Bellator is back in its Northern California house base this week with a light-weight title battle at the leading of the lineup.
Bellator 292 takes location Friday at SAP Cgetin in San Jose, Calif. The primary card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
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In the primary occasion, light-weight champ Usman Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) puts his title on the line for the veryfirst time consideringthat he won the belt this past November versus Patricky Freire. He takes on previous UFC and WEC light-weight champ and two-time Bellator title opposition Benson Henderson (30-11 MMA, 7-6 BMMA) in a battle that doubles as a quarterfinal bout in Bellator’s light-weight grand prix.
Nurmagomedov is a huge preferred at -2500 at Tipico Sportsbook; the return on Henderson is +900. Henderson neverever hasactually been evenworse than a +350 underdog in his UFC and Bellator profession till now. Given the chances, it’s not unexpected our 11 editors, authors, radio hosts and videographers have Nurmagomedov as a consentaneous choice at 11-0.
In the co-feature, Tofiq Musayev (20-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) takes on Alexander Shabliy (22-3 MMA,