Bellator 215 & Bellator 216 Fighters Drug Tested Ahead Of Events
This weekend will feature a double header from Bellator MMA, with Bellator 215 on Friday Night and Bellator 216 on Saturday Night.
The Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulations conducted the random tests on Sergei Kharitonov, Matt Mitrione, Paul Daley, Michael Page, Mirko Cro Cop and Roy Nelson according to Ariel Helwani of ESPN. The results of those tests have yet to be revealed and there is no time frame as to when those results will come.
Mitrione and Kharitonov are headlining Bellator 215 on Friday Night, while Daley and Page are headlining Bellator 216 on Saturday Night.
There is no word at this time as to whether or not other fighters competing on both cards were tested or if it was just the six aforementioned competitors. All the drug tests samples were collected yesterday in New York, which is where are six fighters were ahead of the events.
Bellator 215 takes place on Friday, February 15 from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut with Matt Mitrione and Sergei Kharitonov headlining. Bellator 216 is taking place on Saturday, February 16 from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut with Paul Daley and Michael Page headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of both events, which airs live on the Paramount Network (Bellator 215) and streams live on DAZN (Bellator 216).