December 30, 2023 8: 00 am ET
Juan Archuleta is hoping Bellator’s pledge is kept, even however the promo hasactually been gotten by PFL.
The present Rizin bantamweight champ is still the just male to ever defeat Patchy Mix, who presently holds the Bellator 135-pound title.
Archuleta beat Mix in 2020 to win the uninhabited Bellator bantamweight title. Archuleta giventhat lost the belt, however went on to win Rizin’s, while Mix was able to get back in contention and win the Bellator title by beating then-champion Sergio Pettis last month.
Archuleta protects his Rizin belt versus Kai Asakura this Sunday in the co-main occasion of Rizin 45 in Japan. If effective, Archuleta would like a fracture at the Bellator champ.
“I hope so, that’s something that I’m pressing for,” Archuleta informed MMA Junkie. “That’s something I was informed was going to takeplace after I win this battle, so we’re simply waiting to see onceagain what Donn Davis, PFL, Mike Kogan and all those guys come up with. We’re waiting.”
Archuleta has felt a lot of unpredictability offered the absence of information relatingto his future following PFL’s purchase of Bellator last month. He hopes that he’s