Bellator MMA Makes it’s Debut in Hawaii This Weekend

Bellator MMA Makes it’s Debut in Hawaii This Weekend

By Dan McConnell

Bellator makes its first ever appearance to the ninth island in Hawaii this weekend for a double-header. On Friday December 14th we have a ‘Bellator Salutes’ card which pays respect to the armed forced and on Saturday night we have Bellator 213 inside the Neal S Blaisdell Centre in Honolulu, Hawaii. Both have huge head-lining title fights.

On Friday we have a lightweight title fight that should be fireworks between undefeated champion Brent Primus (8-0) and former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler who has went on a two-fight win streak tear after loosing his title to Primus at Bellator NYC in 2017. Primus hasn’t fought since their last meeting where champion Chandler suffered a bizarre leg injury. This fight will kick-start the renewed bad blooded rivalry between both men.

In the co-main we see former UFC heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (18-12) return to action after his last outing in the Bellator heavyweight tournament against Bellator veteran Jay Ayala (10-7). Also we see undefeated hot featherweight prospect AJ McKee (12-0) face Daniel Crawford (10-2) in front of the Hawaiian audience for the very first time.

Our attention will turn to Saturday night for Bellator 213. Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Mc Farlane (8-0) will put her title on the line in-front of her home town crowd against former UFC strawweight title challenger Valerie Letourneau (10-6).

In the co-main we see newly signed former UFC llght-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida (24-8) square-off against former Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho (15-2) in a battle of Brazil.

Also on Saturday we see Rizin and Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix competitor King Mo (21-7) take on former Bellator light-heavyweight champion Liam McGeary (12-3) in what should be an all out battle. The start of the Bellator welterweight Grand Prix begins with undefeated prospects Nieman Gracie challenge Ed Ruth (6-0) in the first round of the competition on an action-packed card.

Both cards will be exclusively live on newly signed DAZN and not Paramount Pictures.