How to Watch Bellator 279

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino will defend her Bellator MMA women’s featherweight championship when her rematch with Arlene Blencowe headlines Bellator 279 on Saturday at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. Meanwhile, Juan Archuleta squares off with Raufeon Stots for the interim bantamweight crown in the five-round co-main event at 135 pounds.

Bellator 279 “Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2”—which airs live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT—also features a bantamweight scrap matching Kyoji Horiguchi with Patrick Mix and a women’s flyweight tilt pitting Ilima-Lei Macfarlane against Justine Kish. The undercard will stream to the Bellator YouTube channel at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT and includes Kai Kamaka III-Justin Gonzales, Goiti Yamauchi-Levan Chokheli and Yancy Medeiros-Emmanuel Sanchez.

A closer look at the Bellator 279 particulars:

THE LINEUP

145: Cristiane Justino vs. Arlene Blencowe
135: Juan Archuleta vs. Raufeon Stots
135: Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Patrick Mix
125: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Justine Kish
155: Lance Gibson Jr. vs. Nainoa Dung
145: Kai Kamaka III vs. Justin Gonzales
170: Goiti Yamauchi vs. Levan Chokheli
155: Yancy Medeiros vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
155: Keoni Diggs vs. Bobby King
120: Randi Field vs. Maraya Miller
145: Janay Harding vs. Dayana Silva
155: Ryan Dela Cruz vs. Jordan Winski
125: Sumiko Inaba vs. Whittany Pyles

THE RUNDOWN
• Preview
• By The Numbers: ‘Cyborg’ vs. Blencowe
• Rivalries: Juan Archuleta
• The Bottom Line: Climate Change

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