Bellator X RIZIN 2 adds Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lorenz Larkin, Magomed Magomedov vs. Danny Sabtello

Two main card bouts have been added to the upcoming Bellator x RIZIN show this summer.

At Bellator x RIZIN 2, welterweight strikers Andrey Koreshkov (26-4 MMA, 15-4 BMMA) and Lorenz Larkin (25-7 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) will collide, before bantamweight contenders Magomed Magomedov (19-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) and Danny Sabatello (14-2 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) later on the July 30 card (July 29 in the United States) at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Promotion officials announced the bookings Wednesday.

Koreshkov, 32, has won four straight fights. Over that stretch, he’s alternated fights in and outside of Bellator, as the promotion has allowed him to take bouts outside the promotion. Koreshkov most recently competed at Shlemenko FC 4 in June and won by TKO.

Larkin, 36, has not lost in eight straight appearances and has bounced between middleweight and welterweight. In February, Larkin landed one of the most violent knockouts of 2023 when he put Mukhamed Berkhamov to sleep with a standing elbow in February.

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Magomedov, 31, looks to get back in the win column after a submission loss to Patchy Mix in December. The bout was a bantamweight grand prix semifinal, which Magomedov advanced into after a quarterfinal win over Enrique Barzola.

Sabatello, 30, bounced back in April from a bantamweight grand prix semifinal loss of his own vs. Raufeon Stots. Sabatello defeated rising prospect Marcos Breno by second-round submission.

With the additions, the Bellator x RIZIN 2 lineup includes:

• A.J. McKee vs. Patricky Freire – lightweight grand prix quarterfinal
• Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Makoto Shinryu – for inaugural flyweight title
• Magomed Magomedov vs. Danny Sabatello
• Veta Arteaga vs. Kana Watanabe
• Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lorenz Larkin