How to Watch Bellator 296

Former Bellator MMA middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will draw another high-profile assignment when he confronts Team Renegade upstart Fabian Edwards in the Bellator 296 headliner on Friday at the Accor Arena in Paris. Meanwhile, Mansour Barnaoui marches into the fire at 155 pounds when his lightweight grand prix quarterfinal opposite Brent Primus serves as the co-main event.

Bellator 296 “Mousasi vs. Edwards”—which airs live on Showtime at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT—also features a middleweight clash matching Douglas Lima with Costello van Steenis and a lightweight affair pitting Thibault Gouti against Kane Mousah. The 11-fight undercard streams to the Bellator YouTube channel at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT, a women’s flyweight tilt between Denise Kielholtz and Paula Cristina dos Santos Silva anchoring the preliminary festivities.

A closer look at the Bellator 296 particulars:

THE LINEUP

185: Gegard Mousasi vs. Fabian Edwards
155: Mansour Barnaoui vs. Brent Primus
185: Douglas Lima vs. Costello van Steenis
155: Thibault Gouti vs. Kane Mousah
125: Denise Kielholtz vs. Paula Cristina dos Santos Silva
170: Oliver Enkamp vs. Luca Poclit
155: Saul Rogers vs. Davy Gallon
145: Yves Landu vs. Piotr Niedzielski
141: Sarvarjon Khamidov vs. Kevin Petshi
155: Tim Wilde vs. Christopher Gonzalez
145: Fabacary Diatta vs. Keir Harvie
145: Asael Adjoudj vs. Georges Sasu
170: Bourama Camara vs. Romain Debienne
205: Jose Augusto Azevedo Barros vs. Simon Biyong
170: Steven Hill vs. Nicolo Solli

THE RUNDOWN
• Preview: The Sheehan Show
• Scouting Report: Gegard Mousasi
• Scouting Report: Fabian Edwards
• 5 Defining Moments: Brent Primus

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