alexander Shabliy (20-3) 9. Dan Moret (15-6) 10. Adam Piccolotti (12-4) | MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHTC. Patricio Pitbull (32-4)1. AJ McKee (17-0)2. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5)3. Adam Borics (17-1)4. Jay-Jay Wilson (8-0)5. Aaron Pico (8-3)6. Daniel Weichel (41-12)7. Pedro Carvalho (11-5)8. Mads Burnell (15-3)9. Justin Gonzales (12-0)10. Jeremy Kennedy (16-3, 1 NC) | MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHTC. Sergio Pettis (21-5)1. Juan Archuleta (25-3)2. Patchy Mix (14-1)3. Magomed Magomedov (18-1)4. Raufeon Stots (16-1)5. Leandro Higo (21-5)6. James Gallagher (11-1)7. Josh Hill (20-4)8. Jornel Lugo (6-0)9. Cass Bell (5-2)10. Darrion Caldwell (15-5) |
| WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHTC. Cris Cyborg (24-2, 1 NC)1. Julia Budd (15-3)2. Arlene Blencowe (13-8)3. Cat Zingano (12-4)4. Leslie Smith (12-8-1)5. Leah McCourt (5-1) 6. Sinead Kavanagh (7-4) 7. Janay Harding (6-5) 8. Jessy Miele (9-5)9. Talita Nogueira (8-2) ?110. Jessica Borga (3-3) NR | WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHTC. Juliana Velasquez (12-0)1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1)2. Liz Carmouche (16-7)3. Denise Kielholtz (6-3) 4. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1) 5. Alejandra Lara (9-4)6. Veta Arteaga (6-4)7. Kate Jackson (11-5-1)8. Diana Avsaragova (4-0) NR9. Hannah Guy (3-1) ?19. Valerie Loureda (3-1) | |
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