Bellator 295 will have an exciting main event featuring Raufeon Stots vs Patchy Mix, and fans are eager to find out how to watch the live TV broadcast and live stream, along with start time and fight card
Before interim champion Raufeon Stots gets to face Sergio Pettis to unify the Bellator bantamweight title, he will have to defend his title in Bellator 295.
Bellator 295 MMA date, start time, full fight card, venue, live stream telecast
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Patchy Mix Fight Week!!!
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The upcoming fight is the finals of the Bellator Bantamweight Grand Prix and comes with a belt and $1 million.
Raufeon Stots
Stots is a two-time NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships gold medalist. He turned pro back in 2015, and he is also a VFC bantamweight champion and previously featured on Dana White’s Lookin’ For a Fight.
Stots joined Bellator back in 2019 and he currently has a 7-0 record with the promotion. Stots was initially supposed to fight against Pettis, but following Pettis’ injury, Stots had to put the fight on hold.
The 34-year-old defeated Juan Archuleta back in April 2022 during a Grand Prix quarter-final bout for the interim belt. He then moved on to the semi-finals in December, where he beat Danny Sabatello.
Patchy Mix
Patchy Mix is an American MMA fighter who turned pro in 2016. Mix is a KOTC bantamweight champion and he joined Bellator back in 2019. Mix currently has a 7-1 record with Bellator. He is a former title contender and is currently on a four-fight win streak. Patchy defeated Kyoji Horiguchi in the Grand Prix quarter-finals to then move on to the semi-finals where he won against Magomed Magomedov in December.
How to watch Bellator 295: Raufeon Stots vs. Patchy Mix
Fans across different countries can watch the upcoming Bellator 295: Raufeon Stots vs. Patchy Mix across the following platforms:
Country | Date | Channel + Live Stream (main card) |
United States | Sat. April 22 | Showtime, FUBO |
United Kingdom | Sun. April 23 | BBC iPlayer |
Australia | Sun. April 23 | 10 Play |
Bellator 295 fight date and start times
Bellator 295 will take place on Friday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23 depending on the time zones. Given below are the different start times of the fight:
Prelims | Main card | Main event | |
7 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 1:30 a.m. | ET |
11 p.m. | 3 a.m. | 5:30 a.m. | GMT |
10 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. (approx.) | AEDT |
Bellator 295: Raufeon Stots vs. Patchy fight venue
Bellator 295 will take place in the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Hawaii, which has a capacity of up to 8,800 people.
Bellator 295 fight card
Main card
Fighters | Weight Category |
Raufeon Stots (ic) vs. Patchy Mix | Bellator bantamweight title |
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Kana Watanabe | Flyweights |
Aaron Pico vs. Otto Rodrigues | Featherweights |
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Ray Borg | Flyweights |
Prelims
Fighters | Weight Category |
Mads Burnell vs. Justin Gonzales | Featherweights |
Yancy Medeiros vs. Charlie Leary | Lightweights |
Kai Kamaka III vs. Adli Edwards | Featherweights |
Sumiko Inaba vs. Veta Arteaga | Flyweights |
Keoni Diggs vs. Weber Almeida | Featherweights |
Bobby King vs. Aalon Cruz | Lightweights |
Davion Franklin vs. Kasim Aras | Heavyweights |
Ilara Joanne vs. Bruna Ellen | Flyweights |
Alexey Shurkevich vs. Masayuki Kikuiri | Welterweights |
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