Matheus Mattos full Bellator 254 media day press conference
Matheus Mattos and Magomed Magomedov will meet Bellator cage on Thursday in a highly anticipated bantamweight bout. Their fight will serve as the co-main event of the evening.
Both men come into the fight with one loss on their records and they lost to the same man. Current UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan.
Prior to their fight, Mattos spoke to MyMMANews and other media outlets about the matchup and training with the Pitbull brothers.
You can see his full Bellator 254 media press conference in the video above.
The full Bellator 254 fight card is listed below:
Main Card:
CBS Sports Network
10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Flyweight World Title Main Event: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-0) vs. Juliana Velasquez (10-0)
Bantamweight Co-Main Event: Magomed Magomedov (16-1) vs. Matheus Mattos (12-1-1)
Heavyweight Bout: Linton Vassell (19-8, 1 NC) vs. Ronny Markes (19-7)
Lightweight Bout: Goiti Yamauchi (25-4) vs. Nate Andrews (16-3)
Preliminary Card:
CBSSports.com | Bellator MMA’s YouTube Channel
7:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. PT
Welterweight Bout: Robson Gracie Jr. (3-0) vs. Billy Goff (2-2)
Featherweight Bout: Cody Law (1-0) vs. Kenny Champion (2-0)
Heavyweight Bout: Davion Franklin (2-0) vs. Anthony Garrett (5-2, 1 NC)
Middleweight Bout: Romero Cotton (4-0) vs. Justin Sumter (7-3)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Grant Neal (4-0) vs. Maurice Jackson (7-2)
Welterweight Bout: Shamil Nikaev (9-0, 1 NC) vs. Kemran Lachinov (10-2)
