Bellator 120 pay-per-view adds Ivanov-Volkov, Held-Freire, three more bouts

Bellator MMA’s first pay-per-view continues to take shape with the addition of the final main-card bout, plus four preliminary-card fights – including a pair of tournament finals.

The promotion on Friday announced that Bellator 120 will feature an opening main-card fight between Michael Page (5-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and Ricky Rainey (7-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), plus prelim fights between Blagoi Ivanov (11-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) and Alexander Volkov (21-4 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) in the Season 10 heavyweight tournament final and Marcin Held (18-3 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) vs. Patricky Freire (13-5 MMA, 6-4 BMMA) in the lightweight tournament final.

In addition, the prelims will feature a featherweight bout between Mike Richman (16-4 MMA, 5-3 BMMA) and Goiti Yamauchi (16-2 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) and a heavyweight fight between Cheick Kongo (20-9-2 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) and Eric Smith (6-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).

Bellator 120 takes place May 17 at Landers Center in Southaven, Miss., just outside of Memphis. The event will be the promotion’s first pay-per-view, and preliminary card fights will air on Spike TV, the promotion’s regular broadcast home.

Highly touted British prospect Page will fight under the Bellator banner for the second time. All five of his wins are by first-round stoppage, including a 10-second knockout of Ryan Sanders at Bellator 93. Rainey has won four of his past five fights and will look to spoil Page’s perfect pro start.

Volkov reached the heavyweight final with a head-kick knockout of Siala-Mou Siliga at Bellator 116 a week ago. The former heavyweight champ will go for his third straight looking to get another crack at a title. Ivanov stayed unbeaten when he took out Lavar Johnson on the same card with a keylock in the first round.

On Friday night, Freire stayed hot by stopped Derek Campos in the second round at Bellator 117 to advance to the final against Held, who submitted Derek Anderson with a second-round triangle to win his third straight, as well.

The latest Bellator 120 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Champ Eddie Alvarez vs. Michael Chandler – for lightweight title
• Quinton Jackson vs. Muhammed Lawal – light-heavyweight tournament final
• Tito Ortiz vs. Alexander Shlemenko – non-title fight
• Will Brooks vs. Nate Jolly
• Michael Page vs. Ricky Rainy

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Cheick Kongo vs. Eric Smith
• Blagoi Ivanov vs. Alexander Volkov – heavyweight tournament final
• Marcin Held vs. Patricky Freire – lightweight tournament final
• Mike Richman vs. Goiti Yamauchi

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(Pictured: Blagoi Ivanov)