Bellator 300 will host its latest MMA event live on October 7th, 2023, from San Diego as the fighters took to the media.
The presser was in attendance by the MMA fighters as well as Bellator President Scott Coker. Topping the bill, the lightweight world champion Usman Nurmagomedov faces the fourth-ranked contender Brent Primus. Meanwhile, the featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will square off against Cat Zingano in chief support. And to round things off, Liz Carmouche (flyweight champion) takes on Ilima-Lei Macfarlane. The fight will air on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while the prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT via BELLATOR’s YouTube and Pluto TV Channels.
With that being said, here were the highlights from the presser.
Highlights
Lightweight world title face-off: @Usmannmgdv 🆚 @brentprimus155
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📺 LIVE THIS SATURDAY on @SHOsports 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/21BPXrbIET— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 4, 2023
Featherweight world title face-off: @criscyborg 🆚 @CatZingano
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📺 LIVE THIS SATURDAY on @SHOsports 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iTGydUFrBz— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 4, 2023
Flyweight world title face-off: @iamgirlrilla 🆚 @ilimanator
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📺 LIVE THIS SATURDAY on @SHOsports 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/hioQ9dG5KK— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 4, 2023
Usman "Finisher" Nurmagomedov? 👀
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📺 LIVE THIS SATURDAY on @SHOsports 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/C8zaT7ILWd— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 4, 2023
Lightweight champion @Usmannmgdv tells @brentprimus155 he will make him feel slow and old on Saturday night LIVE on @SHOsports.
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Both @criscyborg and @CatZingano reflect on finally getting to face each other.
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— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 4, 2023
👀 @ilimanator lays down the gauntlet for @iamgirlrilla… 🍕
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📺 https://t.co/NxwCKFPRok pic.twitter.com/vfwYqCPDly— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 4, 2023
Main Card
Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Brent Primus – Lightweight World Title
Cris Cyborg vs. Cat Zingano – Featherweight World Title
Liz Carmouche vs. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane – Flyweight World Title
Preliminary Card
Lorrany Santos vs. Jackie Cataline – Featherweight
Dmytrii Hrytsenko vs. Justin Montalvo – 160-lbs
Bryce Meredith vs. Miguel Peimbert
Bobby Seronio III vs. Alberto Garcia
Sara McMann vs. #5-Leah McCourt
Sergio Cossio vs. Jesse Roberts
Henry Corrales vs. Kai Kamaka III
Davion Franklin vs. Slim Trabelsi
Doveltdzhan Yagshimuradov vs. Maciej Rozanski
Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Herman Terrado
Romero Cotton vs. Grant Neal
Ilara Joanne vs. Jena Bishop
Josh Hokit vs. Spencer Smith