Former UFC title challenger Sara McMann has a date and opponent for her Bellator debut.
McMann will tackle veteran and former Bellator title challenger Arlene Blencowe (15-9 MMA, 6-3 BMMA) in a girls’s featherweight bout at Bellator 294. The occasion is a part of a two-night collection set to go down on April 21 and April 22, which marks Bellator’s return to Hawaii.
Information of the matchup was introduced Wednesday by the promotion.
Each Bellator 294 and Bellator 295 go down at Neal S. Blaisdell Middle in Honolulu.
McMann (13-6 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) was final seen in motion in March, when she defeated Karol Rosa by unanimous choice at UFC on ESPN 33. That was her solely battle in 2022. McMann was scheduled to make a return in two different separate events in 2022, one in August and the opposite in September, in opposition to Aspen Ladd, however each bouts fell by means of on account of Ladd’s weight-cutting points. Following the cancelations, McMann was launched from her remaining battle of her UFC contract, and she or he signed with Bellator shortly after.
Moreover on that card, a heavyweight matchup between Tim Johnson and Mentioned Sowma will function the co-main occasion. Johnson (15-9 MMA, 3-5 BMMA) appears to be like to snap a three-fight dropping streak. His final win got here in opposition to Cheick Kongo again in 2020. Sowma (8-4 MMA, 2-3 BMMA) appears to be like to snap a dropping streak himself as he misplaced his two most up-to-date bouts.
Bellator 295 additionally noticed an addition to its lineup. Former girls’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane returns in opposition to high contender Kana Watanabe.
Each fighters look to construct momentum and switch it into streaks as Macfarlane (12-2 MMA, 11-1 BMMA) is coming off a choice win over Bruna Ellen final August, whereas Watanabe (11-1-1MMA, 3-1 BMMA) is on the heels of a submission end over Denise Kielholtz final Could.
Beneath are the up to date lineups for each Bellator 294 and Bellator 295:
Bellator 294
- Liz Carmouche vs. DeAnna Bennett
- Tim Johnson vs. Mentioned Sowma
- Arlene Blencowe vs. Sara McMann
Bellator 295
- Raufeon Stots vs. Patchy Combine
- Adil Edwards vs. Kai Kamaka III
- Charlie Leary vs. Yancy Medeiros
- Keoni Diggs vs. Weber Almeida
- Sumiko Inaba vs. Veta Arteaga
- Bobby King vs. Aalon Cruz
- Davion Franklin vs. Kasim Aras