One of the top flyweight prospects in Bellator has her next fight.
On the heels of a brutal knockout victory in her home state of Hawaii in April, Sumiko Inaba (4-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) will battle Nadine Mandiau (2-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at Bellator 286. The event takes place Oct. 1 at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, Calif. The main card airs on Showtime after prelims on MMA Junkie.
Inaba, 31, turned professional in 2020 and has since gone 4-0 with four finishes (three TKOs/knockouts and one submission). In her most recent fight, Inaba annihilated Whittany Pyles with a violent left hook in 88 seconds.
Mandiau, 30, snapped a four-fight losing skid Aug. 13 for Peak Fighting when she won a unanimous decision over Katty Strite.
With the addition, the Bellator 286 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD
- Patricio Freire vs. Adam Borics – for featherweight title
- Spike Carlyle vs. A.J. McKee
- Jeremy Kennedy vs. Aaron Pico
- Juan Archuleta vs. Enrique Barzola
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Cee Jay Hamilton vs. Richard Palencia
- Mike Hamel vs. Max Rohskopf
- Nick Browne vs. Islam Mamedov
- Keon Diggs vs. Ricardo Seixas
- Khadzhimurat Bestaev vs. Khalid Murtazaliev
- Chris Avila vs. Lance Gibson Jr.
- Miguel Peimbert vs. Bobby Seronio III
- Vladimir Tokov vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Sumiko Inaba vs. Nadine Mandiau
