Bellator Champions Series 4
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| Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy | ||||
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 The poster for Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy | ||||
| Promotion | Bellator MMA | |||
| Date | September 7, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Pechanga Arena | |||
| City | San Diego, California, United States | |||
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Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy (also known as Bellator Champions Series San Diego) was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on September 7, 2024, at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, United States.[1][2][3]
The event marked the promotion's third visit to San Diego and first since Bellator 300 in October 2023.[4]
A Bellator Lightweight World Championship bout between current champion Usman Nurmagomedov and Alexandr Shabliy headlined the event.[5] The pair was previously expected to headline at Bellator Champions Series 2, but Nurmagomedov withdrew from the event due to injury.[6]
Roughly a two-week before the card there a fight changes made:[7][8]
- On August 29, it was announced that two bouts between Raufeon Stots vs. Marcos Breno and Grant Neal vs. Khalid Murtazaliev were removed from the event for unknown reasons.
- Keri-Taylor Melandez was scheduled to face Sumiko Inaba in a women's flyweight bout, but she withdrew due to knee injury and was replaced by Mackenzie Stiller.
