By Canadian Press

Canadians Lance Gibson Jr., Randi Field added to Bellator 279 card in Hawaii

Mar 25, 2022 | 3:12 PM

Canadians (Fearless) Lance Gibson Jr. and (Ruthless) Randi Field have been added to the Bellator 279 fight card April 23 in Honolulu.

The mixed martial arts promotion is holding back-to-back Hawaii cards at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena with Bellator 278 on April 22.

Gibson (5-0-0) takes on Hawaiian lightweight Nainoa (The Baby-Faced Assassin) Dung (4-2-0) while Field (2-1-0) fights American Maraya Miller (1-1-0) in a women’s bout to be contested at 120 pounds.

The Bellator 279 main event features world featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (25-2-0 with one no-contest) and No. 1 contender Arlene Blencowe (15-8-0).

Cyborg submitted Australia’s Blencowe when they met in October 2020 at Bellator 249 in the Brazilian’s first title defence since stopping Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd in the fourth round at Bellator 238 in January 2020

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Gibson is the stepson of Budd, who now competes in the Professional Fighters League. Both are coached by Lance Gibson Sr. a former SuperBrawl, Shooto and UFC fighter.

Gibson Jr., a 27-year-old from Port Moody, B.C., has won all three of his Bellator fights.

Field, a 31-year-old from Windsor, Ont., lost her Bellator debut via submission to Hawaii’s Sumiko (Lady Samurai) Inaba last time out.

The main event of Bellator 278 pits world flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez of Brazil against No. 2 contender Liz Carmouche, a former U.S. Marine.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2022

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