{"id":8285,"date":"2023-04-20T05:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T05:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/bellator-and-joe-cordina-hawaii-double-header-and-cordina-world-title-fight-live-on-bbc\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T05:38:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T05:38:43","slug":"bellator-and-joe-cordina-hawaii-double-header-and-cordina-world-title-fight-live-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/bellator-and-joe-cordina-hawaii-double-header-and-cordina-world-title-fight-live-on-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator and Joe Cordina: Hawaii double-header and Cordina world-title fight live on BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Get your fix of combat sports with world championship boxing and a Bellator double-header on the BBC this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Welshman Joe Cordina challenges Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov for the IBF super-featherweight belt on BBC Radio 5 Live from 22:00 BST on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Friday and Saturday, Bellator 294 and 295 in Hawaii are live on BBC iPlayer.<\/span><\/p>\n

World-title fights headline both MMA events.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cordina, 31, fights in a world championship bout for the second time on home turf after being forced to give up the IBF title last year <\/span>because of injury<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rakhimov <\/span>won the vacant belt<\/span><\/a> against Manchester’s Zelfa Barrett during Cordina’s absence, but Cardiff is a happy hunting ground for the challenger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cordina won the belt in dramatic fashion against <\/span>Kenichi Ogawa last June<\/span><\/a>, knocking out the champion in just two rounds to win his first world title.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the undercard, Englishwoman Sandy Ryan fights Canadian Marie Pier Houle for the vacant WBO welterweight title.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is more boxing action on Saturday on BBC iPlayer with the England Boxing National Amateur Championships 2023 finals beginning in Newcastle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the biggest names in boxing have won the 142-year-old amateur event including Tyson Fury, Nicola Adams, Frank Bruno and Carl Froch. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thirteen men’s finals and ten women’s finals will take place between 13:30-18:00 at the Vertu Motors Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bellator returns to Hawaii for another double-header headlined by flyweight champion Liz Carmouche on Friday, and the final of the bantamweight tournament on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Carmouche, 39, faces compatriot DeAnna Bennett in a rematch of their 2020 encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bennett lost that via submission but has since gone on a three-fight winning streak.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, Raufeon Stots and Patchy Mix bring the bantamweight tournament to a close in the main event, with Hawaiian native Ilima-Lei Macfarlane also in action against Kana Watanabe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stots, <\/span>the interim champion<\/span><\/a>, aims to extend his winning streak to 12 and collect the $1m prize money. <\/span><\/p>\n

Both Stots and Mix have just one loss on their records and can secure a shot at reigning champion Sergio Pettis in the future with a win.<\/span><\/p>\n

Live coverage<\/h3>\n

All coverage times are BST and subject to late changes<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday, 21 April<\/span><\/p>\n