Bellator 255 is set to take place on April 2 and will be headlined by the featherweight Grand Prix semifinal between Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire and Emmanuel Sanchez. It is the first event that will air on Showtime.
Bellator 258 will come a little over a month later on May 7 with the first title defense of newly crowned bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta scheduled. Archuleta, who returned to the bantamweight division and won the vacant championship against Patchy Mix at Bellator 246, meets Sergio Pettis in the main event of the card.
