Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 will take place on Friday night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri and will be headlined by a catchweight bout of 215 pounds as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson returns to the promotion to meet Satoshi Ishii.
Along with the Rampage vs. Ishii fight in the main event of the fight card, the main card on Spike will see three other MMA fights and two kickboxing fights. In the co-main event, the vacant lightweight title will be on the line as former Bellator champion Michael Chandler looks to join Eddie Alvarez as the only two-time lightweight champions in Bellator history when he has a rematch with Patricky “Pitbull” Freire.
The other two mixed martial arts fights on the main card will be key bouts in the Bellator heavyweight and women’s flyweight divisions. In the heavyweight bout, Matt Mitrione will make his promotional debut against Carl Seumanutafa and Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will look to remain undefeated when she meets Rebecca Ruth in a flyweight bout.
Check out a breakdown of the MMA fights that will be on the main card broadcast on Spike.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (36-11) vs. Satoshi Ishii (14-5-1)
Jackson will be stepping into the Bellator cage for the first time in over two years as his last fight in the promotion came against Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal at Bellator 120 in May of 2014. He enters this fight with four straight victories and his most recent win came in April of last year against Fabio Maldonado at UFC 186.
- Jackson is one of three fighters in Bellator history to win a fight with one second left in a round (Jason Fischer and Alexander Volkov).
- Two of his three wins in Bellator have come by knockout in the first round.
- This will be his first fight in 419 days (1 year, 1 month, 23 days).
Ishii is making his Bellator debut and he enters this fight following a knockout lost to Jiri Prochazka in the Rizin tournament at the end of last year. The defeat snapped a two fight winning streak and he is 10-3 in his last thirteen fights.
- Won Gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Judo.
- Six of his fourteen wins have come by submission.
- Holds notable victories over Tim Sylvia, Sean McCorkle, Pedro Rizzo and Jeff Monson.
Michael Chandler (14-3) vs. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (16-7)
Chandler enters Bellator 157 with back to back victories and both of those wins have come by stoppage. This will be his second straight fight that will be a rematch as he defeated David Rickels by TKO at Bellator 145 late last year.
- Tied with Marcin Held for the most wins in Bellator lightweight division history.
- With a victory, he will become the sixth fighter in Bellator history to be a two-time champion.
- His victory over David Rickels at Bellator 97 in 44-seconds is the second fastest victory in Bellator title fight history.
- Currently tied with multiple fighters for the second-most TKO/KO wins in Bellator lightweight division history.
Just like Chandler, Pitbull enters this fight with back to back victories and is coming off a decision win against Kevin Souza at Bellator 152. He will be looking to even up the score against Chandler, who defeated him by decision at Bellator 44 in the Season Four lightweight tournament final.
- He will be entering the Bellator cage for the sixteenth time and he will tied David Rickels, Pat Curran and his brother Patricio Pitbull for the most fights in Bellator history.
- Tied with Will Brooks for the second-most wins in Bellator lightweight division history.
- Most TKO/KO wins in Bellator lightweight division history and tied for third-most in Bellator history.
Matt Mitrione (9-5) vs. Carl Seumanutafa (10-6)
Mitrione will be making his Bellator debut and will be looking to snap a two fight losing streak. His most recent defeat came in January against Travis Browne and he will be looking for his first victory since defeating Gabriel Gonzaga in late 2014.
- Tied with Cain Velasquez for the third-most knockdowns landed in UFC heavyweight division history.
- Eight of his nine victories have come by TKO/KO.
- During his time in the UFC, he won three Fight Night bonuses.
Seumanutafa won his Bellator debut in January with a TKO win over Javy Ayala at Bellator 148. He has alternated wins and losses in his last seven fights and he will be looking for back to back victories for the first time since 2012.
- Nine of his ten wins have come by TKO/KO.
- The only decision win of his career came in 2014 against Bellator vet Josh Appelt.
- Has never been submitted in his career.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (3-0) vs. Rebecca Ruth (6-1)
Macfarlane made her Bellator debut last year and scored a split decision victory against Maria Rios at Bellator 141. She returned to the Bellator cage back in January at Bellator 148 and scored a submission victory in the first round against Amber Tackett.
- Two of her three wins have come by stoppage in the first round.
- She won her pro debut in 10-second by knockout against Katie Castro.
Ruth is currently on a four fight winning streak and defeated Lena Ovchynnikova by decision in her promotional debut at Bellator 150. It was only the second time that she has gone the distance and three of her six wins have come in the first round.
- All of her stoppage wins have come by TKO/KO.
- Her only defeat came in 2014 against current UFC fighter Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger.
The current Bellator 157: Dynamite II fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (36-11) vs. Satoshi Ishii (14-5-1)
Michael Chandler (14-3) vs. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (16-7)
Matt Mitrione (9-5) vs. Carl Seumanutafa (10-6)
Kevin Ross (31-9) vs. Justin Houghton (7-2) *
Denise Kielholtz (44-2) vs. Gloria Peritore (10-1-1) *
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (3-0) vs. Rebecca Ruth (6-1)
Preliminary Card: (Bellator.com – 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT)
Justin Lawrence (8-3) vs. Isao Kobayashi (18-3)
Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos (7-3) vs. Jordan Dowdy (3-1)
Kevin Engel (5-0) vs. Chel Erwin-Davis (3-1)
Jordan Howard (9-3) vs Justin Robbins (14-17-1)
Joaquin Buckley (5-0) vs Chris Heatherly (9-3-1)
Michelle Royer (1-0) vs Katy Collins (3-1)
Brad Jones (5-4) vs Tyler Claussen (2-0)
Jason Christeson (1-0) vs Jarrod Thomas (0-0)
Lee Burns (2-0) vs. Byron Stevens (0-0)
Steven Mann (11-4) vs. Mike Estus (7-4)
Rashard Lovelace (3-0) vs. Garret Mueller (2-1)
Nikki Smith (1-0) vs. Ashley Cummins (3-3)
Elmir Kulosman (3-0) vs. Darryl Cobb (2-1) *
Tara Walker (4-3-1) vs. Mimi Kutzin (3-2) *
* – Kickboxing Bout