On a busy sports activities Saturday with pennant chase motion happening in baseball, week two of the faculty soccer season, and worldwide friendlies within the present FIFA window in soccer taking on a part of the schedule, followers of MMA have a succulent banquet to partake in. Should you ordered aggressive violence from San Diego for dinner this Saturday evening, Bellator’s cooks have you ever coated.
For the primary time since Bellator 300 final fall, the promotion heads to San Diego, CA and Pechanga Enviornment for Bellator Champions Sequence 4. It’s the primary half of back-to-back weeks of playing cards from Bellator.
Every week from Saturday, they’ll head to London for Bellator Champions Sequence 5 from OVO Wembley. Extra on that occasion subsequent week.
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Dwell protection of Bellator Champions Sequence 4 is unique to MAX (previously generally known as HBO MAX) inside america and DAZN inside the UK starting at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT Saturday evening (3 am London time Sunday morning. Attributable to a few late changes, the ultimate model of Bellator Champions Sequence 4 options 10 MMA bouts.
Highlighting the evening’s actions is the ultimate championship struggle of the weekend within the Bellator Champions Sequence 4 fundamental occasion. Present Bellator MMA Light-weight Champion Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0, 1 NC MMA, 6-0, 1 NC Bellator squares off in opposition to challenger Alexander Shabily (24-3 MMA, 5-0 Bellator.)
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Usman Nurmagomedov in good spirits after ending his media duties forward of his title protection this Saturday!
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This struggle was to have taken place in Paris throughout Bellator Champions Sequence 2 on Could 17 of this yr however was postponed to this Saturday evening as a result of champion being sidelined by sickness. As with all championship fights in Bellator, the Bellator Champions Sequence 4 fundamental occasion is 5 rounds at 5 minutes per spherical to shut the present.
Bellator Champions Sequence 4 Most important Occasion Fighter Comparability and Betting Odds
Heading into the Bellator Champions Sequence 4 fundamental occasion on Saturday evening, champion Usman Nurmagomedov stands because the taller man at 5-foot-11, in comparison with the 5-foot-9 body of challenger Alexander Shabily. Nurmagomedov owns a 1 1/2-inch attain benefit (72 inches even to 70 1/2 inches) over Shabily.
At the moment, the oddsmakers have Usman Nurmagomedov put in as a -380 favourite on the cash line, with Alexander Shabily countering as a +300 underdog. Should you plan on betting on this or some other struggle taking place this weekend in MMA and/or fight sports activities, please wager responsibly.
Usman Nurmagomedov’s Struggle With Sickness Yields to Rescheduled Bout in Bellator Champions Sequence 4 Most important Occasion
Usman Nurmagomedov has but to lose in his MMA profession. Final yr, his bout versus Brent Primus (15-3, 1 NC MMA, 10-3, 1 NC Bellator), initially scored as a unanimous determination win for the previous in Bellator 300 on Oct. 7, 2023, was retroactively reversed to a no-contest upon Nurmagomedov returning a constructive drug take a look at and subsequently receiving a six-month suspension from the game, in addition to a $50,000 (USD) tremendous, whereas nonetheless retaining the championship as a result of the constructive drug take a look at was attributable to medication he’d been taking.
As beforehand talked about, this contest was speculated to have occurred within the spring till it was scrapped. Preliminary printed reviews indicated that the champion at 155 lbs. couldn’t make the stroll on account of an harm. Nonetheless, Nurmagomedov talked about in an interview with MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn that he was sick forward of the unique bout.
“The final time once we had been making ready for Paris,” Nurmagomedov stated, by way of his translator, “I used to be simply popping out of the month of Ramadan, once we needed to quick and my physique was weak. Perhaps it was the coronavirus, however there was one thing [wrong] with my lungs.”
With a clear invoice of well being, will he get again within the win column on Saturday evening?
Shabily Seems to be to Prolong Profitable Streak to 10
Within the different nook, Alexander Shabily comes into the Bellator Champions Sequence 4 fundamental occasion having gone 5-0 in his final 5 fights. At the moment, he’s on a nine-fight successful streak courting again to August of 2017.
Final day out, he scored a unanimous determination victory over Patricky Pitbull [Patricky Freire] (25-14 MMA, 16-10 Bellator) in Bellator 301 again in November in Chicago over the last occasion from the promotion to air on Showtime. Pitbull has since crossed over to the PFL‘s roster for its 2024 season.
Anyone who’s gone 5 rounds with a competitor of Pitbull’s caliber and comes out a winner deserves a title shot. On Saturday, he’ll get that chance within the Bellator Champions Sequence 4 fundamental occasion.
Evaluation, Movie Examine and Prediction
With these two males having mixed for 33 wins by stoppage, don’t anticipate the Bellator Champions Sequence 4 fundamental occasion to go the total 25 minutes.
Watch Usman Nurmagomedov’s Floor Sport
Roughly one-third of Usman Nurmagomedov’s profession victories have been recorded by means of submission. As soon as he takes a man down, it may very well be just some moments earlier than the struggle ends. Chris Gonzalez discovered this out the exhausting approach a few years in the past.
In the course of the opening spherical, Gonzalez put Nurmagomedov in a clinch earlier than the latter landed a shot to the physique and executed a superb takedown. From there, it was sport, set, and match with Nurmagomedov going to work on a entrance choke and getting the submission.
Search for Usman Nurmagomedov to shoot for the takedown on the earliest alternative on Saturday. All it takes is one takedown to alter the complexion of the struggle.
Alexander Shabily Vicious With Strikes
Within the different nook, Alexander Shabily subscribes to the gospel based on Lee Corso: “Not so quick, my good friend.” He can neutralize Nurmagomedov by throwing and touchdown the massive photographs, like he did versus Brent Primus in June of 2022.
Upon absorbing a kick from his adversary, Shabily got here proper again and landed a brutal proper cross to drop Primus earlier than ending the bout with a flurry of floor and pound photographs.
If Shabily can counterstrike successfully, he’ll be the brand new champion.
Evaluation, Movie Examine, and Prediction
It is a nice contest on paper. Get pleasure from it.
Prediction: Usman Nurmagomedov by First-Spherical Submission.
