Bellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva (also known as Bellator NYC) is scheduled to take place on June 24, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States.
Fight card (PPV)
Light Heavyweight Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva
Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione
Lightweight Michael Chandler (c) vs. Brent Primus For the Bellator Lightweight Championship.
Welterweight Douglas Lima (c) vs. Lorenz Larkin For the Bellator Welterweight Championship.
Lightweight Aaron Pico vs. Zach Freeman
Bellator 180 card (Spike TV)
Light Heavyweight Phil Davis (c) vs. Ryan Bader For the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship.
Featherweight James Gallagher vs. Chinzo Machida
Welterweight Neiman Gracie vs. Dave Marfone
Women's Flyweight Heather Hardy vs. Alice Yauger
Bellator 180 Preliminary Card (Bellator.com)
Welterweight Ryan Couture vs. Haim Gozali
Lightweight Jerome Mickle vs. Anthony Giacchina
Catchweight (168 lbs) John Salgado vs. Hugh McKenna
Catchweight (130 lbs) Matt Rizzo vs. Sergio da Silva
Lightweight Bradley Desir vs. Nate Grebb
Background
A grudge match between rivals Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva will serve as the main event.
Also expected for the card is a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione. The pairing were supposed to meet at Bellator 172 but Mitrione had to be hospitalized due to kidney stones.
Debuting former UFC fighter Ryan Bader was initially scheduled to face Muhammed Lawal on this card. However, Lawal pulled out of the fight due to an injury and Bader will now face Light Heavyweight champion Phil Davis in a rematch. Bader and Davis first met at UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson on January 24, 2015 with Bader winning by split decision.
A fight between Keri Anne Melendez and Sadee Monseratte Williams was scheduled but cancelled after Melendez pulled out due to injury.
The PPV portion of the MSG card will be referred to as Bellator NYC. The undercard, airing on Spike, will be Bellator 180.