How to Watch Bellator 265

Longtime heavyweight contenders will butt heads under the Bellator MMA banner when Cheick Kongo meets Sergei Kharitonov in the Bellator 265 headliner on Friday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Meanwhile, four-time NCAA All-American Logan Storley faces Dante Schiro in the three-round welterweight co-main event.

Bellator 265 “Kongo vs. Kharitonov”— which airs live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—also features a heavyweight tilt pairing Marcelo Golm with Billy Swanson and a catchweight battle pitting Keith Lee against Jornel Lugo at 140 pounds. The undercard will stream in its entirety to the Bellator YouTube channel at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. ET, a middleweight scrap between Fabio Aguiar and Taylor Johnson anchoring a five-fight slate of prelims.

A closer look at the Bellator 265 particulars:

THE LINEUP

265: Cheick Kongo vs. Sergei Kharitonov
170: Dante Schiro vs. Logan Storley
265: Marcelo Golm vs. Billy Swanson
140: Keith Lee vs. Jornel Lugo
185: Fabio Aguiar vs. Taylor Johnson
155: Mike Hamel vs. Bryce Logan
170: Archie Colgan vs. Sidney Ben Simons
185: Deven Fisher vs. Duane Johnson
225: Kory Moegenburg vs. Bailey Schoenfelder

THE RUNDOWN
• Weigh-in Report
• By The Numbers: Kongo vs. Kharitonov
• Rivalries: Cheick Kongo
• Stand and Deliver: Olympic-Level Pressure

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