Video: Watch today's 'Bellator: NYC' news conference with Sonnen, Silva, Fedor, Mitrione at 1 p.m. ET

NEW YORK – This summer, Bellator will dive back into the pay-per-view game with the second pay broadcast in its history: “Bellator: NYC.”

Ahead of the star-studded card, you can watch a news conference officially announcing the event here at MMAjunkie at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT).

“Bellator: NYC” takes place June 24 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The pay-per-view portion of the event will be preceded by a “Bellator 180” card on Spike and prelims on MMAjunkie.

Attendees at today’s news conference include Bellator President Scott Coker, as well as three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen (29-15-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) and former PRIDE champ Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who fight in the main event; heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko (36-4 MMA 0-0 BMMA) and Matt Mitrione (11-5 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), who meet in the co-feature; recently signed UFC free agent Lorenz Larkin (18-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and welterweight champ Douglas Lima (28-6 MMA, 10-2 BMMA), who fight for the title; and lightweight champ Michael Chandler (16-3 MMA, 13-3 BMMA) and Brent Primus (7-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA).

The current Bellator 180 and “Bellator: NYC” lineup includes:

“Bellator: NYC”

• Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
• Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione
• Champ Douglas Lima vs. Lorenz Larkin – for welterweight title
• Champ Michael Chandler vs. Brent Primus – for lightweight title

Bellator 180

• James Gallagher vs. Chinzo Machida
• Aaron Pico vs. TBA

For more on “Bellator NYC” and Bellator 180, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.