Bellator Paris card on Nov. 16 cancelled, fighters being ‘rescheduled for later dates’

Jose Peñuela, Bellator

The upcoming Bellator Paris card scheduled on Nov. 16 has been cancelled.

PFL officials confirmed the news on Thursday after the Adidas Arena in Paris posted a notification that “due to circumstances beyond our control, the event has been forced to be cancelled.”

PFL issued a separate statement regarding the change to the event.

“Bellator Paris (Nov 16) has been postponed and fighters have been rescheduled for later dates,” PFL officials said. “All previously purchased tickets for Bellator Paris have been refunded. Purchasers will receive a buy one get one ticket purchase opportunity for PFL Europe Championship in Lyon, France on December 14.”

The upcoming Bellator card in Paris was headlined by a bantamweight title fight as reigning champion Patchy Mix was putting his belt up for grabs against Leandro Higo. The card was also supposed to feature the return of Baissangour Chamsoudinov in a fight against Oliver Enkamp.

On the official website, the next Bellator Champions Series card is listed for Tuesday, Dec. 31 but there are no fights listed yet for that event.

It’s unknown if both of those previously scheduled bouts will shift to that card or not.

The most recent Bellator event took place in September in London and that card also featured a late change after the main event between Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards was pulled and rescheduled for the upcoming PFL: Battle of the Giants pay-per-view on Oct. 19. Sara Collins ended up submitting Leah McCourt in the new main event for that Bellator card in London.