MMA Junkie reports that Bellator will promote its June PPV separate from Bellator 180, which will be at the same venue on the same night.
The PPV, which is being branded as “Bellator:NYC” is scheduled to be 5 fights which is headlined by Chael Sonnen taking on Wanderlei Silva. In addition, the rescheduled bout between Matt Mitrione and Fedor Emelianenko will serve as the co-main. Also on the PPV portion will be a lightweight title fight between Brent Primus and Michael Chandler.
Bellator 180 will preceed the PPV fight card at MSG in New York City. It will be a 2-hour card on Spike TV on Saturday, June 24th.
Payout Perspective:
This won’t confuse anyone. Essentially, Bellator 180 will serve as a “UFC Prelims-type” show to entice viewers to purchase the PPV. With the 5 fight PPV card taking shape, one hopes everyone stays healthy and can make the fights. Also not yet announced, expect newly signed Ryan Bader to make his debut on the PPV or on the Bellator 180 card in addition to Bellator’s top names including King Mo, Rampage Jackson (assuming they are healthy to turnaround that quickly) and Spike TV’s ratings magnet Cheick Kongo. Notably, Lance Pugmire reports that Lorenz Larkin will face Douglas Lima on the June 24th card.
Good luck to Bellator, I hope they are successful with this endeavor