Bellator will return to the 3Arena once more this Saturday (June 22) with an action packed 14 bout card, with the Welterweight title on the line in the main event.
In the main event, Jason Jackson looks to make the first defence of his Bellator Welterweight title against the unbeaten Ramazan Kuramagomedov. Jackson has been in incredible form of late, with wins against the likes of Paul Daley and Douglas Lima leading to a title fight against the previously unbeaten Yaroslav Amosov. Although an underdog heading into the contest, ‘The Ass-Kicking Machine’ silenced his doubters when he stopped Amosov in the third round to claim the belt. Although this is his first bout defending the belt, Jackson has competed since the Amosov contest. He fought, and beat, Ray Cooper III at the PFL vs Bellator CHAMPS card.
Kuramagomedov gets his title shot just three fights into his Bellator tenure. He made his promotional debut at Bellator 297 in June 2023, when he faced Jaleel Willis. The Russian instantly put the rest of the division on notice when he ran through Willis in just over one minute. He was back in the cage at Bellator 301 and submitted Randall Wallace in the second round of their contest.
The co-main event will play host to the exciting promotional debut of Paul ‘Big News’ Hughes, when he faces Bobby King. After 9 bouts with Cage Warriors, Hughes announced he would be exploring the free agency market earlier this year and opted to sign with the PFL, with the promotion planning on having Fight Academy Ireland man spread across the PFL, PFL Europe and Bellator cards before he enters the 2025 PFL Season. Looking to cause an upset in Hughes’ promotional debut is Bobby King. King is currently 2-2 in his last four and is on a two fight skid, with unanimous decision losses against Gadzhi Rabadanov and Aalon Cruz.
Elsewhere on the card, Sinead Kavanagh and Arlene Blencowe will meet for the first time since their razor close contest in 2017, when Blencowe took home the split decision win. Both women will be looking to bounce back to winning ways. Unbeaten Norbert Novenyi Jr. will make the walk for the first time in over a year when he faces American, Dalton Rosta and with 10 stoppages between them, fans can expect a Middleweight war when the two meet inside the 3Arena. PFL Europe 2023 Championship finalist Simeon Powell will be back in action since picking up his first professional loss when he faces Abdellah Er-Ramy.
Opening proceedings, Nate Kelly gets another chance to compete on a monumental card, although still only an amateur. His bout against Paul Nolan will mark the third time Kelly will compete under the PFL/Bellator banner.
All weigh in results can be found below:
Bellator Champions Series Dublin Main Card:
Saturday, June 22 – Live on Virgin Media / DAZN / Max
3Arena, Dublin
5pm IST/BST | 12pm ET
Welterweight World Title Bout: c. Jason Jackson (169.9 lbs) vs Ramazan Kuramagomedov (169.8 lbs)
Lightweight Main Card Bout: Paul Hughes (155.7 lbs) vs Bobby King (156.0 lbs)
Women’s Featherweight Main Card Bout: Sinead Kavanagh (146.0 lbs) vs Arlene Blencowe (145.4 lbs)
Middleweight Main Card Bout: Norbert Novenyi (185.8 lbs) vs Dalton Rosta (185.1 lbs)
Lightweight Main Card Bout: Darragh Kelly (155.7 lbs) vs Mathias Poiron (155.1 lbs)
Preliminary Card:
No.1 Bantamweight Contender Bout: Kasum Kasumov (135.9 lbs) vs Matheus Mattos (136.0 lbs)
Contract Weight (148 lbs) Preliminary Bout: Nathan Kelly (145 lbs) vs Jose Sanchez (148.8 lbs)
Featherweight Preliminary Bout: Khasan Magomedsharipov (145.8 lbs) vs Tyler Mathison (146.0 lbs)
Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: Sarvarjon Khamidov (136.0 lbs) vs Marcirley Alves (135.1 lbs)
Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: Shinobu Ota (135.6 lbs) vs Roger Blanque (132.9 lbs)
Women’s Featherweight Preliminary Bout: Michelle Montague (143.7 lbs) vs Karolina Sobek (145.9 lbs)
Amateur Flyweight Preliminary Bout: Nate Kelly (126.0 lbs) vs Paul Nolan (125.0 lbs)
