LIVE! Bellator 245-246 Virtual Media Day!

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Fighters are scheduled to start chatting today (Weds., Sept. 9) at 1:30 p.m. ET from inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Bellator 245: “Davis vs. Machida 2” and Bellator 246: “Archuleta vs. Mix” take place this weekend (Fri., Sept. 11 and Sat. Sept. 12, 2020, respectively) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Phil Davis (21-5, 1 NC) and Lyoto Machida (26-9) will rematch in Bellator 245’s main event, while Juan Archuleta (24-2) and Patchy Mix (13-0) will crown a new Bantamweight champion in Bellator 246’s headliner.

The fighters are scheduled to participate in what the promotion is calling a “Virtual Media Day” this afternoon (Weds., Sept. 9, 2020), starting at 1:30 p.m. ET. Expected participants include:

Phil Davis (1:30 p.m.) – Bellator Light Heavyweight
Cat Zingano (1:45 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Ed Ruth (2:00 p.m.) – Bellator Middleweight
Raymond Daniels (2:15 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Juan Archuleta (2:30 p.m.) – Bellator Bantamweight
Jon Fitch (2:45 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Liz Carmouche (3:00 p.m.) – Bellator Flyweight
Derek Campos (3:15 p.m.) – Bellator Lightweight
Keoni Diggs (3:30 p.m.) – Bellator Lightweight
Neiman Gracie (3:45 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Patchy Mix (4:00 p.m.) – Bellator Bantamweight
Lyoto Machida (4:15 p.m.) – Bellator Light Heavyweight

Selected news and memorable quotes from the participants will be available below.

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Phil Davis: “It’s kind of like, all things are connected. I gotta get through this fight in order to get back to the belt. I’m as motivated for this fight as I am for the next fight because it’s all connected to where I want to be.”

Davis: “In his fight with Chael Sonnen, (Machida) showed a little more technique with range than I had previously seen. He’s definitely an evolved fighter as well.”

Davis: “I train in a silent gym all the time. This I imagine will be very similar to training. Sometimes you have a tough guy that comes in from somewhere else, his guys are coaching him, your guys are coaching you. I imagine it will be like that.”

Davis: “Enough time has taken place that he (Machida) won’t be like that fighter. I’m the same guy with the same skill set, but I’ve improved on that. I expect a lot of the things I might see, mistakes I might find won’t be there.”

Davis: “We stack up well (at 205). We simply have the best fighters in the world.”

Davis: “I’m not exactly sure how much of the same I’m going to get. He’s probably going to get an entirely different looks, not by my choosing, but because that’s just who I am now. I’ve gotten my game to a point where I’m completely confident in everything I’m doing when I step in there, and I’ve improved so much from 2013 to now, and I don’t want to overthink it by going in there and looking at old mistakes.”

Davis: “My stand up has probably received the greatest margin in that time span. I’ve improved on my finishing rate in terms of grappling positions and ground & pound. Everything has increased over the last five to six years.”

Davis: “Machida’s a hard guy to lay a glove on. He really doesn’t get taken down much. He’s very good at getting up. I feel like that more than anything — yes, my confidence did grow. You can do what you can do to anyone in the world, but there’s something about Phil that’s completely different. His skill set is unlike anyone else.”

Cat Zingano: “I got all the coaches figured out, I got the weight situation figured out, it’s been easy and hard in all the right ways.”

Zingano: “(Betting odds) mean nothing to me. There’s no math to be had in MMA. It’s a little bit of luck, a lot of work ethic, I haven’t spent one day thinking I’m a favorite. That’s not how I work.”

Zingano: “I’m really excited to here. I feel refreshed, it’s a great new opportunity. I’m ready to turn it up and be successful. I like the view. As far as the UFC it’s a closed chapter. I’m grateful for the marketing and the opportunity, to have fought and beaten some of the best women in the world, and it prepares me for the next chapter in a way I’m excited about too.”

Zingano: “It’s a great new chapter. Something I’m very excited about, something I’m motivated by. It’s a whole new fresh start. I feel every way I need to feel for me to come out and be successful.”

Zingano: “(Bellator) has been so mellow and supportive. They just want to treat you so good and enjoy your experience. I’m experiencing this stress free, very comfortable week this week. There was a whole new energy that made me feel very healthy.”

Zingano: “I used to fight at 125 and I was gigantic. I think I nearly died a couple of times trying to make that weight. It made more sense to go up because I was a really big Bantamweight. At a certain point it got tricky on my body to get down to 135. It kind of made sense for what I want, and work on what it takes to be a good and strong Featherweight. It’s less stress on my body, what your endocrine system does each time.”

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