Bellator 218: Sanchez vs. Karakhanyan 2 is a mixed martial arts event to take place March 22, 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States.
Fight card
Main card (Paramount Network and DAZN)
Featherweight Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
Heavyweight Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell
Middleweight Michael Shipman vs. Hracho Darpinyan
Middleweight Anatoly Tokov vs. Gerald Harris
Preliminary card (Bellator.com and Bellator App)
Featherweight John Macapa vs. Kevin Groom
Middleweight Johnny Eblen vs. Chauncy Foxworth
Lightweight Nation Gibrick vs. Nicholas Page
Women's Flyweight Malin Hermansson vs. Victoria Leonardo
Bantamweight Aaron Vickers vs. Isaiah Gutierrez
Women's Flyweight Ky Bennett vs. Deborah Kouzmin
Middleweight Norbert Novenyi vs. William Lavine
Light Heavyweight Christian Edwards vs. Roman Huerta
Lightweight Craig Fairley vs. Luis Erives
Background
The event was expected to feature a featherweight bout between Emmanuel Sanchez and Ashleigh Grimshaw. However, the promotion announced that March 8 that Georgi Karakhanyan replaced Grimshaw due to undisclosed reasons. The two previous met at Bellator 170 where Sanchez won by a close decision.