Turkmen master in mixed martial arts Dovletjan Yagshimuradov and Brazilian Rafael Carvalho had the views duel before the fight, which will be held on the night to April 16 in the USA. The fight will be held at the “SAC Center” in San Jose.

Dovletjan Yagshimuradov successfully passed the weighing before the fight. He met the limit of the light heavyweight category, showing 93,1 kg.

The broadcast of the Bellator 277 tournament will be available on Setanta Sports. The channel is available on satellite television from Älem TV. The preliminary card of the Bellator 277 tournament, where Yagshimuradov and

Carvalho will fight, will also be broadcast on the official Bellator YouTube channel. The preliminary card starts on April 16 at 04:00 Ashgabat time. The start of the main card is scheduled at 07:25.

Let us remind you, that Yagshimuradov will approach this confrontation after two defeats in a raw – from Corey Anderson and Karl Albrektsson. Both of his fights in Bellator Yagshimuradov held in 2021.

32 years old Dovletjan Yagshimuradov received the contract with Bellator promotion in December 2020. The athlete became the first Bellator fighter from Turkmenistan. He has 18 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw. The upcoming fight in the promotion for Dovletjan will be the third.

For ten years in mixed martial arts Rafael Carvalho had 22 fights – owning 16 victories and suffering 6 defeats. Since 2014 Rafael has been playing at Bellator, where he could win the title of middleweight, but as a result lost it former UFC fight Gerard Mousasi.

The main event of Bellator 277 will be the light heavyweight tittle between Russian Vadim Nemkov and American Cory Anderson. The winner will receive a prize of 1 million USD.