Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen will take place on January 21, 2017 at the The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Official fight card
Fight card (Spike TV)
Light Heavyweight Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen
Welterweight Paul Daley vs. Brennan Ward
Middleweight Ralek Gracie vs. Hisaki Kato
Featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
Lightweight Derek Campos vs. Derek Anderson
Preliminary card (Spike.com)
Featherweight Chinzo Machida vs. Jamar Ocampo
Heavyweight Jack May vs. Dave Cryer
Featherweight Henry Corrales vs. Cody Bollinger
Middleweight Kevin Casey vs. Keith Berry
Welterweight Guilherme Vasconcelos vs. John Mercurio
Welterweight Gabriel Green vs. Jalin Turner
Catchweight Christian Gonzalez vs. Danial Rodriguez
Lightweight Jacob Rosales vs. Ian Butler
Welterweight Johnny Cisneros vs. Curtis Millender
Lightweight Mike Segura vs. Tommy Aaron
Bantamweight Rob Gooch vs. James Ba
Women's Flyweight Rebecca Ruth vs. Colleen Schneider
Background
On October 18, 2016, it was announced that former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz and UFC veteran Chael Sonnen would headline this event.[1] Sonnen owns career wins over the likes of Yushin Okami, Nate Marquardt, Brian Stann, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua and the current UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. Ortiz is a UFC Hall of Famer and one of the most decorated champions in UFC history. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" signed with Bellator in 2013 and has gone 2-1 with the promotion. He has wins over the likes of Alexander Shlemenko, Stephan Bonnar, Wanderlei Silva, Ken Shamrock and Forrest Griffin.