The semi-finals for the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix have been set for this winter.
Journalist Ariel Helwani was the first to report the news on the latest edition of his show The MMA Hour on Monday, revealing that interim Bellator bantamweight champion, Raufeon Stots, and Danny Sabatello are set to headline Bellator 289 on December 9 from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Additionally reported by Helwani, former Bellator title challenger, Patchy Mix will take on Magomed Magomedov in the night's co-headliner. The promotion also subsequently confirmed the bookings themselves via a tweet.
A skirmish between @RaufeonStots and @ShockThisWorld just broke out on #TheMMAHour --
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) August 29, 2022
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Stots is currently riding a ten-fight winning streak and is coming off of a third-round KO victory over former Bellator bantamweight champ, Juan Archuleta, at Bellator 279. Sabatello meanwhile is on a seven-fight winning streak of his own and will look to build on a unanimous decision win over Leandro Higo at Bellator 282.
Headed into his fight with Magomedov, Mix is 3-1 in his last four fights and is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over former Bellator and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi, at Bellator 279. Magomedov on the other hand is 6-1 in his last seven appearances and will try to build off of a fourth-round submission win over Enrique Barzola at Bellator 282.
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