On Saturday, Feb. 18, Bellator MMA will host its 172nd event from the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.
The card was slated to be headlined by the promotional debut of MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko against UFC veteran Matt Mitrione. However, just hours before the bout, Mitrione fell ill and the bout was canceled.
As a result, the co-main event between veteran lightweight Josh Thomson and Brazilian Patricky “Pitbull” Freire has been elevated to the night’s top billing.
The card also features Cheick Kongo vs. Oli Thompson, and the promotional debut of Josh Koscheck.
The action kicks off Saturday with a live preliminary card stream above at 7 p.m. ET. The night’s main card airs on Spike TV beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
For the full results of the event, click here.
Above is live video of the event’s post-fight press conference which takes place following the main event between Thomson and Freire comes to a close (courtesy of Bellator MMA).
Cheick Kongo vs. Oli Thompson
Veta Arteaga vs. Brooke Mayo
Josh Koscheck vs. Mauricio Alonso
Juan Cardenas vs. Luis Vargas
Dominic Sumner vs. Abraham Vaesau
Jeremy Murphy vs. Matthew Ramirez
Anthony Do vs. Bobby Escalante
Cesar Gonzalez vs. Nikko Jackson
Zach Andrews vs. J.J. Okanovich
J.C. Llamas vs. James Terry
Gaston Bolanos vs. Abner Perez
Francisco “Kiko” France vs. Anatoly Tokov
Diego Herzog vs. Martin Sano
Roque Reyes vs. Justin Tenedora