Longtime heavyweight contenders will butt heads under the Bellator MMA banner when Cheick Kongo meets Sergei Kharitonov in the Bellator 265 headliner on Friday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Meanwhile, four-time NCAA All-American Logan Storley faces Dante Schiro in the three-round welterweight co-main event.
Bellator 265 “Kongo vs. Kharitonov”— which airs live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—also features a heavyweight tilt pairing Marcelo Golm with Billy Swanson and a catchweight battle pitting Keith Lee against Jornel Lugo at 140 pounds.