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Bellator MMA returns to action Friday night with Bellator 255, which is headlined by a featherweight grand prix semifinal showdown between champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and Emmanuel Sanchez.
The prelims (6 p.m. ET start time) can be watched for free on Bellator’s YouTube channel, and the main card (9 p.m. ET) will be simulcast on both Showtime and Fubo Sports, which is an individual channel included with FuboTV.
Here are all the different ways you can watch a live stream of Bellator 255 online. These options are for those in the United States:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of Fubo Sports and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Bellator 255 live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space.
Amazon Prime’s Showtime Channel
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch all live and on-demand Showtime content on the Prime Showtime channel. You can try both Amazon Prime and the Showtime Channel at no cost with a free trial right here:
Watch Showtime on Amazon Prime
Once you’re signed up for the Prime Showtime Channel, you can watch Bellator 255 live on the Amazon Video app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Nvidia Shield, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, various Smart TV’s, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Amazon website.
AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” Showtime is only in the “Premier” package, but it can also be included as separate add-on to any of the other packages. Plus, you can include any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Firestick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch Bellator 255 live or on-demand on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet.
Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
Hulu
Whether you already have Hulu or you want to sign up for a new subscription, Showtime is available as an add-on to either Hulu or Hulu with Live TV. If you’re a new subscriber, you can start a free 30-day trial of regular Hulu plus the Showtime add-on:
Once signed up, you can watch Bellator 255 live or on-demand on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet.
Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
Bellator 255 Preview
Featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (31-4) and challenger Emmanuel Sanchez (20-4) will square off for the second time in the main event on a loaded card. Their Friday night bout will be a rematch of their 2018 fight that saw Pitbull named the victor in a unanimous decision, and both fighters are looking forward to the opportunity to face each other again.
For his part, Pitbull recognizes his opponent has gotten better, but he also thinks Sanchez hasn’t fundamentally changed all that much. “He’s still the same fighter,” Freire said about Sanchez this week, via MMA News. “He seems to have a little bit more precision in his shots. He misses less punches than he used to but he’s pretty much the same fighter he used to be when we first fought.”
After losing to Pitbull back in November of 2018, Sanchez says he has taken a good deal from that loss and applied it to his future fights. “He taught me a very valuable lesson and I can’t wait to go out there and show him and the world what he taught me,” Sanchez told BJ Penn. “I grew a lot from that fight. That loss has made me a much better and wiser fighter. I’m smarter in there and I don’t feel like he has changed that much. He is great but the opponents he has fought since we fought haven’t threatened him. With my style and my pressure and what I have done to him, I know I can stop this man.”
In other bouts on the card, Usman Nurmagomedov (11-0), cousin of famed UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, will make his Bellator debut against Mike Hamel (7-4), and Alejandra Lara (9-3) will face Kana Watanabe (9-0-1) in a women’s flyweight showdown. Tyrell Fortune (9-1) and Jack May (11-7) will also battle in an intriguing heavyweight bout.
Here’s a look at the complete Bellator 255 fight card:
Main Card:
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Patricio Pitbull (c) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez — Featherweight title, Featherweight Grand Prix semifinal
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Neiman Gracie vs. Jason Jackson, welterweights
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Jack May vs. Tyrell Fortune, heavyweights
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Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Mike Hamel, lightweights
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Alejandra Lara vs. Kana Wantanabe, women’s flyweights
Preliminary Card:
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Cee Jay Hamilton vs. Magomed Magomedov, bantamweights
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Herman Terrado vs. Mukhamed Berkhmov, welterweights
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Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Fabio Aguiar, middleweights
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Roger Huerta vs. Chris Gonzalez, 160-pound catchweights
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Jonathan Wilson vs. Jose Augusto, light heavyweights
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Trevor Gudde vs. Roman Faraldo, welterweights
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Branko Busick vs. Jordan Newman, middleweights