Bellator 208 Fedor vs Sonnen

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Sat 13th October 2018 (UTC)
Sat 13th October 2018 (Local)

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Bellator

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2018

Round
18

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Nassau Coliseum

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Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen took place on October 13, 2018 at NYCB LIVE, Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The event aired live on Paramount Network and DAZN.

Background:
The event saw a semi-final bout in the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix between Fedor Emelianenko and Chael Sonnen. Robson Gracie Jr. was scheduled to make his professional MMA debut on this card against Jamal Pottinger. However, the bout was cancelled after Pottinger missed weight. A featherweight bout between Frank Buenafuente and James Gonzalez was also cancelled when both fighters came over the weight limit.

Main Card:
Heavyweight / Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix Semi-Final / Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chael Sonnen
Lightweight / Benson Henderson vs. Saad Awad
Heavyweight / Cheick Kongo vs. Timothy Johnson
Middleweight / Anatoly Tokov vs. Alexander Shlemenko
Featherweight / Henry Corrales vs. Andy Main

Preliminary Card:
Middleweight / Jeremy Puglia vs. Eric Olsen
Lightweight / Dennis Buzukja vs. Ryan Castro
Welterweight / Andrews Rodriguez vs. Mike DiOrio
Flyweight / Zarrukh Adashev vs. Christian Medina
Women's Strawweight / Jennifer Chieng vs. Jessica Ruiz
Welterweight / David Meshkhoradze vs. Shaquan Moore
Bantamweight / Tommy Espinosa vs. Suhrob Aidarbekov
Lightweight / Nick Fiore vs. Jerome Mickle