Featherweights Emmanuel “El Matador” Sanchez (16-3) & Sam Scilia (16-8) will meet in a, what will be Bellator 198’s co-main event.
Sanchez 27, is a Roufusport trained fighter, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who has won 3 straight, 6 of his last 7, and is coming off submitting Daniel Straus, at Bellator 184. Scilia 32, fight out of the sikjitsu team in Spokane, Washington, end a 3 fight skid at Bellator 189, with a unanimous decision win over former champion Marcos Galvao.
Bellator 198 is scheduled for April 28th at the AllState Arena, in Rosemont, Illinois, headlined by a battle between legends Fedor Emelianenko & Frank Mir in a Heavyweight grand prix quarterfinal bout.